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The start of the plant’s growth cycle, specifically referring to when the seed cracks and sprouts a seedling. This process is intentionally triggered to force cannabis seeds out of their dormant state and back into the normal growth life cycle.

Germination (Wikipedia)

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.

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Sunflower seedlings, three days after germination
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Sunflower time lapse with soil. cross section, showing how the roots and the upper part of the plant grow
Germination (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

germinate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

germination (countable and uncountable, plural germinations

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