Watts for mother plant

cali-high · #1 05-13-2007, 12:23 PM

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

cali-high · #2 05-13-2007, 12:26 PM

any1 knows

fdd2blk · #3 05-13-2007, 12:32 PM

i'm using the sun.

cali-high · #4 05-13-2007, 12:34 PM

i dont like the sun want to do artificial

lol

peace

cali-high · #5 05-13-2007, 12:38 PM

150wcfl will or will not work

tell me about your system

abudsmoker · #6 05-13-2007, 12:58 PM

400 mw give her the ability to make you tight clones to grow

entropic · #7 05-13-2007, 01:11 PM

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.

cali-high · #8 05-13-2007, 01:17 PM

6 clones every 3 months

green_nobody · #9 05-13-2007, 01:17 PM

i never really keeped a mother plant, but vegging with 150w of cfl or T5 never been wrong

kindprincess · #10 05-13-2007, 01:17 PM

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