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Subcool
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I dont have any control over Amazon and we expect our copies today.
Sub
Sub
Dank, The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana...A Breeders Tale
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d-P
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they're in now then, yes?
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Subcool
Guest
Ed and Jane dropped the Ball and forgot about the Author but I have been assured I will have 6 cases on tuesday.
Sub
Sub
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FellowTraveler
- 5
- 3
I preordered mine at Amazon too.
Gem777 told me about the book and I went and ordered it.
Then I read about signed copies available on the other site you mentioned.
Oh well.
He also gave me a pack of Flav to grow out, so I 'm stoked about that.
Gem777 told me about the book and I went and ordered it.
Then I read about signed copies available on the other site you mentioned.
Oh well.
He also gave me a pack of Flav to grow out, so I 'm stoked about that.
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El Barto
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- 0
I finally got my copy from amazon yesterday and all I can say is WOW! I have never seen such gorgeous bud shots in my life. They seem to pop off the page.
I guess one way to look at this book is as a catalog of TGA strains, past and present. In a perfect world, it would be marketed with a blister pack of seeds. *sigh* maybe one day.
The text offers some interesting insights into how each strain was developed and some tips on how to get the best out of each strain but for me the first couple of times I've browsed through it, it's difficult to tear my eyes away from those beautiful buds.
Good job, man. I hope this book achieves the success it deserves.
:clapping
I guess one way to look at this book is as a catalog of TGA strains, past and present. In a perfect world, it would be marketed with a blister pack of seeds. *sigh* maybe one day.
The text offers some interesting insights into how each strain was developed and some tips on how to get the best out of each strain but for me the first couple of times I've browsed through it, it's difficult to tear my eyes away from those beautiful buds.
Good job, man. I hope this book achieves the success it deserves.
:clapping
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Subcool
Guest
I can't thank you enough mighty high praise and means a lot to me for sure.
People like my book thats cool as hell.
Sub
People like my book thats cool as hell.
Sub
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Donk Frog
Guest
do you have any signed copies of the book for sale still???
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Subcool
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MileHighChic
- 525
- 28
Yah! I just bought my own copy of Dank! Those pictures look so amazing...yummy:inlove
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Subcool
Guest
The critics speak
The Book of Dank,
media reviews
Hightimes
By Danny Danko
“Ever wonder how new Cannabis strains are created? Famous Bud Breeder Subcool reveals the secrets of his success in his first book on the subject. Summing up over 20 years of experience growing and crossing pot varieties. Dank: The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana features loving descriptions of Subcools favorite strains, accompanied by incredibly vivid photos—Close-ups so detailed that the pages practically stick together. Over 35 varieties-including High Times Top 10 Strain winners Jack the Ripper, Vortex, and Jillybean- are detailed in striking, full page photos featuring lush colors and trichomes galore. Complete with flowering times, aromas, yield and strain specific growing advise. Dank is perfect for the grow room or the coffee table. The breathtaking images and revealing text combine for a scintillating journey into the marijuana mindset of one the worlds best breeders, as he explains how and why he chooses certain plants to cross into blue-ribbon contest winners. The proud creator of sensi strains for the new millennium, Subcool is famous for producing buds with exceptional flavor, aroma and potency-plus the soothing traits that medicinal users rely upon to relieve pain and improve life. Danny Danko
Dopey Taylor
Weedbay
I was thinking just a couple of week ago that it’s been awhile since our good buddies over at QuickTrading have released a new book. So I really wasn’t too surprised when I got the email that this book was coming out. What is pleasant about the notice is that a member of the weedbay forums (and a few others) is the author. He’s also the breeder and photographer of a fine cannabis photo and breeding book entitled:
Dank: The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana
A Breeder's Tale
By Subcool
From time to time you’ll hear on the cannabis forums that someone is writing a book. Normally you’ll wait and wait and see if there is anything to the forum rumors. You see there’s a bit of turmoil still with books of this nature. Not only is cannabis considered illegal but also other breeders and seed banks offer competitive products, so there’s always a bit of shilling and self promotion from within, and the police wanting to intervene from without. So when a definitive voice in the scene releases all he knows about the strains he’s created it fills a huge void. I wish more breeders would do it. Subcool from TGA is a breeder, photographer, writer and grower and his professionalism for the plants he’s featuring shows off his strains and crosses well. It’s the type of book where you’ll read the information as fast as you can, so you can turn the page and see what’s on the other side.
