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Chapter 5 Indoor Propagation of Medicinal Cannabis..........................................102<br />

5.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................102<br />

5.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES .............................................................................106<br />

5.3 MATERIALS ...............................................................................................107<br />

5.3.1 Plant Propagation and Drying Materials...............................................107<br />

5.3.2 Germplasm Details ..............................................................................108<br />

5.3.3 Light Measurement and Weighing Equipment .....................................108<br />

5.3.4 Growth Medium ...................................................................................108<br />

5.4 METHODS .................................................................................................109<br />

5.4.1 Routine Propagation and Plant Production Methods ...........................109<br />

5.4.1.1 Seed sowing and transplantation of seedlings ..............................109<br />

5.4.1.2 Production of Cuttings (Clones).....................................................109<br />

5.4.1.3 Nurturing Vegetative Growth of Seedlings and Cuttings. ..............110<br />

5.4.1.4 Induction and Maintenance of Flowering.......................................110<br />

5.4.1.5 Biological Pest Control ..................................................................110<br />

5.4.1.6 Harvesting .....................................................................................110<br />

5.4.1.7 Crop Drying ...................................................................................111<br />

5.4.1.8 Stripping ........................................................................................112<br />

5.4.1.9 Garbling.........................................................................................112<br />

5.4.1.10 Storage........................................................................................112<br />

5.4.1.11 Environmental Control System....................................................113<br />

5.4.2 Specific Methods .................................................................................113<br />

5.4.2.1 Uniformity of Plants Grown from Cuttings or Seed........................113<br />

5.4.2.2 Effect of Duration of Flowering Period on Yield ..........................114<br />

5.4.2.3 Effect of Daylength on Cannabinoid Profile (Part 1) Comparison of<br />

12 and 13 hour daylength ..................................................................114<br />

5.4.2.4 Effect of Daylength on Cannabinoid Profile (Part 2) Comparison of<br />

11 and 12 hour daylength...............................................................115<br />

5.4.2.5 Plant height assessment ...............................................................115<br />

5.4.2.6 Stigma senescence assessment...................................................116<br />

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