CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

Well, you have opened my book, and you are probably wondering what a toilet has to do with growing marijuana . . . perhaps you have never heard of hydroponic gardening.
That is what this book is all about; turning you on to an old method of growing plants in the absence of soil and using it as a brand new method of growing super weed!

The word hydro, meaning water, and the word ponic, meaning working, makes the definition of hydroponics water-working. Growing plants in an inert substance such as gravel, with a liquid nutrient solution circulating through the growing medium, results in faster growing, healthier plants.

As for the toilet, it is a completely functional hydroponic garden. There are, however, better things to use for a growing unit. No longer is there a need to hassle with all the pots and soil one needs to grow plants the conventional way.

All you need for hydroponics is one tray four to eight inches deep that can be used for the entire growing cycle of your plants from seedlings to maturity. As for the growing medi- um, you can use gravel, vermiculite, sand, or even broken pottery. Best of all, it can be made fully automatic so that you don't even need a green thumb to get excellent results with hydroponics. All the information you need to grow your favorite plants is in the chapters ahead. Of course, I do not recommend grow- ing anything illegal. As you all know. growing marijuana is illegal in the United States. Therefore, it is the author's recom- mendation that you read this book for your own personal information. However, all of the information in this book can also be applied to growing legal plants, vegetables and herbs in a fraction of the time it takes with conventional