Germinating cannabis seeds is a process when new cannabis plants start their growth from seeds. This process may also be referred to as “popping”. Germination is the first step in starting your indoor or outdoor grow.
There is various ways to get marijuana seeds. One way is getting them from a baggie, if you ever bought weed of street you might have ran into weed that had seeds in it. Not the best quality weed, but you can use those seeds if necessary. Another way is getting them online. When you order seeds online, you get high quality feminized seeds. Feminized seeds are the ones that produce female cannabis plants.
We strongly suggest buying seeds online rather than using ones you found somewhere. This way you get high quality seeds, you can choose the strain you want and you can rest assured they will grow to be female plants. We had the best success with this cannabis seed bank, so if you’re looking for quality seeds and discrete delivery, have a look.
Germinating cannabis seeds using paper ?
First method that we will discuss is one of most popular and well known methods. There are many methods to germinate cannabis seeds but this one is most common and does not require a lot of resources. So for this method, here is the list of things that you will need:
- Seeds
- Paper towel
- 2 clean plates
1st step: Take 4 sheets of paper towel and soak them with water (distilled water is the best choice). Make sure their soaked but not running wet.
2nd step: Place 2 soaked paper towel sheets on one of the plates. Place your seeds on that towel, keep some distance between seeds, like an inch or so. Place the remaining two sheets on top of the seeds. So now your seeds are in between the soaked sheets. Great!
3rd step: Take another plate, flip it and cover the seeds. This will keep them safe and in the dark.
4th step: Make sure that it’s not cold. The place you will keep the seeds in has to be warm for a proper germination process. Somewhat between 70-90 °F works well.
After you have completed the above steps, it’s time to wait. Check the paper once in a while, if it looks like its drying out, put some water on it. Seeds need good moisture to germinate.
Some of the seeds may sprout quickly while others might take a day or two. Once the seed splits and sprout appears you know that the seed has germinated.
It’s important to keep them sterile. Once they germinate, try not to touch the root. This root will become a main stem of the plant. Once you see the tap root, you know you did a good job.
Note:
You can use toilet paper or tissues for this method too. If you are using tissues, make sure they’re not scented.
After you’re done germinating cannabis seeds, it’s time to transplant those little marijuana sprouts. Read more about transplanting cannabis