Watts for mother plant

cali-high

cali-high

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hi everybody

i was wandering how many watts do i need to grow a mother plant.


i have a 2ft 2 lamp for clones and i was wandering how many watts do i need to successfully grow a mother plant.


i plan to use clfs and they got a 150w cfl at homedepot.

would that be fine for one mother plant?


let me know what you guys think


any suggestions

peace
cali-high
 
entropic

entropic

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Depends how many clones you want to take and how often, the 150w will work fine for keeping a mother growing well or two mothers growing slower.

How many clones do you plan to take at a time and how often between taking one set of clones and taking another.
 
K

kindprincess

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i keep four mothers four feet away from a 400w mh. works great.

otherwise, one 23w cfl per mother.

moms don't need much light; as a matter of fact, you want lesser light to encourage stretch for good slips. i keep mine in a 6'' pot for a year to a year and a half, and just put them in a back corner of the grow room somewhere. every other week, i prune them back to 12x12x12 inches, regardless of whether or not i need the slips.

kp
 
Greyskull

Greyskull

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kindprincess said:
i keep four mothers four feet away from a 400w mh. works great.

otherwise, one 23w cfl per mother.

moms don't need much light; as a matter of fact, you want lesser light to encourage stretch for good slips. i keep mine in a 6'' pot for a year to a year and a half, and just put them in a back corner of the grow room somewhere. every other week, i prune them back to 12x12x12 inches, regardless of whether or not i need the slips.

kp
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This is great info. I am just starting to look for means of keeping mother plants going.
 
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