Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

An out-of-date guide to hydroponics, 10 Dec 2004
I must confess from the beginning: I'm a cannabis grower who came to this book wanting some hints on how to grow poppies. I thought a general guide to this subject might get me started. There is one problem though: this book is too old. First published in 1977 and revised in 1990, there are years of developments in this field which have just passed this book by. For a start, everybody nowadays uses kits, they are easy to get and relatively cheap, so we just don't need the pages of information on how to make your own. Plus, he barely talks about lights: presumably they weren't really used when he wrote the book. Then, the author's proselytising for hydroponics (how valuable it might be for the Third World etc), takes up room that might be used for explaining how to grow things. He just gives a few general hints and sends you to the bibliography for more information, in other words you need to buy another book! That said, the section on pests is helpful. All in all, this is a wasted opportunity, and it's surely time somebody wrote another general book on hydroponic gardening.

This is the perfect first book to buy on this subject, 22 Jan 1999
This book is very easy to understand and Richard E. Nicholls know how to make feel that Hydroponics is a wonderfull experience in life. My english is not perfect but I want to tell I'm very happy to have this book.

Great book for the beginner., 17 Feb 1998
After finishing the first skim through, I was intrigued enough to go out and buy a growing unit. I ordered the one and planted the seeds they included. Then I reread the book again so I knew what to watch for and what to do. It was amazing! Here in California in the middle of winter and el nino and almost freezing temperatures the seeds sprouted in 11 days...outside on our patio. I highly recommend hydroponic gardening to everyone!!!

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

An out-of-date guide to hydroponics, 10 Dec 2004
I must confess from the beginning: I'm a cannabis grower who came to this book wanting some hints on how to grow poppies. I thought a general guide to this subject might get me started. There is one problem though: this book is too old. First published in 1977 and revised in 1990, there are years of developments in this field which have just passed this book by. For a start, everybody nowadays uses kits, they are easy to get and relatively cheap, so we just don't need the pages of information on how to make your own. Plus, he barely talks about lights: presumably they weren't really used when he wrote the book. Then, the author's proselytising for hydroponics (how valuable it might be for the Third World etc), takes up room that might be used for explaining how to grow things. He just gives a few general hints and sends you to the bibliography for more information, in other words you need to buy another book! That said, the section on pests is helpful. All in all, this is a wasted opportunity, and it's surely time somebody wrote another general book on hydroponic gardening.

This is the perfect first book to buy on this subject, 22 Jan 1999
This book is very easy to understand and Richard E. Nicholls know how to make feel that Hydroponics is a wonderfull experience in life. My english is not perfect but I want to tell I'm very happy to have this book.

Great book for the beginner., 17 Feb 1998
After finishing the first skim through, I was intrigued enough to go out and buy a growing unit. I ordered the one and planted the seeds they included. Then I reread the book again so I knew what to watch for and what to do. It was amazing! Here in California in the middle of winter and el nino and almost freezing temperatures the seeds sprouted in 11 days...outside on our patio. I highly recommend hydroponic gardening to everyone!!!

Excellent, friendly, easy to understand, easy to navigate, 13 May 2002
Wow was I enthused! This book was great and very realistic in showing you what you can achieve. It is written in a friendly manner and will actually be of more use to me than the 'bible' on Hydroponics Food Production that I bought at the same time. It talks about kits but also shows you how you can DIY with bits and pieces that might be lying around the house. I zapped out and got a kit to start learning with but I think I'll venture into the DIY side before long because the carrots looked fabulously easy (don't do too well in the garden). This book makes you wonder why farmers are not converting in droves! I truly think that a revolution is on its way - organic and environmentally friendly and, as this book shows, easy.

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

An out-of-date guide to hydroponics, 10 Dec 2004
I must confess from the beginning: I'm a cannabis grower who came to this book wanting some hints on how to grow poppies. I thought a general guide to this subject might get me started. There is one problem though: this book is too old. First published in 1977 and revised in 1990, there are years of developments in this field which have just passed this book by. For a start, everybody nowadays uses kits, they are easy to get and relatively cheap, so we just don't need the pages of information on how to make your own. Plus, he barely talks about lights: presumably they weren't really used when he wrote the book. Then, the author's proselytising for hydroponics (how valuable it might be for the Third World etc), takes up room that might be used for explaining how to grow things. He just gives a few general hints and sends you to the bibliography for more information, in other words you need to buy another book! That said, the section on pests is helpful. All in all, this is a wasted opportunity, and it's surely time somebody wrote another general book on hydroponic gardening.

