Cannabis Seeds

Germinate Cannabis Seeds

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:54:28 +0200

Basically, you’ll need two saucers or plates and some moist tissue.

- Line the bottom of the first plate with a few layers of wet tissue and drain any excess water from the plate.
- Next, place your cannabis seeds on top of the tissue, allowing each seed as much space as possible.
- Place another few layers of moist tissue on top of the cannabis seeds, again allowing excess water to drain off.
- Lastly, cover everything with the second plate, upside down, to form a ‘clam-shell’ shape – this will create the dark, moist environment necessary for germination.
- Place the plates somewhere warm (21ºC) and away from direct light.

Your seeds are now on their way to germination.

- Check your seeds every day to ensure that the tissue does not dry out. Spray the tissues with water if necessary.
- Within a few days you should see the first seeds open and a root emerge. It is uncommon, but some seeds may take up to 10 days or even two weeks to open.
- When the first few millimeters of root have emerged from an open seed, you should then CAREFULLY (preferably with tweezers) transfer it to a small container of growing medium (soil or rockwool). Make a hole 2-3mm (max 5mm) deep in the medium, place your seed, root first, into the hole and cover over.
- Your seedling should emerge from the medium within 1 to 3 days.

What are the best conditions for seedlings?

Cannabis seedlings will benefit from a bright (though not, initially, under lamps or in direct sunlight), warm (21ºC) and humid environment. A propagator is the easiest way to achieve these conditions. A propagator may be bought or built. It is, basically, a box with a transparent top which allows light in but stops humidity escaping. The simplest form of propagator would be a waterproof box with clear plastic sheeting over the top. The advantage of shop-bought propagators is that they often have built-in heating and/or vents in the cover to allow humidity regulation. They also usually allow more light to reach the seedlings.

Place your propagator next to a window to give the seedlings light, but avoid direct sunlight for the first couple of weeks.

When can seedlings be put under lights / in the sun?

When cannabis seedlings have grown their second or third set of serrated leaves (not counting the round cotyledons that initially emerge from the seed) they are usually hardy enough to flourish in direct sunlight or beneath a grow-lamp (preferably metal halide or fluorescent tubes). Always keep your grow-lights at least 50cm from your seedlings.

When can I tell whether they are male or female?

Cannabis seeds will only show its sex once flowering has begun. Cannabis begins to flower when it receives 12 hours of light and 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness in each 24-hour cycle. Once this light cycle (or photoperiod) is initiated, the first flowers should be visible within 2 weeks.

Inside, it is the decision of the grower when to alter the photoperiod and induce flowering. This is achieved by simply adjusting the timers on your lights.

Outside, the grower must wait until the natural daylight hours have decreased to 12 per day. Exactly when this occurs will, of course, vary depending on your locality. In Northern Europe it happens around mid-to-late July.

It is possible to induce flowering outside by allowing your plants 12 hours of daylight each day, then covering them or taking them inside. This must, however, be done every day without fail.

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Cannabis plants are either male or female

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:51:52 +0200

Cannabis plants are either male or female. The male plants produce pollen which pollinates the flowers of the female plant, which once pollinated, produce seeds. If the female cannabis plant is not pollinated (if there are no male plants nearby producing pollen), the flower/buds continue to develop and produce THC. Female cannabis plants which are not pollinated are referred to as sensemilla (without seeds).

Usually 40-50% of the plants are male.

A female cannabis plant can either generate a large seedless bud, a large bud with a few seeds, or a large cannabis bud that is almost totally seeds. The first case is achieved by removing all the male plants before any of their flowers open. The second case occurs when a few male cannabis flowers have opened but you remove them before any more open. The third case occurs when you miss-time the flowering of the male. This can be devastating if you have big female cannabis plants because you could loose 90% of the smokable herb to seed production.

The spotting of cannabis males is one of the most difficult of things to explain to a person that`s never grown since it really takes careful attention to how the tops of male plants look at this stage of development. Even experienced growers will be unsure at times and will have to wait till the next visit to be sure. When a male enters the stage of cannabis flower development, the tips of the branches where a bud would develop will start to grow what looks like a little bud (little balls) but it will have no white hairs coming out of it. Cannabis females will have no balls and will have small white hairs.

