So I was lucky enough to acquire sone E. Novo seeds! I’m germinating some in verm and others in damp sphagum but I’m curious how much light they’ll need once they germinate and sprout. I’m very new to this, though not new to growing in general. I consider myself pretty good at growing cannabis and poppies so I have a bit of a green thumb I suppose. Any general tips would be appreciated!
Posted Jun 21, 2020, 3:43 AM UTC
Hey dude while those novo are sprouting the seed hull usually hang on to the meristem for some time. Don’t make the same mistakes I did these hulls remaining are perfectly natural and don’t require any assistance to fall off, don’t cut or pry them off. The stems will continue growing while the hulls remain and it looks weird with this big red berry blob still attached to the tip but it is fine. The delicate cotyledons are developing inside and any damage to them may result in the plant dying or stunting its growth. Takes around 1-4 weeks for them to pop off on there own. On lighting I’ve got mine under small 20w at 16hours on, less intense light is more until they are established. The duration your lights are on is pretty forgiving so long as it’s past 14h on can even go as high as 24h on. 16-18h is ideal imo. Remember only water with pure captured rain water or distilled. The Calcium in your tap water will kill your plants, it’s very picky about water! Keep us here on cocagrowing posted on your plants progress! Good luck
Thanks for the water tip. I Should probably stop taking from the tap. Lol.
I've been using flourecents. Used ambient light during germination which either that or shallow planting depth caused some etioliation. Currently 6-8 weeks old, sitting 3" under t5 HO at about 16 hrs on. When I forget(read drunk) the lights stay on 24hrs. 100% germination and knock on wood zero loss to date.
I've been using 6500k Daylight LED's for 24 hours a day, have seen visible growth daily.
Give them fluorescents until they've grown a few sets of true leaves. If you use a grow light catered to cannabis growers, use metal halide or full spectrum. I've tried HPS and they just give up on life. Read dbotany and similar for in-depth growing experiences, even then, there's not much. I give mine 18/6, humidity stays between 55-60RH. They're easy to kill but it's really not that difficult to grow.
Excellent 👍 actual grow experience. So many of us are just starting with this plant and there's not a lot of good info available.
Thanks!
I grow them with cannabis too and notice that the plants grow more rapidly since I’ve switched to 12/12. My RH is around 40%.