Flowering under shop light for seed only

[OZZ_]

Im curious if I could take a male and a female and stick them out in my garage under a 4' 2 bulb shop light and let them pollinate for seeds? Would it be enough light for the female to develop the seeds properly or would I need a better light source?

I have my grow room all set up but rather then pollinating a lower branch on a plant thats in my flower tent Ild rather just stick a male and female out in the garage and let them do their thing. I dont need a ton of seeds, just enough to keep the genetics in storage.

Is it enough light or should I go with a T5?

 

[RanchoDeluxe]

Keep your male under the shoplight. When he's about to sperm, lay him down on his side and collect the pollen on sheets of paper. Take a female that is kicking ass in your growroom into the garage under the shop lights. Using a paint brush you can take the pollen that you've collected and "paint" it onto as many buds as you desire. I would allow the female to stay under the shop light for 24hrs or the 12 you know what I mean. Before you put her back in the room spray her down well with some plain water....this kills any remaining pollen. The pollen can also be stored and used for breeding projects in the future.

 

[OZZ_]

As mentioned, Ild rather not pollinate individual branches on a female in the flower room.

Im just wondering if a standard two bulb 4' shop light will produce enough light for the female to develop the seeds properly. Does anyone know?

Ild prefer to produce seeds in that manner, by placing male and female in the garage together seperately from my growing area indoors. Im just not sure of the lighting requirements.

Since Im not concerned with bud quality and seed production only .... maybe a shop light will be enough? Or would I be better off with T5's?

I guess I could always hang a 4 bulb 4' T5 and unscrew a couple of the bulbs or just use the whole T5. If need be I can do that, but it would be great if a shop light would be enough.

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[RanchoDeluxe]

You wouldn't be pollinating a single branch in the flowering room you would be doing it in the garage. Water kills pollen.

I couldn't even tell you how many times I've used this method successfully.

To answer your question. I would rather grow from seed that was produced from a plant with healthy buds wouldn't you?

Have a nice day.

 

[SeaMaiden]

Im curious if I could take a male and a female and stick them out in my garage under a 4' 2 bulb shop light and let them pollinate for seeds? Would it be enough light for the female to develop the seeds properly or would I need a better light source?

I have my grow room all set up but rather then pollinating a lower branch on a plant thats in my flower tent Ild rather just stick a male and female out in the garage and let them do their thing. I dont need a ton of seeds, just enough to keep the genetics in storage.

Is it enough light or should I go with a T5?

You can do it under shop lights, but not that number/wattage. And if you skimp on the wattage the plants can't assimilate or utilize nutrients very well. And if they can't assimilate or utilize nutrients very well, they won't be at their healthiest. And if they're not at their healthiest, seed viability can become an issue.

So, you can do it, but you can expect low germination rates from the subsequent seeds. I say add two more shop lights, mix the spectrums (using mostly 6500K daylight bulbs, but add some warm bulbs that add more red spectrum) and breed away.

 

[foomar]

Have made plenty of seed in low light levels below 20 watts/foot , small bushy plants clustered round a few 23 watt cfl,s , they need 45 days rather than the nominal 30 under sodium , the seed may be a little less viable but fine for personal use within a couple of years.

I simply leave the male in the flower room till the last possible day then put him under a cfl well away from the room , will drop plenty of pollen for 10 - 14 days then fade and die , job done.
One male can do a dozen girls at least , probably many more.

The girls spend one day next to him in turn and are then washed off and put straight back into the room , vigorous seed in 30 days that stores for years.

 

[Blaz3]

I would honestly,do as suggested,pollinate females outside fo riim,with all fans ,etc OFF..leave it there for a day,the next day spray every inch of it with water,this will kill pollen,and your other plants wont get pollinated.

If you go back into the room after you pollinate,make sure you shower and change clothes,as pollen can stick to you and cause pollenization.

I would flower the seeded girls in the edge of your hps lighth,stronger lighth than a shoplight,but your not wasting precious canopy .

 

[OZZ_]

That's kind of what I suspected.... that the seed viability might be affected. I have a couple 4 bulb, 4' T5 units I'm not using ill just hang one of those in the garage and do it that way. So when you say thirty days.... is that thirty days from pollination? It sounds like best time to introduce females is two or three weeks into flowering... so then add thirty days to that after thrive been pollinated and we are talking 6-7 weeks total time in 12/12?

I'm I figuring that right?

 

[foomar]

That T5 fixture sounds like what i have used with sucess , 30 days after pollination is correct from a huge variety of C99x and other short flower time genetics , long flower might vary as not done enougth to say for sure.

A couple of weeks in there may not be a great flush of pistills yet , seed made then will be fewer but larger , and done before the plant gets into an end game , can shake out the seed and reveg if needed.

Maximum potential seems to be when the first pistills are seen to wither slightly , pollinated then can yield a good number on a small bushy plant in a small pot , usually 500 - 800 solid pinch tested seed from a cubic foot of space.

A POG mother was seeded once as a well vegged two metre plant in a large pot under a vertical T8 setup , well over 8000 good seed from this one but overkill for my needs.


What really helps is that males can be badly mistreated in low light and still produce plenty of pollen thats as good as when made under optimum conditions , a good dose of HID light till they are a day from dropping pollen leaves them healthy enougth to finish under minimal cfl,s for a few weeks.

Tend to F2 everything worthy and have consistently found a better plant within the first thirty grown out , hope you find some stunners.