I have always wanted to try my hand at breeding but I just don't have the room to do it on any real usable scale so I was contemplating setting up a micro breeding program in the not too distant future once I've got myself settled back into a growing routine and I've made some space to accomodate said program.
As stated, I'm not going to be able to produce vast numbers of top quality cup winning seeds nor am I going to be able to play the numbers game, i.e. growing lots and selecting the best.
I'm going to be very limited as to what I can do hence this is only for my own pleasure / benefit. All I'm looking to do is to experiment, have some fun and grow out some of my "creations".
I want this project to accompany my usual growing routine but not hinder or take it over lol so for this reason I'm thinking micro.
I currently have a DR90 tent for vegging my usual girls and a 2m x 1m flowering space but they are pretty much off limits for anything big other than growing out my creations since those rooms are my main source of smoke
I wont have a lot of space so I'm thinking maybe a smallish tent. One of the short but wide-ish ones. Propagator tents I think they are. I was thinking of splitting the breeding tent in two halves. One for veg, one for flower OR one side for males, one side for females. I don't need monster plants so I can limit the size by heavy pruning and serious bonsai training. I'm not after super buds just a few sites that give a handful of beans from each attempt.
Obviously when the time comes for growing out my creations I will use the main vegging and flowering room but for the actual breeding and bean making, I want to keep that as far away from my regular girls and smoke as possible.
Owing to the fact I've never done this before, what are people's opinions? Any advice people can offer would be good. Please remember I'm not trying to create the next cannabis cup winner, I'm just tinkering for my own fun
I've seen a tent that might fit the bill. It measures 70cm x 120cm x 70cm but I'm still looking.
And now for a few QQQs:-
1. What size CFL would people recommend to keep this fairly micro? I'm thinking of keeping no more than 2 males and 2 females at any one time in the breeding tent.
2. Will the CFL be good enough to produce viable seeds IF I'm being really heavy on pruning away everything not needed i.e. just leaving a few flowering sites on the top plant and concentrating on those for beans? I know you can flower under CFL but I don't know anything about quality.
3. I will also be collecting male pollen along my journey but how long can I store it for and what's are the best conditons for lengthy storage? Freeze it?
4. I've read quite a bit about using Colloidal Silver for self polinating. Can anyone think of a reason why it would not be safe to use it just for breeding not consumption? I'm just keeping my options open I might not use it. Some people say it's okay others say throw the plant away when you've applied silver and it's done its thing.
That's all I can think of for the minute. As mentioned, this is just an idea rattling around at the minute. Just wanted to thrash it out before I put too much effort in.
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