Growing Cannabis 101: Part 1

equipment:

1. starting from seed.

1.1 germination

For my germination process i use the papertowl method which you can find a video of at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAV2mRjmWW0  i get +90% successrate using the paper towl method for germination.

1.2 plating the germinated seed

we always want to plant root down to maximize our successrate. you gonna wanna punch a hole in the dirt with a pencil of about half a centimeter to insert the germinated seed and cover it. note: i like to use cutting soil as a growing medium which has given me the most success in germinating. i have had bad results using other kinds of soils.. if your starting soil has too much nutrients your seedlings will burn. https://steemitimages.com/DQmUJ93t1GA1KSscVsyZZLmNsk1TYzt3kdQ5E1438fMqW6X/image.png

2. Seedling

2.1 the first light

during de vegetative process you gonna want to give atleast 16hours of light a day. if you give less then 15 hours of light a day or close to 12 hours of light a day your seedling will probably stress out and die. i like to keep my newborns close under a 1600w LED light. so they tend to grow wider from the start instead of stretching out seeking for light. here is the LED light i've been using for quite a while: https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/NEW-DOUBLE-CHIPS-10WX80-2015-Biosun-Full-Spectrum-LED-grow-light-for-Medical-Flower-Plants-Grow/32421001920.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.KMyMmJ

enough light:

not enough light:

2.2 First stage of vegetative state

i do not recommend giving your seedlings any supplements or nutrients, excess of nutrients will burn your seeling. example of a burned seedling: https://steemitimages.com/DQmZwAkvoW26bFgjqwBNBCG9SRcLgUoo2QME8cSs2oQFqrK/image.png

you can also place your new seedlings inside of a greenhouse if the days are longer then 14 hours:

i usually do not give any nutrients until the first deficiency symptom starts showing up, here's a chart to recognize deficiencies:

we want to start topping immediately after the plant has grown 3 nodes high, but i will leave this topic for the next part in this "guide".

in the next parts of this guide i will discuss topping(soft pinching), low-stress training, cloning, lolipopping, diseases, pests, prevention, flowering, harvesting, trimming, drying, curing, cbd-oil, hash(cold extraction), cannabutter, smoking and eating pizza

i will most likely rewrite this part of the guide later, add more information, correct spelling, rephrase sentences, etc.. i will repost a revised version when editing this blog is no longer possible.