Growing a crop of cannabis from seed means several things, first it means the seed will need to be germinated and is secondly there will need to be more seeds germinated than what the grower intends to have. This is because the chance of some of these seeds being male is a more than fifty percent possibility.
Is also possible that there will be weak plants may not do well in the grower needs to take both of these possibilities as something that could possibly happen when they decide the amount of seeds to germinate.

There are several different ways that growers germinate seeds; the first is by using the paper towels and placing seeds in the towels covering the seeds with more damp paper towels and then placing it in a dark cupboard for several days. Another method is by using damp sponges in the same manner, placing seeds on one sponge and covering them with another. There is a third method, this is only used by some growers and that is to place the seeds in a glass of water at room temperature until they split open and detail of the main root becomes visible.

Germinating the cannabis seeds can take a few days, and while this is being done the grower prepares the soil, the growing area and any other details they need to see too.  Then when the seeds have split open and a piece of the main root is visible, they can be gently planted in pots that are no larger than 6 inches with tail root facing down. This is important for the grower to make sure that this root is planted downward in order for the plant to grow.

During this time the lighting, usually florescent should be between 2 to 5 inches from plants in the grower should see the plant anywhere from 1 to 14 days. Most growers will leave the lighting on twenty-four hours a day during this period in order for the seedlings to grow faster.