Good question! LOLdo you have a ballast to run this bulb?
I was also thinking this. He'll be back... loldo you have a ballast to run this bulb?
He needs a ballast - not a TerminatorI was also thinking this. He'll be back... lol
If you do that and the grow goes smoothly....you'll be chunked out by next harvest.yeah I will have my 12 under a 400 watt and a 600 watt with cfls around the perimeter for under growth. I figure what the heck lets go with a 400 and a 600. and I have a 400 for the mothers. It is MHD/HPS
good luck~
A 400 for mothers?and I have a 400 for the mothers. It is MHD/HPS
A 400 for mothers?
Isn't that a bit overkill? It's fair to say I don't know your situation, layout or number of plants but even still you don't need anything like that kind of light intensity for keeping mother plants. 20w per sq foot of fluorescents is more than enough for maintaining mother plants - you don't want rapid growth from them - otherwise you'll be constantly having to take cuttings and having to throw them away just to maintain the mother in good health.
It kinda depends on how you're keeping your moms and the space you have - if space is unlimited you don't have a problem. If it is, you'll want ot keep as many moms as you can in as small a space as possible - that means keeping them constantly pruned of cuttings so it can produce more nice strong cuttings. Otherwise it'll simply get too big for your space.Good point...2-4 23w cfls for moms was my plan.
And since you made the point of having to take excessive cuttings to keep the size down....would all that cutting and tossing away eventually weaken the mom/future cuttings? Something Ive been curious about.
Much appreciated....Blood, love the avatar, man!
hmmm well thanks for the advice I have a space of 4x8x12 and I should get like three to four mothers there. (because I have three to four diff strains) so just a 250 Metal halide or should it be HPS? This will be my first attempt at mothers. So any help would be appreciated.
Hey pjhmmm well thanks for the advice I have a space of 4x8x12 and I should get like three to four mothers there. (because I have three to four diff strains) so just a 250 Metal halide or should it be HPS? This will be my first attempt at mothers. So any help would be appreciated.