He could, not saying that wouldn't work. But I'm just suggesting something you don't have to replace a bulb down the road. That's my preference, however I see a lot of good things from cmh/led/hps grows all the time.
Also where I'm at hid lighting is pretty expensive too. of the cost of leds so...
I feel like I push this a lot... But a 3 board diy qb120 build on a hlg-185-24a. Total cost of about $200 for great full spectrum white led 3000k spectrum full cycle.
Your frame would be different but here is a sample build.
More specifically what effects are you looking for in the strains you want. I mostly know breeders who make really good regular seeds, however I can still point you at a strain.
What kind of a strain are you looking for?
And yeah overly stressing a selfed seed can have complicated effects like genetic hermaphitism ect. But don't quote me there.
I know colloidal silver is a decent method, I'd just look up how to make feminized seeds and see if it's something you'd like...
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Can we get a more concrete length/width/height for your garden?
And just to say, my thoughts are you have about a month of plant life per 2 gallons of complete amended soil before adding nutes. However it's a double edged sword...
Seems like the wrong place to make veiled threats about not growing. We are strangers and really don't care what you do in your life.
If you want to, tons of people give out good advice when you need it.
Some Phenotypes would be in the f1 selection. You'd have to probably go f2 or a bit deeper down the breeding pool to consistently have auto traits.
Breeding is an art if you start wanting to express defined traits, otherwise you are just pollen chucking to see what happens.
You use 18/6 lighting all the way.
They flower automatically without changing their light schedule.
They can't be cloned, well they can but, they only have the lifespan of the mother plant and so taking clones only hurts your yeild from the mother plant.
You will need seeds for every plant you...
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But if you are going to be lazy your crop will fail, and even your real friends will laugh at you for being pathetic.
You will only ever get the effort you put into these things.