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Rip Ready
Before most people start something,
the smart thing to do is ask advice
from someone who’s knowledgeable,
with enough experience that even
other so-called experts go to
him for advice. Someone with enough
experience to be able to answer
all of your questions, no matter
how obscure they may seem to be.
Is there someone like that? When
you talk about growing cannabis,
the expert of experts is Ed Rosenthal,
and what better, than to have
“The Best of Ask Ed”
to guide you through all of your
cannabis growing concerns. The
book is over 400 pages and includes
a handy glossary of terms and
an excellent index.
As long as I can remember, Ed
has been writing the “Ask
Ed” advice column. Actually,
it’s been over 20 years
since his start in August of 1983.
Things have changed since then
with new products and science
in the cultivation of cannabis
and Ed keeps up on it all, revising
and updating where needed for
this edition.
Ed’s reputation carries
so much weight that he was deputized
by the City of Oakland to legally
grow marijuana for medicinal use
by sick and dying patients. Shortly
after he was arrested by the DEA
for growing the 3,000 cannabis
plants that were needed by those
medical patients.
If you are an inexperienced grower
who has never grown a pot plant,
Ed will take you through the very
basics to get you started. As
you gain experience from your
crops, and your questions need
more detailed answers, Ed will
be there.
Whether you would like to know
the difference between a male
and female flower, how to control
pests, clone your plants or even
when to add CO2 to supercharge
your system, Ed has ‘been
there done that’ and will
walk you through it with helpful
advice.
The book is well organized with
navigational tools to guide you
directly to the information you
need. It’s black and white
with lots of illustrative photos.
In the center are 8 glossy color
pages of photos sent in over the
years that gained the immortal
honor of “Bud of the Month”,
“Plant of the Month”,
and “Garden of the Month”.
If you’ve mailed your photos
to Ed, yours might be here.
“The Best of Ask Ed”
contains information on legal
and health matters, pot for pets,
as well as a chapter on paraphernalia.
What is best for you, a pipe,
joint, bong or vaporizer? All
are discussed so the only thing
left is for you to try it.
There is not enough room in this
review to cover all the topics
in the book, but I will say that
“The Best of Ask Ed”
will have a place on my reference
shelf.
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