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Lights and germination
MrsGreen_98
started grow question 5y ago
Do I keep the lights on during germination?? The seed has been in ph balanced water for 24hours. Planted seed directly into palgron lightmix soil with plastic bottle top over seed to creat moisture dome.
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Chow_13
answered grow question 5y ago
No, Keep it dark until you see the seed pop out.
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