It means to put it under a small 6400k cfl or fluorescent for 18 hours of the day and the remaining 6 leave the light off. This isn't essential for germination, i usually germ in an airing cupboard with no light. Once the plant sprouts then introduce light if you haven't already. As said though you might want to do a bit of reading first. Try here:So when you say plain ph6 water that just means normal tap water?
And I'm kind of lost what does step #4 means.....I'm hella new at this shiit....thanks