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Germination manual

germination manual

germination-manual

Requirements:

•     Marijuana seeds marijuana seeds
•     2 dinner plates dinner plates
•    Some pieces of paper towel paper towel
•     Distilled water (or cooked ) distelled water but coocked also works
•     Germination soil. germination soil
•     Plant jars, small small jars
•     Plant jars, large large jars
•    Transparent foil  transparant foil
•     Strip light (fluorescent lamp preferable colour code 88) strip light

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DAY 1
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  • Lay down some pieces of paper towel on a dinner plate.

    laydown the paper towel

  • humidify the paper towel with distilled water. till the paper is soaking wet.

    humidify the papertowel

    Cooked tap water also works but be sure it's cooled off!

  • Put the marijuana seeds on the wet paper.

    laydown the marijuana seeds

    Give the seeds a minimum space of 1cm² (0,155 sq inch)

  • Cover the seeds with a few layers of paper towels.

    cover the marijuana seeds

  • Humidify the paper towels with the distilled water.

    humidify the upper layer

  • Place the second dinner plate upside-down on the first  plate to keep the humidity inside.

    place the second dinner plate

    PAY ATTENTION!
    Despite the plate lid, there is a risk that some water evaporates.
    Check the humidity inside the paper towel once or twice daily and humidify again in case it has become dryer.


    The seeds will die when the paper towel dries up!

  • Place the plates somewhere where the temperature is around 21°C – 25 °C. (70°F -77°F)

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    Day 5
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  • Depending on the circumstances, the seeds will open after 4 to 5 days.
    A little white root comes out of the seed.

    the root will appear from out the seed

  • It is time to plant the seeds in a little jar with germination soil when the little white root is around 3 mm.

    the root is 3mm

    PAY ATTENTION!


    Germination soil is soil without any added nutrition mixed with 40% clean sand.
    The baby plants will overdose and die if the soil is fertilized.

  • Take a little jar filled with germination soil and make the soil very wet.

    fill the jar with germination soil make the soill very wet

  • Take a pencil and prick a little hole of 4 mm (0,15 inch) in the soil.   

    prick a hole into the germination soil enough speace for the seed

  • Plant the seed with the root facing the surface and cover the hole with wet soil.

    The root should be maximum 2 mm under the surface.
    Make sure the marijuana seeds are still covered with soil after you have watered them.

    place the seed with her root upwards place the root 2mm under the surface
    cover the seeds with soil water the soil again

    PAY ATTENTION!

    A very common mistake is to place the seed with the root pointing downwards.
    The reason to place the seed with the root pointing upwards is because the root bent down after it had reached the size of 3 mm (0,12 inch)
    So when the root is planted with the root up, the root will bend down itself to finally grow downwards.

    seed with curled root the seedroot has made her curl

    Maybe you were too late with planting, and the root has already made its curl? Then you have to plant the seed with the root pointing downwards.

    does the seedroot already made her curl? just plant the seed with the root down

    After having studied several online germination manuals, we have noticed that there are a lot of commercial websites which offer incorrect information about how to place the seed properly in the soil.
    You can conclude that a lot of online marijuana seed shops don't have a clue what they are talking about.


  • Now that the seeds are planted you have to pay attention to the following facts:


    Humidity:

    Young plants, especially baby plants, need a very high humidity.
    Keep the percentage of humidity at least 85–90%.

    at least 60% humidity into this fase

    A method for keeping the humidity high is to place the little jars in a plastic box or similar, filled with a little layer of water (approx. 5mm, 0,2 inch).

    transparant plastic box fill the box with water
    the little jars are nice divided into the box keep the water level aprox 5mm

    • Stretch some transparent foil over the pan to keep the humidity inside while the light still gets through.

    transparant foil to keep the humidity inside close the foil to keep humidity and get light inside

    PAY ATTENTION!

    Keep the soil in the little jars wet; the plants will die when the soil dries up.
    Check the water level into the pan daily.

    Add extra water when the level is low

    Light:

    High pressure lamps or direct sunlight will be to much light for baby plants.

  • Just place the planst under striplight (fluorescentlamp)

  • just a normal striplight

    Keep the lamp permanently on.

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    Day 10
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  • The seeds will grow out of the surface after a couple of days.

    the first seeds will apear after a few days

  • If everything goes well, the first 2 leaves will burst open the 2 half seed peels and fall off.

    the first 2 leaves will burst open the 2 half seed peels

  • The seed peels could stay stuck together.

    It can be possible that the seedpeels won´t open

  • If this happens, you can help nature a little and CAREFULLY! remove the two peels so that the little baby can start spreading her leaves out.

    carefully remove the peels manually

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    Day 20
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  • At the time the plants are 8 cm (3,1 inch) tall you can begin replanting in a larger jar.

    the plant is 8 cm , 3,1 inch tall remove the plant carefully without harming the roots
    keep the little plants into the soil that stuck around take a big jar, filled with germination soil. Make a hole into the soil which is large enough the place the plant into.
    place the plant into the hole and tight it with soil prick a small stick into the soil without harming the roots. than you have to connect a small piece of iron wire to the stick
    bend the iron wire but not to tight, just give the stem some space now you helping the plant be stable so she won´t fall down


    This jar still needs germination soil!
    You do can carefully start adding a root stimulant.

    green reptile start fertilizer

    It is still very important to keep the humidity high.

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    Day 25
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  • When the plants are approx 15 cm tall (6 inch) , the roots are grown enough to start the last phase.

    marijuana-plant-15-cm-tall

    Now you can begin placing the plants under artificial light or slowly under sunlight.
     
  • Humidity the humidity is still important in this phase.
    Be sure that the humidity around the plant leaf stays above the 60%.

    humidity more than 60%

    To handle the light requirements of this last phase of our germination manual, we divide our explanation into 2 parts:

  • 1) Light for Indoor use:

    Now the plant can be placed under the light you have chosen to grow the plants under.
    A strong light intensity is not too important in this phase.
    When you use more than one lamp, we recommend only using half of the available lamps in the beginning,

    all the available capicity is to much for the little plants

    just to let the plants get used to the strong light. Switch to full capacity after a week.

    after a week you can rock!

    Light period indoors:
    Start with 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness.


    2) Light for outdoor use:


    Now the plant can be placed under the light you have chosen to grow the plants under.
    A strong light intensity is not too important in this phase.
    Do not place the plants under direct sunlight, but in a shadowed spot for the first week.

    full sunlight will be to much, so place them into the shadow for this first week

    After a week, you can put the plant in full sunlight.

    after a week you can start with the real thing, full capicity sunlight will rock your plants!


    Fertilizers:
    You can start carefully adding Green Reptile growth fertilizer to the soil.

    green reptile grow fertilizer

    PAY ATTENTION:
    Using plant fertilizers is essential for a good end-result.
    However, it is possible to ruin your harvest by overfeeding the plants.
    So be careful with adding fertilizers and follow the descriptions, especially with a lack of experience.

    Good luck!!!
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