Aquarium led light for making seeds?

[black jesus]

i was given an led aquarium and was told that it pulls 180 watts at the plug....I was wondering if I can use the light for making seeds? I know it's not the right spectrum for grow bud but I'm not looking for anything special....

 

[Cyrus420]

Try it out man. Get some seedlings going and hang that about a foot above them and see what happens! I've been curious about this too, lot's of interesting looking LED lights at the store but not sure if any of them are powerful enough.

 

[black jesus]

Try it out man. Get some seedlings going and hang that about a foot above them and see what happens! I've been curious about this too, lot's of interesting looking LED lights at the store but not sure if any of them are powerful enough.

It has the power. The issue is that the spectrum is for growing coral....I want to do a seed run and I'm hoping this light will work

 

[Cyrus420]

It has the power. The issue is that the spectrum is for growing coral....I want to do a seed run and I'm hoping this light will work

Like I said already...try it out! You'll never know if you don't.

Too much of this forum is wrapped up in the science of growing to boost their yields to maximum potential.

Have fun, grow, learn! I would tell you to trust me but I'd be a hypocrite. There is a lot of misinformation on this site or information that is contextual and people don't realize this and take whatever other members have to say as truth when it's just not the fact.

In short: Just try it man, you won't know til you do.

 

[GroErr]

Not a good option imo. Making quality seeds you need the best light you can give them. You pollinate around the 3 week mark which leaves only 4-6 weeks (depending on strain) for the seeds to mature. A warm T5 or CFL's would do a better job than those aquarium lights, too much blue for flowering. I'm speaking from experience, I had some spare blurple LED panels and used one for a couple of rounds to grow seeds. Immediately switched to COBs in a dedicated breeding tent, or I pollinate selected branches and throw them in my main flower room under CMH. Quality, size, viability were all like night & day once I put them under decent lights. Cheers.

 

[black jesus]

Not a good option imo. Making quality seeds you need the best light you can give them. You pollinate around the 3 week mark which leaves only 4-6 weeks (depending on strain) for the seeds to mature. A warm T5 or CFL's would do a better job than those aquarium lights, too much blue for flowering. I'm speaking from experience, I had some spare blurple LED panels and used one for a couple of rounds to grow seeds. Immediately switched to COBs in a dedicated breeding tent, or I pollinate selected branches and throw them in my main flower room under CMH. Quality, size, viability were all like night & day once I put them under decent lights. Cheers.

Thanks for the info...now I'm looking for my 40 watt CFL bulbs...don't know where I put them

 

[thetr33man]

You could scavenge the drivers and use them for a cob build....
You could 1 cob on each or two in parallel (for better efficiency) and get some pretty decent light, much better option than crappy CFL's Id say... OR you could leave it the way it is and just replace individual diodes, dump all the blue and swap them out with warm whites, if you can find them with the same connectors.

 

[grouch]

Just use it as it is. The plant will be ably to use the light even if it's not the perfect spectrum for flowering. I have seen great flowering results posted by growers using mh the whole way and they were frosty as hell. If it's bright enough to grow coral its probably bright enough to make seeds with