This is the perfect first book to buy on this subject, 22 Jan 1999
This book is very easy to understand and Richard E. Nicholls know how to make feel that Hydroponics is a wonderfull experience in life. My english is not perfect but I want to tell I'm very happy to have this book.

Great book for the beginner., 17 Feb 1998
After finishing the first skim through, I was intrigued enough to go out and buy a growing unit. I ordered the one and planted the seeds they included. Then I reread the book again so I knew what to watch for and what to do. It was amazing! Here in California in the middle of winter and el nino and almost freezing temperatures the seeds sprouted in 11 days...outside on our patio. I highly recommend hydroponic gardening to everyone!!!

Excellent, friendly, easy to understand, easy to navigate, 13 May 2002
Wow was I enthused! This book was great and very realistic in showing you what you can achieve. It is written in a friendly manner and will actually be of more use to me than the 'bible' on Hydroponics Food Production that I bought at the same time. It talks about kits but also shows you how you can DIY with bits and pieces that might be lying around the house. I zapped out and got a kit to start learning with but I think I'll venture into the DIY side before long because the carrots looked fabulously easy (don't do too well in the garden). This book makes you wonder why farmers are not converting in droves! I truly think that a revolution is on its way - organic and environmentally friendly and, as this book shows, easy.

Very disorganised, badly written, lots of basic info missing, 30 Apr 2007
The author clearly has lots of experience and a lot of enthusiasm for the subject but I have to say I found the book badly written. I suspect that the editors and the publishers are as much to blame as the author for this. Many of the explanations or descriptions are garbled and incomplete. I think that the author and the editors have not had a clear idea of the proposed readership for the book. I think also that the book attempts to cover too much ground - it does not explain the systems so much as 'review' them. Certainly as a beginner I did not find the book of much practical help. Many systems are reviewed and briefly described and there are lots of photos and diagrams but there is not sufficient clear instruction for any system which would enable you to set something up. It's one of those books where I would say that if you have sufficient understanding of the subject to be able to understand the descriptions and make good the rather brief accounts given then you don't need to read the book because you are expert anyway!

Step by step, an informative read and guide., 05 Nov 2006
This book supports and encourages anyone who is interested in soiless gardening in an enjoyable and practical way. Its well illustrated and explains basic to more complex techniques and projects in detail, as tried and tested practice of the author. Its the kind of book that really helps you to 'do it yourself' with great results! I thoroughly reccommend this book.

Not remarkable, but informative, 18 Aug 2003
If there was one sole reason to buy this book, it would be for the extensive diagrams detailing the cheaper ways of making the more expensive retail equipment - it wouldn't be as a guide for hydroponics on its own, as the growing techniques only tend to cover one specific way of doing things, leaving little or no room for tutored experimentation.

Having said this, however, it is good for familiarising yourself with hydroponics terms and getting the theory behind everything down to a fine art - but for anything beyond setting up equipment, such as system experimentation, you need something a lot more detailed on the potentially complex setups involved and the myriad ways to produce on hydro systems.

Hydroponics explained, 19 Apr 2003
I bought this to try and grow houseplants without the hassle of cat strewn soil. What a god send. Although the book is quite technical, I was delghted to be able to follow the explicit instructions and start to acquire a new hobby. I would have no hestitation in recommending this book to anyone with an interest in gardening and who would relish the challenge of growing in a new and exciting way.

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

An out-of-date guide to hydroponics, 10 Dec 2004
I must confess from the beginning: I'm a cannabis grower who came to this book wanting some hints on how to grow poppies. I thought a general guide to this subject might get me started. There is one problem though: this book is too old. First published in 1977 and revised in 1990, there are years of developments in this field which have just passed this book by. For a start, everybody nowadays uses kits, they are easy to get and relatively cheap, so we just don't need the pages of information on how to make your own. Plus, he barely talks about lights: presumably they weren't really used when he wrote the book. Then, the author's proselytising for hydroponics (how valuable it might be for the Third World etc), takes up room that might be used for explaining how to grow things. He just gives a few general hints and sends you to the bibliography for more information, in other words you need to buy another book! That said, the section on pests is helpful. All in all, this is a wasted opportunity, and it's surely time somebody wrote another general book on hydroponic gardening.

This is the perfect first book to buy on this subject, 22 Jan 1999
This book is very easy to understand and Richard E. Nicholls know how to make feel that Hydroponics is a wonderfull experience in life. My english is not perfect but I want to tell I'm very happy to have this book.

