Serious Germination

This process guarantees the seeds that show results will produce plants.

Germination as is defined on WIKEPIDIA; Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore. We can help the process with some clever techniques. Usually I would get out a plate, paper napkin, put just enough water to soak the entire napkin, and place the seeds in, and fold routine, then hope I see those magnificent little sprouts come out, sometime they do, sometimes they don't. Sometime I forget about them and it drys up and I have to start all over again for fuck sakes. At the time I thought I was a master grower, (unlicensed that is), until I went to school, there I learned a pre soaking technique that guaranteed results, sure this maybe on a large scale, but I took the principles and processes, and down scaled them for my personal use.

I attended the Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Science for Cannabis operations, they have a brilliant program, but I'll talk about that another time. Growing techniques was one of my favorite classes, when I first initially took the course, I wasn’t knowledgeable of the administration aspects of growing cannabis, and that every process no matter what it maybe required a SOP= Standard Operating Procedure. This document outlined every step, ensuring that if someone didn’t show up for work, any person could easily fill in, follow the steps and complete the process seamlessly. I am not going to bore you with meticulous details of every kind of SOP, but here a peak at what pre germination SOP looks like for a large scale grow op

you can do the same, just do it on what ever scale works for you, this process guarantees the seeds that show results will produce plants.

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

TITLE: Pre-Soak Seed Germination

SECTION: Germination Room, SOP NUMBER: SG01

EFFECTIVE DATE: NOW

REVISION: NA

ORIGINATED BY: Trevor P Lambert

REASON FOR REVISION: First draft

APPROVAL DATE: Today

1. SCOPE:

Detailed instructions to properly germinate the selected cannabis seeds, and how to transplant the seeds to soil after

2. PURPOSE:

To complete the germination process for the entire seed batch successfully by the deadline outlined on the seed schedule document.

3. DEFINITIONS:

GERMINATION: The growth of a plant contained within a seed; it results in the formation of the seedling. It is also the process of reactivation of metabolic machinery of the seed resulting in the emergence of radicle and plumule.

TAPROOT: A taproot is central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically, a taproot is somewhat straight, tapering in shape, and grows directly downward.

DESIGNATE: The individual responsible for executing all processes pertaining to the germination process.

4. RESPONSIBILITIES:

Master Grower oversees and decides the strains being germinated

Designated Growers implement and complete to entire process, then prep successfully germinated seeds for the grow rooms.

5. PROCEDURE:

5.1 HEADING 5.1.1 Create a soak that consists of pond water in a 5-gallon bucket which is slightly warm.

5.1.2 The designate will fill, 12 5-gallon buckets, leaving 1 inch of space below the top of the buckets rim with the water.

5.1.3 Pour the seeds in, only covering the surface of the water in the 5-g bucket with the selected seeds assigned to the selected bucket

5.1.4 Leave the seeds to soak over night

5.1.5 Check after 28hrs to ensure the seeds have dropped to the bottom of the buckets, any seeds that have not will be discarded to the destruction vault.

6.1.1 Remove the seeds from the buckets, by pouring each bucket into compost tea tank and capturing the seeds with the filter over top of the tank.

6.1.2 Remove the seeds from the filter and place the seeds on the transport trolley to be transported to the assigned germination station.

6.1.3 place a seed inside the assigned Hydro farm Inc CK64050 Germination Station with Heating Mat.

6.1.4 After the seeds have sprouted, they need to be planted right away, do not touch the little white taproot with your fingers, use tweezers to move the seeds. Plant the seeds root down, about a knuckle deep into the soil. The top of the seeds should be just below the surface of the soil. Repeat this process for every seed.

Flow chart next page…

So there you have it, get out there and grow your legal amount, and be safe doing it.

Stay tuned for more growing techniques.