Joker209
Well-Known Member
To germinate you should have the minimum amount of light (or none at all) and allow them to sprout through the surface before adding any lighting. Without sucker leafs the lights are doing nothing for them and you may slow germination down by using lights during germination. Just make sure to keep the surface moist and not to allow it to dry out at all. If it dries out you take the chance of it drying out the shell of the seed then the seed suffocates. Another problem with germinating this way is you don't get to see when the roots are sprouted so you don't know if there are any problems with germination. Sometimes you see seeds with roots that die in the soil because they can't get through to surface of the soil also. These are just a few things to keep in mind. Rooting (digging in the soil) will usually end with breaking a root also so using this technique takes a lot of patience. Good luck and I can't wait to see how it turns out. Just harvested a few more plants yesterday and tomorrow I harvest the rest