Marijuana Harvest ― How to Maximize Quality and Yield in Your Cannabis Garden

Marijuana Harvest is the world’s first crop science book devoted solely to harvesting, processing and storing award-winning marijuananow a multi-billion dollar crop.

Whether you are a hobby gardener or commercial farmer, Marijuana Harvest shows you how to maximize the yield and quality of your garden. Full-color throughout, the book’s descriptive photos make it an attractive guide to the steps needed to harvest, dry, trim, cure and store top-quality buds.

Internationally recognized as the number one cultivation author, Ed Rosenthal along with renowned journalist David Downs has thoroughly researched every sector of this book visiting personal gardens and commercial farms observing techniques used as well as experimental methods under development. Winners of prestigious cannabis cups are interviewed and share their tips and advise. Content includes time, labor, and energy saving tools and equipment: Trimmers, climate controls, drying methods, storage systems, workflow charts and much moreEverything a grower needs to know to do it right.

Cut through the clutter of online forums and anecdotal advice to find out how to grow and harvest top-shelf buds, both indoors and out, for use as dried flowers, extracts and ediblesall in stunning, full-color photos and illustrations. For the casual consumer there are tips on how to choose the best-grown and best-tasting buds available. The results are an accessible and informative look at harvest methods for all marijuana users and growers.

Today more Americans than ever before have the ability to grow and cultivate marijuana for medical and personal use. Twenty-three states and Washington D.C. have laws permitting medical cannabis and four states and Washington D.C. have legalized adult-use recreational sales. Momentum is building going into the 2016 presidential elections, with Arcview Market Research predicting an additional 11 states voting in favor of legalization.

Ed Rosenthal is the world’s leading expert on the cultivation of marijuana. In his more than 40 years as the guru of ganja,” he has written and edited more than a dozen books about marijuana cultivation and social policy that cumulatively have sold over two million copies. His Ask Ed” marijuana advice column ran in High Times for several decades and still appears internationally. Beyond the garden, Rosenthal views marijuana law as a crucial social issue and has been active in promoting and developing policies of civil regulation. He lives in Oakland, CA.

David Downs is an award-winning journalist covering arts, technology, and criminal justice for publications includingWIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion, and The New York Times. Downs was a fellow at Northwestern University's Academy for Alternative Journalism in 2004, and he earned a degree in English literature from University of California at Santa Barbara in 2002. He has received and shared numerous professional honors, including a 2010 Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism. He produces and hosts the podcastThe Hash. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.