The Flowerdaze Farm Regenerative Guide to Cannabis: A Season-Long Recipe Book for the Beyond-Organic Gardener

By Jacob Johnson and Karla Avila

The New Grow Bible for all-natural, regenerative cannabis farming! Award-winning cannabis cultivators and regenerative farmers Jacob Johnson and Karla Avila of Flowerdaze Farm share their season-long recipe book for the beyond-organic gardener, providing a complete guide to cannabis cultivation and soil building using only all-natural, homemade or farm-sourced ingredients. Ideal for both commercial farmers and home gardeners who desire to grow exceptional quality cannabis and food in closed-loop systems without the use of synthetic or store-bought pesticides or fertilizers, while regenerating the land and building healthy soil. Includes insights into various natural farming traditions and methodologies including biodynamic practices, Korean natural farming, and permaculture.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Dec 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543957341

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Copyright © 2019 By Jacob Johnson and Karla Avila

Photography by Karla Avila

www.flowerdazefarm.com

All Rights Reserved

Print ISBN: 978-1-54395-733-4

eBook ISBN: 978-1-54395-734-1

Table of Contents

Introduction

Soil Building Essentials

No. 1 Vermicomposting Bin

No. 2 Biodynamic Preparation 500 Horn Manure

No. 3 Biodynamic Composting

The Biodynamic Compost Preparations

No. 4 Biodynamic Preparation 501 Horn Silica

No. 5 Mulch

No. 6 Stropharia Inoculant

No. 7 Indigenous Microorganism Collection

No. 8 Compost Tea Brewer

Recipes for the Season

Caring for Young Plants

Herbal Tea Foliar Spray

Rooting Cuttings

Vegetative Stage

Liquid Manure and Liquid Plant Manure

Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)

Fish Amino Acids (FAA)

Making Homegrown Sugars and Vinegars

Cannabis High Brix Mix and Potash Supplement

Transitional Stage

Liquid Bone Meal and CaPh

Bloom & Ripening

Integrated Pest Management

Biodiverse Companion Planting

Mite Control Spray

Controlling Caterpillars

Deterring Nematodes

Resources for Further Reading

About the Authors

Introduction

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The Farm is a living organism within its larger ecosystem, from the smallest microbe to the farthest reaches of the cosmos, but it is much more than that, it is our direct connection to all life, and to the energetic forces from which our own life stems. Regenerative agriculture is a way for farmers and all people to utilize their own resources to provide abundance and resilience against global corporatization of local natural resources, including water, agricultural land use, and the genetic diversity of seeds, while improving the health of