Great book for the beginner., 17 Feb 1998
After finishing the first skim through, I was intrigued enough to go out and buy a growing unit. I ordered the one and planted the seeds they included. Then I reread the book again so I knew what to watch for and what to do. It was amazing! Here in California in the middle of winter and el nino and almost freezing temperatures the seeds sprouted in 11 days...outside on our patio. I highly recommend hydroponic gardening to everyone!!!

Excellent, friendly, easy to understand, easy to navigate, 13 May 2002
Wow was I enthused! This book was great and very realistic in showing you what you can achieve. It is written in a friendly manner and will actually be of more use to me than the 'bible' on Hydroponics Food Production that I bought at the same time. It talks about kits but also shows you how you can DIY with bits and pieces that might be lying around the house. I zapped out and got a kit to start learning with but I think I'll venture into the DIY side before long because the carrots looked fabulously easy (don't do too well in the garden). This book makes you wonder why farmers are not converting in droves! I truly think that a revolution is on its way - organic and environmentally friendly and, as this book shows, easy.

Very disorganised, badly written, lots of basic info missing, 30 Apr 2007
The author clearly has lots of experience and a lot of enthusiasm for the subject but I have to say I found the book badly written. I suspect that the editors and the publishers are as much to blame as the author for this. Many of the explanations or descriptions are garbled and incomplete. I think that the author and the editors have not had a clear idea of the proposed readership for the book. I think also that the book attempts to cover too much ground - it does not explain the systems so much as 'review' them. Certainly as a beginner I did not find the book of much practical help. Many systems are reviewed and briefly described and there are lots of photos and diagrams but there is not sufficient clear instruction for any system which would enable you to set something up. It's one of those books where I would say that if you have sufficient understanding of the subject to be able to understand the descriptions and make good the rather brief accounts given then you don't need to read the book because you are expert anyway!

Step by step, an informative read and guide., 05 Nov 2006
This book supports and encourages anyone who is interested in soiless gardening in an enjoyable and practical way. Its well illustrated and explains basic to more complex techniques and projects in detail, as tried and tested practice of the author. Its the kind of book that really helps you to 'do it yourself' with great results! I thoroughly reccommend this book.

Not remarkable, but informative, 18 Aug 2003
If there was one sole reason to buy this book, it would be for the extensive diagrams detailing the cheaper ways of making the more expensive retail equipment - it wouldn't be as a guide for hydroponics on its own, as the growing techniques only tend to cover one specific way of doing things, leaving little or no room for tutored experimentation.

Having said this, however, it is good for familiarising yourself with hydroponics terms and getting the theory behind everything down to a fine art - but for anything beyond setting up equipment, such as system experimentation, you need something a lot more detailed on the potentially complex setups involved and the myriad ways to produce on hydro systems.

Hydroponics explained, 19 Apr 2003
I bought this to try and grow houseplants without the hassle of cat strewn soil. What a god send. Although the book is quite technical, I was delghted to be able to follow the explicit instructions and start to acquire a new hobby. I would have no hestitation in recommending this book to anyone with an interest in gardening and who would relish the challenge of growing in a new and exciting way.

Not a bad little book, 21 Mar 2001
This book is exactly what the title says "TIPS". It's NOT a grow guide, so if you're a beginner just starting out then this book is not for you (yet). The book does asume prior knowledge of growing marijuana. It gives information on improving your growroom, not setting one up. I would say this book is for the grower just past the beginner stage, who knows all the basics and just wants a few more bits and pieces of info. The book IS worth buying but not when you've JUST started this hobby.

ed is the authority!!!!, 28 Jul 1999
After reading this book and his Q&A in High Times any novice grower would be ready to grow those dank nuggs that everone goes broke for...definetly a must have from the leading indoor cultivation authority.

if you want dank buds read the book, 04 Mar 1999
It teaches the begingers to the pros on how to grow and imporve the plants and yields and gives various tips and points on these subjects. Its as easy to follow as 1,2,3. So if you want to know how to grow the dank read the book!!!!

if you want dank buds read the book, 04 Mar 1999
It teaches the begingers to the pros on how to grow and imporve the plants and yields and gives various tips and points on these subjects. Its as easy to follow as 1,2,3. So if you want to know how to grow the dank read the book!!!!

