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

Marijuana Harvest is the first book devoted entirely to cannabis harvesting. In it, Ed Rosenthal and David Downs explain how to ensure the perfect harvest—everything from recognizing when it’s time to pick, to storage techniques to keep your buds fresh.



Marijuana Harvest is the most important cultivation tool of the season. Readers will learn:

Flushing: How and when to flush

Ripening: The best time to pick

Manicuring and processing: How to speed it up with new tools for both hand and machine trimming

Drying and curing: How to avoid mildew and mold contamination

Storing: How to keep your buds fresh and potent
Whether you are a hobby gardener or commercial farmer, Marijuana Harvest shows you how to maximize the yield and quality of your garden, identify problems and avoid costly mistakes. The book’s stunning, full-color photographs and illustrations 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, thoroughly researched this book, visiting personal gardens and commercial farms to observe techniques used as well as experimental methods under development. Winners of prestigious cannabis cups are interviewed and share their tips and advice. Content includes time-, labor-, and energy-saving tools and equipment: trimmers, climate controls, drying methods, storage systems, workflow charts and much more—everything 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 edibles. For the casual consumer there are tips on how to choose the best-grown and best-tasting buds available. Marijuana Harvest is 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. As of 2020, 33 states plus Washington, D.C., have laws permitting medical cannabis use, and adult use has been legalized in 11 states and in Washington, D.C.

About the author

Ed Rosenthal is the world’s leading expert on the cultivation of marijuana. In his more than forty years as the “guru of ganja, ” he has written and edited over 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 including
WIRED,
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 the 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 podcast
The Hash. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.