The book “Dank” covers a breeder’s quest for the ultimate marijuana plant. From your own coffee table you will step behind the scenes of gourmet marijuana growing and discover the in depth information that has been cannabis board forum fodder for years. Potheads, growers, tokers, dealers, pinheads, they all like to discuss (and fight about) the parentage and growing tips of their favorite cannabis strains. But seldom are we treated to real-deal information straight from the breeder himself. It’s worth noting these are American strains, based on the strains we can get right here in California, where the voters have demanded that marijuana is made available for medical use statewide and made a lowest priority for law enforcement in many municipalities. There are a dozen other medical marijuana states and more considering medical marijuana in November, so it’s becoming a matter of taking care of our own now.
What do I get when I buy this book?
When you purchase the book you’re getting an 11” X 9” coffee table piece with a double gatefold cover with spot UV coating and embossed type. It really is quite impressive without even opening the book. Once inside prepare for the in depth description and photo essay of 37 highly detailed marijuana strains. You learn all about the strains, what traits to expect and what to avoid. At 144 pages and with multiple photos on some pages it’s a large body of work you could only expect from a grower of 2 decades.
This is the list of marijuana strains that have been featured with photos in most stages of growth and perhaps freshly cut or dried flowers. There is a complete breeder history for these strains, most of which are Subcool TGA strains or the strains they work with. Subcool and his strains and crosses are unique in that they are designed for taste and not so much just for potency, which is what other breeders might tend to focus on. These varieties of marijuana are described by the parent’s traits, the offspring traits that are mixed from the parents and the selection process that goes in to create the newest DANK. A handful of these are old California med scene classics, some are unavailable, and some are being featured at the Oaksterdam medical cannabis dispensaries. Patents can find these strains and grow them out. That’s always a plus.
A Sample Grow Info Capsule
Jack the Ripper
Sativas/Indica 70/30
Harvest Time 8-9 Weeks
Phenotypes 2, Both with a Lemon Haze smell and short growth. One tends to have a Pine smell.
Height Look for the short phenotype, colas swell late.
Parentage Pluton x Purple Haze x Lambs Bread x NL x Jack Herer x Romulan x Cindy99 BCGA
Grow Advice Untopped and grow to a full bush. Indoor/Outdoor
Yield Moderate trim work
Aroma Lemon mango pine hash, with aheavy haze influence
Type of High Intense, trippy, visual, phase shifting, increased heart rate, heavy crash, increased appetite, pain relief, paranoia.
You can enjoy this book without reading a word, and just by looking at the pictures. It’s full of well lit and beautiful pictures that document the strains from seed to bud. The quality of the pictures and the sharpness of the printing will sell books to people that have never grown and are just captivated by the title DANK. It’s all about tasty buds at the peak of ripeness with trichomes that just melt off the page. Selecting just four images for the review was pretty hard. I had a dozen pictures under consideration and settled on these four because I think these represent what medical patients will be interested in.
A big part of the book is documentation of a breeders work and although photos don’t document the strains Subcool was working with, there is a substantial amount of information he shares about these ‘other’ strains. There are 20 others strains mentioned in the book
Batgirl Cinderella Lambs Bread Princess 75
BC Hashplant G-13 Mendo Purps Purple Haze
Black Berry Genius Ortega Skoosh
Blue Berry Jack Herer Pluton 2 White Widow
Cherry Ak-47 Kali Mist Northern Lights #5
It’s a great book and I can easily recommend this to anyone interested in Dank sticky bud. Medical marijuana patients and growers can get information straight from the breeder. With grow tips and photo documentation on strains available in the Nor-Cal area it should be interesting to weedbay locals. I can also testify that the photos in the book are worth the price just as a conversation piece in their own merit and are in a class of their own. At 144 pages it’s a definitive guide and available at fine bookstores everywhere October 1st 2008. Retails at $29.95.