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

An out-of-date guide to hydroponics, 10 Dec 2004
I must confess from the beginning: I'm a cannabis grower who came to this book wanting some hints on how to grow poppies. I thought a general guide to this subject might get me started. There is one problem though: this book is too old. First published in 1977 and revised in 1990, there are years of developments in this field which have just passed this book by. For a start, everybody nowadays uses kits, they are easy to get and relatively cheap, so we just don't need the pages of information on how to make your own. Plus, he barely talks about lights: presumably they weren't really used when he wrote the book. Then, the author's proselytising for hydroponics (how valuable it might be for the Third World etc), takes up room that might be used for explaining how to grow things. He just gives a few general hints and sends you to the bibliography for more information, in other words you need to buy another book! That said, the section on pests is helpful. All in all, this is a wasted opportunity, and it's surely time somebody wrote another general book on hydroponic gardening.

This is the perfect first book to buy on this subject, 22 Jan 1999
This book is very easy to understand and Richard E. Nicholls know how to make feel that Hydroponics is a wonderfull experience in life. My english is not perfect but I want to tell I'm very happy to have this book.

Great book for the beginner., 17 Feb 1998
After finishing the first skim through, I was intrigued enough to go out and buy a growing unit. I ordered the one and planted the seeds they included. Then I reread the book again so I knew what to watch for and what to do. It was amazing! Here in California in the middle of winter and el nino and almost freezing temperatures the seeds sprouted in 11 days...outside on our patio. I highly recommend hydroponic gardening to everyone!!!

Excellent, friendly, easy to understand, easy to navigate, 13 May 2002
Wow was I enthused! This book was great and very realistic in showing you what you can achieve. It is written in a friendly manner and will actually be of more use to me than the 'bible' on Hydroponics Food Production that I bought at the same time. It talks about kits but also shows you how you can DIY with bits and pieces that might be lying around the house. I zapped out and got a kit to start learning with but I think I'll venture into the DIY side before long because the carrots looked fabulously easy (don't do too well in the garden). This book makes you wonder why farmers are not converting in droves! I truly think that a revolution is on its way - organic and environmentally friendly and, as this book shows, easy.

Very disorganised, badly written, lots of basic info missing, 30 Apr 2007
The author clearly has lots of experience and a lot of enthusiasm for the subject but I have to say I found the book badly written. I suspect that the editors and the publishers are as much to blame as the author for this. Many of the explanations or descriptions are garbled and incomplete. I think that the author and the editors have not had a clear idea of the proposed readership for the book. I think also that the book attempts to cover too much ground - it does not explain the systems so much as 'review' them. Certainly as a beginner I did not find the book of much practical help. Many systems are reviewed and briefly described and there are lots of photos and diagrams but there is not sufficient clear instruction for any system which would enable you to set something up. It's one of those books where I would say that if you have sufficient understanding of the subject to be able to understand the descriptions and make good the rather brief accounts given then you don't need to read the book because you are expert anyway!

Step by step, an informative read and guide., 05 Nov 2006
This book supports and encourages anyone who is interested in soiless gardening in an enjoyable and practical way. Its well illustrated and explains basic to more complex techniques and projects in detail, as tried and tested practice of the author. Its the kind of book that really helps you to 'do it yourself' with great results! I thoroughly reccommend this book.

Not remarkable, but informative, 18 Aug 2003
If there was one sole reason to buy this book, it would be for the extensive diagrams detailing the cheaper ways of making the more expensive retail equipment - it wouldn't be as a guide for hydroponics on its own, as the growing techniques only tend to cover one specific way of doing things, leaving little or no room for tutored experimentation.

Having said this, however, it is good for familiarising yourself with hydroponics terms and getting the theory behind everything down to a fine art - but for anything beyond setting up equipment, such as system experimentation, you need something a lot more detailed on the potentially complex setups involved and the myriad ways to produce on hydro systems.

Hydroponics explained, 19 Apr 2003
I bought this to try and grow houseplants without the hassle of cat strewn soil. What a god send. Although the book is quite technical, I was delghted to be able to follow the explicit instructions and start to acquire a new hobby. I would have no hestitation in recommending this book to anyone with an interest in gardening and who would relish the challenge of growing in a new and exciting way.

