It is the process by which a cannabis plant grows from a seed. Environmental conditions like warmth, moisture, and air trigger the root that is curled up inside the seed to sprout in search of more moisture. Growing mediums that are too soggy will cut off the oxygen supplies making the seeds to drown. Well-nurtured cannabis seeds germinate within 2 to 7 days.
Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore. The term is applied to the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, such as the spores of fungi, ferns, bacteria, and the growth of the pollen tube from the pollen grain of a seed plant.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin germinātiō, By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
germination (countable and uncountable, plural germinations)
- The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with gemination.