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True Living Organics: The Ultimate Guide to Growing All-Natural Marijuana Indoors Paperback – August 28, 2012

by The Rev (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 363 ratings
The only organics grow guide is also the only book that shows how to change an existing grow room to an all-natural, synthetic-free, living, breathing cannabis cultivation space. Written in the accessible, easy-to-follow style that’s won The Rev so many followers, this book sifts through the jargon surrounding organic marijuana growing and gets straight to the heart of the matter: the living soil. True Living Organics provides several different ways to create a high-quality living medium for marijuana plants. Dispensing with the basics of how to grow pot, this guide instead gives the reader a new education on what cannabis plants really need and the best way to give it to them. With over 200 color photos illustrating every topic, this book is as easy to use as it is insightful.
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  1. Print length
    262 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Green Candy Press
  4. Publication date
    August 28, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1931160961
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1931160964
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As a staff writer for Skunk Magazine and a vocal advocate of his own True Living Organics grow style, The Rev has earned himself quite the following in the North American cannabis community. Though he was once a successful and prolific hydro grower, he saw the light several years ago, and once he sampled his first home-grown True Living Organics bud, he never looked back. Now he can be found lingering around his own earthworm farm encouraging the worms to breathe heavily, and sticking his arms into his soil mixes to feel how much they wriggle.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Green Candy Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 28, 2012
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1931160961
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1931160964
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 363 ratings

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Customers find the book informative and easy to read, with great pictures and beneficial bacteria content. Moreover, they appreciate the soil recipes as a great baseline for creating custom mixes, and consider it the best organic grow guide available. However, opinions on value for money are mixed, with some finding it worth the cost while others consider it unnecessary.

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72 customers mention "Informational content"69 positive3 negative

Customers find the book super informative on basics and appreciate that it serves as a great guide for growers at all levels of experience.

"...'s book here has helped me out a lot, and given me an insight into something exciting and new, and I hope he does very well in his venture as a..." Read more

"...As you read through each of the 13 chapters, you will find copious amounts of information that will, for-sure, leave your brain cells excreting TLO!..." Read more

"...It's a plausible concept that's tough to argue against, even if you know nothing about horticulture: plants evolved for millions of years to..." Read more

"...This is an excellent place to start re-learning how to garden. As is the sequel, Teaming with Nutrients. Ok, enough book pimping......." Read more

46 customers mention "Organic gardening"46 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's approach to organic gardening, describing it as the best guide and noting that it helps make healthy plants. One customer mentions its usefulness for growing anything in containers.

"...and I hope he does very well in his venture as a writer. Healthier habits, healthier ways; preach it brother, preach it, and friends, we..." Read more

"...constructed this compact grimoire, for you to create a perfect soil environment for your plants to do their thing...”Grow like trees”!..." Read more

"...and should be grown with concern and compassion and without harmful chemicals and synthetics...." Read more

"...Rich compost, rock dust, sand/wood and organic teas would be an awesome way to grow as naturally as possible this side of Masanobu Fukuoka's Natural..." Read more

36 customers mention "Ease of reading"32 positive4 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understand, describing it as well-written and straightforward to follow.

"...as far as how I do this, and with me it would be all about ease and convenience, while approaching the threshold of excellence that The Rev here..." Read more

"...The book is high quality with lots of pictures and is easy-to-read in true Rev style...." Read more

"...An easy general read for anyone wanting to truly garden organically.." Read more

"...Its back to the drawing board for me. The book is simple to read and full of how to info...." Read more

5 customers mention "Picture quality"5 positive0 negative

Customers like the pictures in the book, with one mentioning that they are HD quality.

"...The book is high quality with lots of pictures and is easy-to-read in true Rev style...." Read more

"...Pictures are HD and its more than informative. Definitely reccomend this to anyone who is serious about getting into growing!" Read more

"This is a great book that's super easy to read and has a lot of great pictures...." Read more

"...Nice pictures, detailed instructions, and a good start to also creating your own methods of true living organics. 5 stars." Read more

5 customers mention "Soil recipes"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the soil recipes in the book, with several noting they provide a great starting point for creating custom mixes, and one customer highlighting the detailed dirt formulas and tea-making instructions.