If you want a signed copy of this book they are limited to the first 100 copies but we thought it would be cool to set that up. The site is Dank Gear ONLINE
Dopey T
Skunk Magazine
By Mamakind
We pride ourselves at SKUNK on bringing only the freshest and coolest of what the Cannabis world has to offer. One of our perennial favorites ( not to mention a favorite of all the other guys), the proprietor of TGA Seeds and creator of such modern day classics as Jack the Ripper, Querkle, and Tinybomb—walks the wild side of ganja cultivation and photography. If it’s an impossibly beautiful color, has an exotic and alluring taste, smells like nothing you’ve ever smelled before and has a high that makes you feel like your toking up for the first time…it must be Subcool and it’s definitely dank.
Sub’s long awaited solo literary debut, DANK; The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana carries on the tradition of gorgeous photography, sumptuous strain descriptions and intricate genetic histories that you’ve come to expect from this grow forum guru and just when you thought it couldn’t get any danker, we find out that it’s the Guru of Ganja, Ed Rosenthal’s publishing company, that’s bringing the essential addition to pot lovers libraries everywhere in the fall of 2008.
Not bad for a Hippy huh?
Sub
The Book of Dank,
media reviews
Hightimes
By Danny Danko
“Ever wonder how new Cannabis strains are created? Famous Bud Breeder Subcool reveals the secrets of his success in his first book on the subject. Summing up over 20 years of experience growing and crossing pot varieties. Dank: The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana features loving descriptions of Subcools favorite strains, accompanied by incredibly vivid photos—Close-ups so detailed that the pages practically stick together. Over 35 varieties-including High Times Top 10 Strain winners Jack the Ripper, Vortex, and Jillybean- are detailed in striking, full page photos featuring lush colors and trichomes galore. Complete with flowering times, aromas, yield and strain specific growing advise. Dank is perfect for the grow room or the coffee table. The breathtaking images and revealing text combine for a scintillating journey into the marijuana mindset of one the worlds best breeders, as he explains how and why he chooses certain plants to cross into blue-ribbon contest winners. The proud creator of sensi strains for the new millennium, Subcool is famous for producing buds with exceptional flavor, aroma and potency-plus the soothing traits that medicinal users rely upon to relieve pain and improve life. Danny Danko
Dopey Taylor
Weedbay
I was thinking just a couple of week ago that it’s been awhile since our good buddies over at QuickTrading have released a new book. So I really wasn’t too surprised when I got the email that this book was coming out. What is pleasant about the notice is that a member of the weedbay forums (and a few others) is the author. He’s also the breeder and photographer of a fine cannabis photo and breeding book entitled:
Dank: The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana
A Breeder's Tale
By Subcool
From time to time you’ll hear on the cannabis forums that someone is writing a book. Normally you’ll wait and wait and see if there is anything to the forum rumors. You see there’s a bit of turmoil still with books of this nature. Not only is cannabis considered illegal but also other breeders and seed banks offer competitive products, so there’s always a bit of shilling and self promotion from within, and the police wanting to intervene from without. So when a definitive voice in the scene releases all he knows about the strains he’s created it fills a huge void. I wish more breeders would do it. Subcool from TGA is a breeder, photographer, writer and grower and his professionalism for the plants he’s featuring shows off his strains and crosses well. It’s the type of book where you’ll read the information as fast as you can, so you can turn the page and see what’s on the other side.
