Mother Plant Wattage

Moonlight

Member
Ok i need advice on mother plant lighting. I am growing 6 bonsai mothers, i want to take 10 clones from each one every 7 weeks. What kind of wattage should i use? Will a single 125W CFL work, or should i get the 250w HID? I already have the 125W CFL so would prefer that than spending more money but if i have to buy i will. Help a brother out :)
 

cruzer101

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Kinda a hard question cause who knows the size of the mothers.
If I were gonna try to provide lighting for say 6 plants that were like 12" tall and 18" around I would get a couple 250w
 

Moonlight

Member
I thought i had given enough info but obviously not :) The mothers are in 11 litre pots, using multi purpose compost and perlite (50/50 mix), these are bonsai mothers and should be around 18 inches high. As i say 10 clones each every 7 weeks approx, hopefully that's enough info for a rough idea of the watts i need.
 

cruzer101

Well-Known Member
Well I can tell you this, what you are looking for is lumens, you can get away with about 5k lumens at plant level. To bud you would need 10K.
The type of lighting needed would either be like a 4 foot T-5 or at least two like your 125w floro spaced about foot apart.
 
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