"Ready to go soil recipes and spikes...." Read more

"...Multiple soil recipes, AACT recipes, and dry fertilizer application methods are described in solid detail...." Read more

"...I like the basic ingredients to make your own tea." Read more

"Detailed dirt recipes and formulas for use. Everything the experienced grower needs to know to switch to TLO." Read more

3 customers mention "Beneficial bacteria"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the information about beneficial bacteria in the book.

"...ACT's are meant to multiply and feed beneficial microbes...." Read more

"...Healthy microbes, make healthy plants...." Read more

"...In TLO we feed the microbes and beneficial bacteria and in return they feed the plant...." Read more

15 customers mention "Value for money"10 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's value for money, with some finding it worth the cost while others consider it a waste of money and unnecessary.

"...The TLO Experience = High-grade and higher yields with less cost and a beneficial environmental impact...." Read more

"...TLO is the only way to go--healthier, safer, cheaper, and of course, a better medicine...." Read more

"...The spikes and layers recommended in this book are totally unnecessary and really don't make sense from a living soil perspective...." Read more

"...High quality means high price in the market place. I believe that if you are growing for the medical community you have an ethical duty to..." Read more

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  • OlDavyBoy
    5.0 out of 5 stars A O K
    Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2016
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    Well, what all can I say? I thought that people like me did not have any say, but here I go. I read through the book, and found it most useful. He clued me in some on magnesium, and how excesses of it can drive turpenes south. {Big, big help.} I am still wrestling with it, since I decided to go a Vegan route, and there is no available magnesium in what I have. I reckon I can just use very conservative amounts of Unsulfured Molasses, say like the amount of the volume of that of a dime into a gallon of water, and to halt it the moment I see any amber hairs. I believe that dolomite lime has magnesium in it as well, but Build A Soil claims that dolomite lime is not good for soil, so I will have to investigate this further. It is obvious that I still have a long way to go, but I believe I have a start here. I will just need to continue my study as I move through time. My goal is to simply come to a fundamental grasp of the subject so that I can develop my own style as far as how I do this, and with me it would be all about ease and convenience, while approaching the threshold of excellence that The Rev here speaks of.
    In defence of The Rev here, I believe he is doing all that he can to simulate nature, and I can understand where he is coming from, though once again, Build A Soil believes The Rev makes it harder than it has to be. I noticed that The Rev did not include Epsom Salts like SC includes, and I too highly question using Epsom Salts, where as salts are what we are trying to avoid here.
    Bottom line is, The Rev's book here has helped me out a lot, and given me an insight into something exciting and new, and I hope he does very well in his venture as a writer.
    Healthier habits, healthier ways; preach it brother, preach it, and friends, we can all learn together to improve the standard of life for all of us...one day at a time. Be kind to one another, and I really mean that.
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  • Nomads Landing Farm
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book has changed the direction of cannabis cultivation.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2014
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    The Rev from Skunk Magazine has gifted the growing world with ancient Revski secrets. Sure to transform your average “home-grown” grower into a master, high-grade, gardening wiz!

    True Living Organics lays down the system for you! Each chapter is a building block based on fundamental elements and practices. As you read through each of the 13 chapters, you will find copious amounts of information that will, for-sure, leave your brain cells excreting TLO! This is a READ, a must read, if you want the true, TLO Experience! Once you get into the book, you will see that the Rev has carefully constructed this compact grimoire, for you to create a perfect soil environment for your plants to do their thing...”Grow like trees”!

    Ha ha ha...LESS is really more! The TLO Experience = High-grade and higher yields with less cost and a beneficial environmental impact. Nomads Landing Farm-nCollective experienced a 25% yield increase and spent 75% less on fertilizers our 1st season using the True Living Organics System, and we are Greenhouse farmers, not indoor, yep worked for us in a greenhouse.