The book “Dank” covers a breeder’s quest for the ultimate marijuana plant. From your own coffee table you will step behind the scenes of gourmet marijuana growing and discover the in depth information that has been cannabis board forum fodder for years. Potheads, growers, tokers, dealers, pinheads, they all like to discuss (and fight about) the parentage and growing tips of their favorite cannabis strains. But seldom are we treated to real-deal information straight from the breeder himself. It’s worth noting these are American strains, based on the strains we can get right here in California, where the voters have demanded that marijuana is made available for medical use statewide and made a lowest priority for law enforcement in many municipalities. There are a dozen other medical marijuana states and more considering medical marijuana in November, so it’s becoming a matter of taking care of our own now.
What do I get when I buy this book?
When you purchase the book you’re getting an 11” X 9” coffee table piece with a double gatefold cover with spot UV coating and embossed type. It really is quite impressive without even opening the book. Once inside prepare for the in depth description and photo essay of 37 highly detailed marijuana strains. You learn all about the strains, what traits to expect and what to avoid. At 144 pages and with multiple photos on some pages it’s a large body of work you could only expect from a grower of 2 decades.
This is the list of marijuana strains that have been featured with photos in most stages of growth and perhaps freshly cut or dried flowers. There is a complete breeder history for these strains, most of which are Subcool TGA strains or the strains they work with. Subcool and his strains and crosses are unique in that they are designed for taste and not so much just for potency, which is what other breeders might tend to focus on. These varieties of marijuana are described by the parent’s traits, the offspring traits that are mixed from the parents and the selection process that goes in to create the newest DANK. A handful of these are old California med scene classics, some are unavailable, and some are being featured at the Oaksterdam medical cannabis dispensaries. Patents can find these strains and grow them out. That’s always a plus.
A Sample Grow Info Capsule
Jack the Ripper
Sativas/Indica 70/30
Harvest Time 8-9 Weeks
Phenotypes 2, Both with a Lemon Haze smell and short growth. One tends to have a Pine smell.
Height Look for the short phenotype, colas swell late.
Parentage Pluton x Purple Haze x Lambs Bread x NL x Jack Herer x Romulan x Cindy99 BCGA
Grow Advice Untopped and grow to a full bush. Indoor/Outdoor
Yield Moderate trim work
Aroma Lemon mango pine hash, with aheavy haze influence
Type of High Intense, trippy, visual, phase shifting, increased heart rate, heavy crash, increased appetite, pain relief, paranoia.
You can enjoy this book without reading a word, and just by looking at the pictures. It’s full of well lit and beautiful pictures that document the strains from seed to bud. The quality of the pictures and the sharpness of the printing will sell books to people that have never grown and are just captivated by the title DANK. It’s all about tasty buds at the peak of ripeness with trichomes that just melt off the page. Selecting just four images for the review was pretty hard. I had a dozen pictures under consideration and settled on these four because I think these represent what medical patients will be interested in.
A big part of the book is documentation of a breeders work and although photos don’t document the strains Subcool was working with, there is a substantial amount of information he shares about these ‘other’ strains. There are 20 others strains mentioned in the book
Batgirl Cinderella Lambs Bread Princess 75
BC Hashplant G-13 Mendo Purps Purple Haze
Black Berry Genius Ortega Skoosh
Blue Berry Jack Herer Pluton 2 White Widow
Cherry Ak-47 Kali Mist Northern Lights #5
It’s a great book and I can easily recommend this to anyone interested in Dank sticky bud. Medical marijuana patients and growers can get information straight from the breeder. With grow tips and photo documentation on strains available in the Nor-Cal area it should be interesting to weedbay locals. I can also testify that the photos in the book are worth the price just as a conversation piece in their own merit and are in a class of their own. At 144 pages it’s a definitive guide and available at fine bookstores everywhere October 1st 2008. Retails at $29.95.
