THE PURSUIT OF PURE POT
Story by Ed Glick, photos by Dan Skye
Everyone wants safe, healthy buds, but what's the best way to get them? By focusing on the basics - keeping a sharp eye on the biotic and abiotic factors involved in the production and preservation of cannabis.

CLOSET GROWING FOR SUPERIOR CANNABIS
Contributor Mr. Hades returns with a simple and informative guide to producing connoisseur-quality organic pot in your closet or other small grow space. Create a living soil filled with beneficial microbes whose symbiotic relationship with your plants' roots will help create the ultimate medicine.

THE GREEN REVOLUTION
By Dirty Dave
Adapting the lessons of industrial agriculture to small-scale indoor cannabis cultivation... before Big Ag gets the chance.

THE 2011 HYDRO REPORT
By Nico Escondido
Featuring one of the most pristine, picturesque and proficient hydroponic growrooms ever shot by HIGH TIMES, our 12th Annual Hydro Report is one of our best ever! Covering everything from growroom specs to various hydroponic systems to details on EC and flushing in hydro setups, this article has something for every level of grower. If you're considering a garden of your own, this year's Hydro Report is a must-read!

GROWIN' IN THE 'DAM
Amsterdam - the city where the modern weed-growing era began, where indoor horticulture first met fine cannabis genetics. Thirty years later, what has changed, and what's stayed the same? Nico Escondido checks out some of the best Dutch grow ops to explore just where Holland is these days on the growroom radar.

THE 12TH ANNUAL S.T.A.S.H. AWARDS
By Eric Schoner
The HIGH TIMES Cultivation Department presents its annual rundown of the best gear of the year to assist cannabis farmers in their never-ending quest to increase yields and decrease workloads. Try these handy pot-production products in your own growroom for more efficiency with less effort!

BOOT CAMP
By Nico Escondido. Photos by Harry Resin.
How growing in tents can work for you.

OUTDOOR PLANTING GUIDE
By the HIGH TIMES Cultivation Department
Nothing tastes sweeter, or grows greener, than your very own homegrown outdoor ganja. So let's start off the season right!

COLLEGE BUDS
By Jack Starks
These growers definitely have brighter futures. Take a look at the inner workings of college grows while earning some extra credit in vital growroom and security basics.

CLONING MADE EASY
Many growers remain mystified by cloning and find it difficult to master the art of propagating many plants from one mother. Danny Danko explains the key factors that allow any marijuana farmer to root cuttings over and over with ease.

STRAINS OF MAINE
Story by Danny Danko Photos by Brian Jahn
Maine's medical-marijuana growers face government regulations and new rules for an evolving cannabis-dispensary system fraught with both promise and peril.

OPTIMIZE YOUR GROWING ENVIRONMENT
Story & photos by Erik Biksa
Canadian growers have been developing a variety of means to maximize cannabis potency and quality through environmental and nutrient-management practices.

TOP 10 STRAINS OF 2010
Danny Danko unveils HIGH TIMES' choices for the most potent and finest-tasting pot varieties in the world—our annual, highly esteemed list of the award-winning ganja genetics available for true cannabis connoisseurs and weed aficionados.

OUTDOOR GUERILLA GROW
By Nico Escondido
Time to head outside and find your secret spot, get your ground ready - and, of course, make sure no one else can find it. Here's the how-to on creating, maintaining and, most importantly, keeping an outdoor guerrilla grow.

GROW LEGAL POT*
The War on Weed is over, somewhat, in some ways, for some of us, in some of the country - so how do you grow Cannabis sativa without breaking the law?

HASHISH!
Making professional-quality hashish requires in-depth understanding of its true essence. In this excerpt of the updated, second edition of Robert Connell Clarke's world-renowned book, HASHISH! you'll gain knowledge second to none—and hopefully, produce some sweet hash of your own.

CANNABIS NUTRIENTS
Story and photos by Erik Biksa
Finding the right links to heightened plant performance.

THE MYSTERY OF LEMON
By Callum Francis
Discovering the origins of the legendary pot strain Lemon Skunk.

HOW GREEN IS YOUR GRASS?
By David Bienenstock
Cannabis cultivation should honor Mother Earth, but the War on Marijuana turns farmers into criminals and leaves the
environment caught in the crossfire.