    So the deal is, if your “into” growing phat, icky-sticky, yum-yums, in potters or beds, you will want to read True Living Organics; IMMEDIATELY! As even stated by the Rev in the beginning, this is not a beginners book to learn to grow, this is more... the next level, or for those who may be a little more daring, it's worth it.

    The truth is, you will find no other cannabis resource like True Living Organics that teaches you this low impact, renewable, organic, style of growing. Read the WHOLE book, cover to cover, let those key points get beat in; don't forget the reference material, is worth it's weight in gold as well.

    It can do for you, what it has done for us!

    Dia and Spencer
    Nomads Landing Farm-nCollective
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  • Brave Sir Rob
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Available on Subject
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    If you plan to buy the TOP 3 BOOKS about growing cannabis, buy 3 copies of this one and compost 2 of them in your worm factory. This book is all you need to grow the most exceptional cannabis around. I have been following The Rev for years, cutting and pasting his advice and techniques (written for SKUNK magazine) into a personal grow journal and FINALLY he has compiled his time-tested processes into a single volume. The book is high quality with lots of pictures and is easy-to-read in true Rev style. Experts should of course buy it because it will become the cornerstone of every grower's library, and beginners shouldn't waste their money on any other books because they will eventually end up following The Rev's advice. TLO is the only way to go--healthier, safer, cheaper, and of course, a better medicine. The Rev shows a respect for the cannabis plant and it's relationship with the environment previously unheard of in the art of growing. The Rev took my growing to the next level when I started transitioning away from synthetics and chelating salts towards a true living soil. TLO not only offers a better bud, but a closed system of recycling, in which every bit of the plant and soil can be reused and reintegrated back into future grows. Additionally, I now use worms and microbeasties to produce my own teas, castings, and soils. Besides purchasing certain common soil ammendments, everything I do is self-contained, which means a greater chance of people leaving me alone to do my thing. Cannabis is a medicine and should be grown with concern and compassion and without harmful chemicals and synthetics. It DOES make a difference, and your patients will thank you for buying this book.
    16 people found this helpful
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read, a bit repetitive
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2024
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Ready to go soil recipes and spikes.

    Knowing how and why you're selecting a specific product or amendment, not just do this or else.

    Principles apply to organic gardening, not just growing cannabis.
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  • carolineu83
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, easy to understand and informative
    Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2016
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Great book, easy to understand and informative.Highly recomend if you want to get into organic growing , and not just for cannabis. Book is laid out like a textbook and is excellent to have as a reference for many challenges you might face. Many soil and tea recipes as well.
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  • Donovan Rübsaat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Geniales Buch für alle Arten von Pflanzen
    Reviewed in Germany on August 25, 2015
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    In diesem Buch wird neben der Einrichtung eines effizienten Growbereichs vor allem auf die richtige Erdmischung großer Wert gelegt. Der Autor gibt genaue Anleitung zur eigenen Herstellung von einer über viele Jahre erprobten, lebenden Erdmischung, mit allen Mengenangaben. Dutzende Nährstoff/Düngeprodukte werden genauer unter die Lupe genommen.
    Absolut empfehlenswert für jede Art von Indoor Gardening.
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  • Cliente Amazon
    3.0 out of 5 stars Desepcionado por el contenido.
    Reviewed in Spain on June 13, 2016
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    habla mas de los productos en venta que de realizar un suelo con lo que encuentras en tu entorno .
    Mucho mejor solo comprar "teaming with microbes" y ya esta.
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  • klitzo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2014
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Awesome stuff
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  • Dave Murphy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. It's a look into a seriously experienced ...
    Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2016
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Great book. It's a look into a seriously experienced and talented grower's mind and method. He gives you some really interesting formulas to work off of, and a lot of information to take and work with on your own. It's a great reference for making tea and mixing soil for really high quality plants. Fun read too. Props to The Rev.
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