If you want a signed copy of this book they are limited to the first 100 copies but we thought it would be cool to set that up. The site is Dank Gear ONLINE
Dopey T
Skunk Magazine
By Mamakind
We pride ourselves at SKUNK on bringing only the freshest and coolest of what the Cannabis world has to offer. One of our perennial favorites ( not to mention a favorite of all the other guys), the proprietor of TGA Seeds and creator of such modern day classics as Jack the Ripper, Querkle, and Tinybomb—walks the wild side of ganja cultivation and photography. If it’s an impossibly beautiful color, has an exotic and alluring taste, smells like nothing you’ve ever smelled before and has a high that makes you feel like your toking up for the first time…it must be Subcool and it’s definitely dank.
Sub’s long awaited solo literary debut, DANK; The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana carries on the tradition of gorgeous photography, sumptuous strain descriptions and intricate genetic histories that you’ve come to expect from this grow forum guru and just when you thought it couldn’t get any danker, we find out that it’s the Guru of Ganja, Ed Rosenthal’s publishing company, that’s bringing the essential addition to pot lovers libraries everywhere in the fall of 2008.
Not bad for a Hippy huh?
Sub
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greel
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thats Socool ;)
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Purkle
Premium Member
Supporter
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Congrats on your Book Subcool!! Looks great from the previews and cant wait to order one.
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drpressure600
Guest
fair play to u . .
i'll have to get a signed copy off u sub, let me know how to go about this, fair play to you 4 your work, i'd love to do a grow dvd somewhere along the line myself . .
i'll have to get a signed copy off u sub, let me know how to go about this, fair play to you 4 your work, i'd love to do a grow dvd somewhere along the line myself . .
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Subcool
Guest
JUst order a book from Dankgear and in the comments section tell me what ya want me to say.
www.dankgearonline.com
www.dankgearonline.com
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wpg_breeder
Guest
JUST GOT THE BOOK!!!!!! so pumped to read it! let you know what i think when im finished! no dout my expectations will be exceeded by the author/genius!
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Subcool
Guest
I hope ya like it brother!
Can't wait for your review.
Sub
Can't wait for your review.
Sub
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Danny Danko
Guest
The book has a proud place on my prized cannabis book shelf alongside classics such as Hashish! by Robert Connell Clark, Jorge's Grow Bible, Marijuana Grower's Guide by Mel Frank, Big Books of Buds by Ed Rosenthal, Cannabibles by Jason King and Dr. Lester Grinspoon's Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine.
Nice job Sub!
Nice job Sub!
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sam_i_am
Guest
sub how much extra is it for you to sign it? i was lookingat it in the store the other day and remembered that you sign them or i thought you did.....i dont really know you so it would be hard for you to write something in there other than something about agent orange or breaking the purple potency myth for me that would require some seriose thought, anyways it looked stellar and i will be ordering it soon as i got enough money to pick up a pack of jacks cleaner or querkle cant decide yet
peace
sam
peace
sam
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Subcool
Guest
Just order from www.dankgearonline.com and in the comments section let me know who to dedicate it to.
I dont charge for my sig bro :)
Sub
I dont charge for my sig bro :)
Sub
MileHighChic
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Hey Subcool! Dank is an exceptionally beautiful and visual book to look at. I just got my book through dankgearonline and it was signed by you. :cool
The pictures are amazing and each different strain looks surreal. Very informative. Dank opened up a door to which most of us would have never seen. That's what heaven looks like. I wish I would one day get the chance to try all of them...Tiny Bomb especially. :smoke Amazing job and I look forward to more books by you.
As to your question...What's in your bowl?...right now it is Bubbleberry, Royal Duchess Dragon and Purple Dragon. Got some Hash Plant curing in da closet. Power to the plant!
The pictures are amazing and each different strain looks surreal. Very informative. Dank opened up a door to which most of us would have never seen. That's what heaven looks like. I wish I would one day get the chance to try all of them...Tiny Bomb especially. :smoke Amazing job and I look forward to more books by you.
As to your question...What's in your bowl?...right now it is Bubbleberry, Royal Duchess Dragon and Purple Dragon. Got some Hash Plant curing in da closet. Power to the plant!
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