![]() ![]() The ideal is not too moist, and not too dry - and be sure that the soil is well-drained. Sort of like when you test a cake by sticking a straw into it to see if it is baked through to the middle. A simple test for moisture is to stick a pencil into the soil and if soil adheres to it when removed, then it is too moist. If the medium is too moist, the seeds will rot and ferment before they can sprout. The soil needs a ph of 7.5 to 8.0 and should not be so moist that it sticks to your fingers. An excellent medium for germination is a mixture of rich humus and fine sand, such as the type used for aquariums. Cannabis seeds should be placed in a small hole at a depth of 1/2 to 3/4 inch. This is a critical stage in growth and carelessness in placing the marijuana seeds will exhaust even the most hearty seedling and result in a slow start and a feeble plant in later life. If the cannabis seeds are placed with the pointed end down, the embryo will be required to expend a great deal of its stored energy for twisting and turning to position the tap root when it realizes that it is heading the wrong way (see illustration of germinating marijuana seeds) The seedling will need this energy to exert the forces required to later lift its head (now enclosed by the two halves of the seed case) above the soil, cast off the seed case and then spread its two embryo leaves and begin the life-giving photosynthetic process. The embryo tap root emerges from the pointed (stylar) end and the natural method of growth is for this root to make a turn and grow downward (see the illustration) This bend formed by the downward curve of the taproot is what emerges from the soil and the friction of dragging the cannabis seeds upward helps the new plant to loosen and cast off the seed case when it breaks through the surface. Marijuana seeds should be placed with the POINTED END UP into a prepared cannabis seeds germination bed or just good soil at a depth of 1/2 to 3/4 inch. The less light they get now the more they are going to stretch, and stretch is what I have been trying to avoid in particular as of late. ![]() Once I see my seedlings have broken through the soil I place them within just a few inches of the light. The types fungus you want to avoid prefer warm, wet conditions.įluorescent lighting several inches away is just fine, even before the seeds have actually surfaced (the light will help warm up the medium). As long as the medium stays moist they should be good at typical relative humidity. You don't really need to cover seedlings, high humidity is a potentially bad thing where they are concerned because the seed\seedling is prone to fungal infection. The only thing that seems amiss about what you described to me other than the 'root up' thing is the saran wrap. Then watered with a liquid seaweed solution and placed under fluorescent lighting from the very start. Instead it is directly into pre-moistened soil-less medium (Light Warrior or Sunshine #4 EWC), seed in sideways or pointed end down. I don't know where the root up thing comes from ditched the 'paper towel' stuff after my first grow anyways. Should I be waiting for the first true set of leaves before placing under light? Soil is pre soaked before seed is placed in soil.ģ- Cover the cups with saran wrap and place back in dark warm place until the seedling emerges from the soil.Īt this point I have been placing under fluorescent lighting, but the seedling usually quits growing at this point. ![]() Seed is buried about a half in deep into the soil. I have been following the advice of placing the germinated seeds under light with root up, but that has not been working too well.ġ- Germinate with the paper towel method in a dark warm place using purified drinking water.Ģ- Place germinated seeds in plastic cups with white tap root facing up and using FF Light Warrior soil once I see the white root emerge from the germinated seed. Some sites say root up and some say root down. I see where some sites say to place newly germinated seeds under fluorescent lights and some sites say wait for the first true set of leaves. There is so much misinformation out there on the Web that it's ridiculous. I do not have problems germinating seeds, but the seeds do not do well after that. ![]() Maybe I was just lucky with my first grow and no matter what I did everything went right. After a very successful first grow I now feel like a newbie. ![]()
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