Not a bad little book, 21 Mar 2001
This book is exactly what the title says "TIPS". It's NOT a grow guide, so if you're a beginner just starting out then this book is not for you (yet). The book does asume prior knowledge of growing marijuana. It gives information on improving your growroom, not setting one up. I would say this book is for the grower just past the beginner stage, who knows all the basics and just wants a few more bits and pieces of info. The book IS worth buying but not when you've JUST started this hobby.

ed is the authority!!!!, 28 Jul 1999
After reading this book and his Q&A in High Times any novice grower would be ready to grow those dank nuggs that everone goes broke for...definetly a must have from the leading indoor cultivation authority.

if you want dank buds read the book, 04 Mar 1999
It teaches the begingers to the pros on how to grow and imporve the plants and yields and gives various tips and points on these subjects. Its as easy to follow as 1,2,3. So if you want to know how to grow the dank read the book!!!!

if you want dank buds read the book, 04 Mar 1999
It teaches the begingers to the pros on how to grow and imporve the plants and yields and gives various tips and points on these subjects. Its as easy to follow as 1,2,3. So if you want to know how to grow the dank read the book!!!!

Useful but technical, 03 May 1999
As a rank begineer I found most of the material to be a bit frightening. If these are the types of questions that arise in the hydroponic arena, I'm not sure I want to enter it. This book would certainly be beneficial to a very serious hydroponic gardener.

Perfect for Hydro growing, 20 Feb 2008
This has been the best book I have read so far, goes into great detail on how to grow Sea Of Green (SOG).

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to start growing Hydroponically as this covers all the stuff you need to know.

Hydroponic marijuana factory style, 29 Nov 2004
An interesting book, which outlines in detail the Sea of Green (or continuous harvest) method of marijuana growing. The trouble is it only describes this one method, based on cloning, which is for the big-time grower (ie seller). So if you're more interested in smaller-scale production (perhaps for personal use only), you ain't going to pick up more than a few hints about how to go about it. Moreover, some of the techniques (for example, the wick process) are rather confusingly described: I read one page five times and was none the wiser, even with the pictures. Overall, this is an enjoyable insight into one grower's world, but probably not for the first-timer.

What a good Ganja!!, 12 Jan 2001
Very well-written book. Hydroponic growing is now the best, and with this book anyone can do. So i suggest this book to anyone is interested in this gardening technique to grow his own good ganja. Stay High all the time!!

Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture., 22 Sep 2005
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture represents an educational, in-depth, up-to-date, indoor horticultural growers guide that covers all principles of indoor hydroponic horticulture and gardening. This book contains 110,000 words, with over 300 diagrams, pictures, illustrations, graphs, tables, 3 dimensional CAD renderings, and is printed in full colour.
Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture examines, explores, dissects and presents a fully comprehensive step by step growers guide, relating to all and every aspect of indoor hydroponic horticulture, with complete chapters on plant biology, propagation, hydroponic systems, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide enrichment, pH, biological pest control, fungi/disease, cuttings/clones, pruning/training, breeding, harvesting, equipment, grow rooms, a full history of hydroponics, and more.

This book goes further than any indoor growers guide has gone before, presented in full colour with 3 dimensional CAD renderings. Hydroponics - Indoor Horticulture quite simply outclasses any other book on the subject... In terms of literal content, quantity, quality and presentation, no other indoor horticulture growers guide can compete, let alone compare.

Do you want to grow like a pro? This book will show you how!

An out-of-date guide to hydroponics, 10 Dec 2004
I must confess from the beginning: I'm a cannabis grower who came to this book wanting some hints on how to grow poppies. I thought a general guide to this subject might get me started. There is one problem though: this book is too old. First published in 1977 and revised in 1990, there are years of developments in this field which have just passed this book by. For a start, everybody nowadays uses kits, they are easy to get and relatively cheap, so we just don't need the pages of information on how to make your own. Plus, he barely talks about lights: presumably they weren't really used when he wrote the book. Then, the author's proselytising for hydroponics (how valuable it might be for the Third World etc), takes up room that might be used for explaining how to grow things. He just gives a few general hints and sends you to the bibliography for more information, in other words you need to buy another book! That said, the section on pests is helpful. All in all, this is a wasted opportunity, and it's surely time somebody wrote another general book on hydroponic gardening.

This is the perfect first book to buy on this subject, 22 Jan 1999
This book is very easy to understand and Richard E. Nicholls know how to make feel that Hydroponics is a wonderfull experience in life. My english is not perfect but I want to tell I'm very happy to have this book.

Great book for the beginner., 17 Feb 1998
After finishing the first skim through, I was intrigued enough to go out and buy a growing unit. I ordered the one and planted the seeds they included. Then I reread the book again so I knew what to watch for and what to do. It was amazing! Here in California in the middle of winter and el nino and almost freezing temperatures the seeds sprouted in 11 days...outside on our patio. I highly recommend hydroponic gardening to everyone!!!

