Number of Ed Rosenthal books you own

[YYZ Skinhead]

Solo and co-written. OK, he may not be The Greatest Cannabis Writer in the Universe (though he may be). He is the one with whom I am most familiar because I have been collecting his books for 19 years.

First edition of Closet Cultivator (first grow book I bought)
Marijuana Question? Ask Ed
Marijuana Medical Handbook
Marijuana Grower's Handbook
The Big Book of Buds 1
The Big Book of Buds 2
The Big Book of Buds 3
Second edition of Closet Cultivator

 

[WeedHopper]

MP and its growers is the only book i need.

 

[Locked]

MP and its growers is the only book i need.

:yeahthat:

I will take Clarke over him any day>>>>http://books.google.com/books/about/Marijuana_Botany.html?id=_aK7dTNS1qkC

 

[WeedHopper]

I will take THG,Hammy,4U,Duck,Ozzy,SM,Rosebud,and the list goes on of the Peeps on here I can call on.

 

[Hushpuppy]

I have several books, each one from a different author. I have found that trusting one source can lead you to limited knowledge while seeking multiple sources of information will open up a wider and more comprehensive library of knowledge. One of the best sources that I have learned from is my friends here at Mar Passion

 

[WeedHopper]

Again,,good post Hush.

 

[YYZ Skinhead]

I have several books, each one from a different author. I have found that trusting one source can lead you to limited knowledge while seeking multiple sources of information will open up a wider and more comprehensive library of knowledge. One of the best sources that I have learned from is my friends here at Mar Passion

I concur with all of the above. I have a gazillion books by other authors, but I started out with Rosenthal because I liked "Ask Ed" in High Times. I would never limit myself to one author--each of the pot authors whose books I own has contributed something to what I know about growing. It goes without saying that I have learned more here than from reading 19 years of grow books. I started the thread because I wrongly thought that Rosenthal might be a popular "hard copy" writer around here.


EDIT: Should I delete this thread?

 

[WeedHopper]

Of course not Bro. All threads make us think, Thinking is good.

 

[ozzydiodude]

No don't delete it a fair question

It's just that the ones here that have answers aren't big Ed fans. The man has done alot for the mj community as a whole, it's just that some of us half questioned his writings all along. I still use a version of his natural insecticide

 

[YYZ Skinhead]

No don't delete it a fair question

It's just that the ones here that have answers aren't big Ed fans. The man has done alot for the mj community as a whole, it's just that some of us half questioned his writings all along. I still use a version of his natural insecticide

That makes sense. Had I started out with a different author/different authors I would likely collect their books. I would still collect The Big Books of Buds because they are pretty darn cool and showcase a bunch of my fav strains.

As Hushpuppy said, there is a lot more to be learned at MP because it is in real time and the contributions are from growers worldwide who have different styles of growing. For me it is hard to compare an interactive forum to a static book--apples and oranges (okay, sativas and indicas).

 

[Rosebud]

Nice thread.

 

[YYZ Skinhead]

Nice thread.

Props. :aok: I feel better now about starting it.

 

[WeedHopper]

:48:

 

[Hushpuppy]

I definitely think this is a worthwhile conversation, I didn't mean to step on your idea YYZ (great song BTW) It really goes to a mantra of mine. I never discount any information until I can prove it needs discounting but I never take a single source of information as gospel until I see that it is proven, I just keep it in the brain file called "needs further research". I don't have anything against Rosenthal. I quite enjoyed his book and learned a great deal of finer facts and methods from it. But I have often found that books like that tend to be based on one point of view rather than a consensus. It gives a valuable bit of information but an incomplete picture that can only be obtained from multiple points of view.

I would certainly recommend that newbs read Ed, Cervantes, Clark(if they are more on the intellectual side of things) among others. BUT THEN come here and read and discuss to bring all of the information together

 

[Locked]

I dig Science over conjecture so that is why I am drawn to Clarke. jmo

 

[WeedHopper]

Reading is ALWAYS good. Knowledge is Wisdom,,and Wisdom helps us to Evolve.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I owned the original Closet Cultivator, too, many moons ago. Don't know where it got to in the meantime.

 

[YYZ Skinhead]

I definitely think this is a worthwhile conversation, I didn't mean to step on your idea YYZ (great song BTW) It really goes to a mantra of mine. I never discount any information until I can prove it needs discounting but I never take a single source of information as gospel until I see that it is proven, I just keep it in the brain file called "needs further research". I don't have anything against Rosenthal. I quite enjoyed his book and learned a great deal of finer facts and methods from it. But I have often found that books like that tend to be based on one point of view rather than a consensus. It gives a valuable bit of information but an incomplete picture that can only be obtained from multiple points of view.

I would certainly recommend that newbs read Ed, Cervantes, Clark(if they are more on the intellectual side of things) among others. BUT THEN come here and read and discuss to bring all of the information together

You never stepped on my idea--far from it. I merely wanted to see if anyone else around here collected Rosenthal the way I do (apparently nobody does :doh: ). When I was a newbie I tried some of the techniques in Closet Cultivator and I liked the results I got. In it I found out what perlite was and that HPS bulbs were the most efficient. After growing for a while I started buying various books by sundry authors at Tower Records (RIP), which sold a lot of pot lit. At the time I had no idea with whom to discuss growing. Of course, technology has evolved since the 90s and one good result is this forum. As Montgomery Burns would say: "Ex-cellent."

 

[YYZ Skinhead]

I dig Science over conjecture so that is why I am drawn to Clarke. jmo

Clarke is an excellent author but a newbie starting out with him would need to be at least slightly nerdy. Of course, I am obsessed with science (and not only botany) so his writings aren't too complicated for my taste.

 

[YYZ Skinhead]

I owned the original Closet Cultivator, too, many moons ago. Don't know where it got to in the meantime.

You can still find it used on Amazon. I couldn't find my original so I bought the first edition from them. Oddly, there is some vital stuff in the first edition which is missing from the second edition.