Cannabis males are often, but not always, tall with stout stems, sporadic branching, and few leaves. Males are usually harvested except those used for breeding, after their sex has been determined, but before the pollen is shed. When harvesting, especially if close to females, cut the plant off at the base, taking care to shake the male as little as possible. This helps prevent any accidental pollination by an unnoticed, open male flower

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Feminised Cannabis Seeds

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:24:17 +0200

An excellent range of feminized cannabis seeds which include indoor cannabis seeds, indoor/greenhouse pot seeds, Outdoor cannabis seeds, outdoor/greenhouse pot seeds and outdoor/indoor marijuana seeds

In an experiment done in 1999 we grew 15 varieties of "feminized" seeds. We started with 30 seeds per variety. The goals were: 1) to determine the percentages of female, male, and hermaphroditic plants. 2) to compare the uniformity (homogeneity) among plants from "feminized" seeds with those grown from "regular" seeds.

1. The results were excellent. Nine out of fifteen cannabis seeds varieties had 100% female offspring. Percentages of female plants from the other 6 varieties were between 80 and 90%. These plants were all hermaphrodites, producing their male flowers at the end of their lifecycle. Seed-setting hardly took place. No males were found.

2. Approximately 70% of the plants of varieties grown from "feminized" seeds were far more uniform than plants grown from "regular" seeds of the same variety. About 20% of the varieties were a little more uniform, while in 10% of the varieties no difference in uniformity was seen.

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Cannabis seeds germination

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:35:34 +0200

Composted CO2 - A compost heap is a pile of decaying matter such as leaves, twigs, plant clippings, etc. Large amounts of CO2 are released during the process through fermentation. A good compost turns 100 pounds (wet weight) of organic material such as leaves or plant trimmings into 50 pounds or more of CO2. The fermentation process takes about a month, and releases CO2 in fairly regular daily amounts once the digesting action begins (great for cannabis seeds plants). Starting a compost in a grow room would be a very messy and unsanitary proposition, but there are probably several “country” applications wherein a compost system could supply clean and adequate CO2 to a cannabis greenhouse or larger growing cannabis operation.

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Highest yield cannabis gardeners

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:58:53 +0100

To get the highest yield gardeners grow many small plants rather than a few large ones, mostly they strat with feminized cannabis seeds. Smaller plants yield more per square foot of space, mature faster, and are easier to care for than large ones.

People used to think that size or age were important, but they soon found out that maturity or ripeness is the important factor. As the buds on the plant ripen, their potency increases. Depending on how intensive the technique and the variety being grown, plants are forced to flower when they are between 8-15 inches tall.

Mature plants reach a height of 18-30 inches. Plants forced when they are small have little chance to develop side shoots. This means that each plant uses not only a smaller vertical space, but has a smaller radius.

Plants which are flowered when they are very small can be placed very close together. Short plants use much less vertical space so gardeners often find it convenient to divide the growing area into several levels of shelves or bunks.

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Mail order marijuana seeds

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:09:52 +0100

Marijuana seeds is what all marijuana lovers want ! Is it possible ? YES ! But legally we can order real buds only in a few countries. Netherlands (Holland) is one of them, Canada too, if anyone knows any new country where marijuana enthusiasts can mail order marijuana let me know and I'll put it here. So far the majority of us are left with option to order mail order marijuana seeds and grow them in order to smoke mj. Which is quite safe and troubless if You choose the right seedbank and the right mail order marijuana seeds strain from many available. Below You will find link to the seedbank which has never let me down and some of my favourite mail order marijuana seeds strains. Grow and smoke brothers and sisters!

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Growing cannabis seeds

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:14:36 +0100

The growing medium holds the roots firmly so that they can support the plant, and holds the water-nutrient solution and air so that they are available to the plants. It is obvious that the roots are used by the plant to obtain water and nutrients, but they need oxygen too. Roots not obtaining sufficient oxygen become sickly and are attacked by mildews and rots. Planting mediums range the spectrum from totally organic to artificial materials. Organic materials such as compost, topsoil, humus, worm castings and steer manure have nutrients tied up in complex molecules. Almost everyone has grown a house plant After the plant was in the container for a while, its growth slowed for 2 reasons: the roots were pot bound and the nutrients in the planting medium were used up (for growing cannabis). When some fertilizer was added to the water, the plant showed renewed vigor.