Excellent, friendly, easy to understand, easy to navigate, 13 May 2002
Wow was I enthused! This book was great and very realistic in showing you what you can achieve. It is written in a friendly manner and will actually be of more use to me than the 'bible' on Hydroponics Food Production that I bought at the same time. It talks about kits but also shows you how you can DIY with bits and pieces that might be lying around the house. I zapped out and got a kit to start learning with but I think I'll venture into the DIY side before long because the carrots looked fabulously easy (don't do too well in the garden). This book makes you wonder why farmers are not converting in droves! I truly think that a revolution is on its way - organic and environmentally friendly and, as this book shows, easy.

Very disorganised, badly written, lots of basic info missing, 30 Apr 2007
The author clearly has lots of experience and a lot of enthusiasm for the subject but I have to say I found the book badly written. I suspect that the editors and the publishers are as much to blame as the author for this. Many of the explanations or descriptions are garbled and incomplete. I think that the author and the editors have not had a clear idea of the proposed readership for the book. I think also that the book attempts to cover too much ground - it does not explain the systems so much as 'review' them. Certainly as a beginner I did not find the book of much practical help. Many systems are reviewed and briefly described and there are lots of photos and diagrams but there is not sufficient clear instruction for any system which would enable you to set something up. It's one of those books where I would say that if you have sufficient understanding of the subject to be able to understand the descriptions and make good the rather brief accounts given then you don't need to read the book because you are expert anyway!

Step by step, an informative read and guide., 05 Nov 2006
This book supports and encourages anyone who is interested in soiless gardening in an enjoyable and practical way. Its well illustrated and explains basic to more complex techniques and projects in detail, as tried and tested practice of the author. Its the kind of book that really helps you to 'do it yourself' with great results! I thoroughly reccommend this book.

Not remarkable, but informative, 18 Aug 2003
If there was one sole reason to buy this book, it would be for the extensive diagrams detailing the cheaper ways of making the more expensive retail equipment - it wouldn't be as a guide for hydroponics on its own, as the growing techniques only tend to cover one specific way of doing things, leaving little or no room for tutored experimentation.

Having said this, however, it is good for familiarising yourself with hydroponics terms and getting the theory behind everything down to a fine art - but for anything beyond setting up equipment, such as system experimentation, you need something a lot more detailed on the potentially complex setups involved and the myriad ways to produce on hydro systems.

Hydroponics explained, 19 Apr 2003
I bought this to try and grow houseplants without the hassle of cat strewn soil. What a god send. Although the book is quite technical, I was delghted to be able to follow the explicit instructions and start to acquire a new hobby. I would have no hestitation in recommending this book to anyone with an interest in gardening and who would relish the challenge of growing in a new and exciting way.

Not a bad little book, 21 Mar 2001
This book is exactly what the title says "TIPS". It's NOT a grow guide, so if you're a beginner just starting out then this book is not for you (yet). The book does asume prior knowledge of growing marijuana. It gives information on improving your growroom, not setting one up. I would say this book is for the grower just past the beginner stage, who knows all the basics and just wants a few more bits and pieces of info. The book IS worth buying but not when you've JUST started this hobby.

ed is the authority!!!!, 28 Jul 1999
After reading this book and his Q&A in High Times any novice grower would be ready to grow those dank nuggs that everone goes broke for...definetly a must have from the leading indoor cultivation authority.

if you want dank buds read the book, 04 Mar 1999
It teaches the begingers to the pros on how to grow and imporve the plants and yields and gives various tips and points on these subjects. Its as easy to follow as 1,2,3. So if you want to know how to grow the dank read the book!!!!

if you want dank buds read the book, 04 Mar 1999
It teaches the begingers to the pros on how to grow and imporve the plants and yields and gives various tips and points on these subjects. Its as easy to follow as 1,2,3. So if you want to know how to grow the dank read the book!!!!

Useful but technical, 03 May 1999
As a rank begineer I found most of the material to be a bit frightening. If these are the types of questions that arise in the hydroponic arena, I'm not sure I want to enter it. This book would certainly be beneficial to a very serious hydroponic gardener.

Disappointing and a waste of money, 14 Apr 2003
I have to say that I really wasn't impressed by this book. Bridwell's writing style is overly anectdotal and rambling, and the critical detail needed for getting off to a flying start in hydroponics is missing. There are almost certainly much better books on the subject which are half the size.