Some growers point out that a few buds are easily dried by placing them in a loosely folded brown paper bag at room temperature. Larger amounts are hung or placed on trays in a dark area such as a closet. The buds need some air circulation and have a relatively high humidity, so that they dry fairly slowly. It is reported that bud dried for 2-5 days smokes much smoother than it does when it is dried quickly. The reason is that after picking the buds are still alive and some of the chlorophyll and starch is used by the dying cells. Some growers use a microwave or oven to dry the buds. Microwaves do not hurt the THC, but marijuana dried this way has a harsh taste as compared to the slow dried cannabis seeds.

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germinating marijuana seeds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:58:22 +0100

During germinating marijuana seeds, the marijuana seed awakens from its inactivity. Water is essential here, for as soon as the seed has absorbed a sufficient amount of water, the seedling begins to form its root system. Next it breaks through its shell. There are various possibilities for the process of germinating :

Pre-soaking - Put some moist tissues on a plate. Put the seeds on top of them and then put a layer of moist tissues on the seeds. Cover the plate with another upturned plate, so that the seeds are in darkness and the environment remains moist. Put the covered seeds in a warm place (21°C). Check the seeds every day, sprinkle the tissues if necessary and carefully transplant the seeds when they open and the tip of the root becomes visible. Put the seed in a growth medium (soil or rock-wool), approximately the size of the seed under the surface (about 5 mm).

Sowing in the growing medium - Place the seeds under the surface in the growing medium at approximately the size of the seed. Regularly sprinkle the growth medium with water, but make sure that the soil or the rock-wool does not become too wet. The seedling uses the spare food present in the seed for growing. Air is very important for its metabolism. So make sure that the soil remains sufficiently airy. One of the characteristics of rockwool is that it retains much air. Make sure that the rockwool is not standing in water and that the excess water is able to drain away properly. Rockwool has a fine germination climate for the seeds. Remove the cover as soon as the seedlings reach above the medium.

Outside growing - Although it is possible to have the seeds germinate immediately outdoors, the germination percentage will be considerably higher if you first germinate indoors. From April to May the ground temperature is not yet ideal. Regularly put the emerged seedlings in a place where they can get used to outdoor conditions.

Young seedlings - The young plants are still very delicate. Therefore you should not place them in direct sunlight or just below a 400 Watt lamp. This might cause burning. Provide young plants with nutrient water and add Boost to strengthen the root system.

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weed seeds form Holland

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:25:15 +0100

The Strength of Dutch Weed
Is Dutch weed really that much stronger than what’s available elsewhere? If so, why?

Marijuana’s strength is measured in terms of the available concentration of THC. The strongest commonly-available strain of Cannabis contains 22.1% THC — quite a lot, considering that naturally occurring Marijuana only contains somewhere between two and five percent THC.

Dutch Weed Seeds typically contains more than 15% THC, but that figure fluctuates from year to year as demonstrated in a report by the Trimbos Institute:

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Cannabis seeds growing outdoor

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:21:50 +0100

Outdoor Cultivation
If you reside in a country with unjust laws against marijuana cultivation, you should seriously consider cannabis seeds growing outdoors. Bar none, the biggest advantage to growing outdoors is security. It's much more difficult for authorities to catch marijuana growers who plant seeds in the spring and come back in the fall for harvest rather than indoor growers who sit on their crop all year long.

Perhaps the safest way to cultivate marijuana seeds outdoors is by planting seeds within a forest that has small open pockets for sunlight to peak through. Buy yourself a GPS (Global Positioning System) to mark the exact latitude and longitude of your ! crop's location. In the fall when it's time to harvest your crop, let the GPS device guide you back to your fully grown plants. Make sure to check the accuracy of the GPS before you make a purchase. An inexpensive GPS device may only guide you within 100 meters of your crop, while others advertise accuracy within 10 feet.

One advantage of growing marijuana outdoors is low maintenance. Mother Nature will do all the work for you in the outdoor environment, unlike indoor crops where the outdoor environment must be recreated.

The biggest disadvantage to outdoor cultivation is the limitation of one crop per year. Unless you live in a warm climate all year long, the marijuana season starts in the spring and ends in the fall. Another disadvantage is the possibility of law enforcement, thieves, or wildlife destroying your coveted plants.

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