Lighting and keeping Mother Plants

[El Kabong]

Hi Stoners, I have only cloned off plants before I harvest them but now find it is time to keep some mothers.........I have an old 4 ft.sorry 1200mm fluro fixture or ballast I suppose, lying around....... I was looking around some sites at some different grows and saw one with twin tubes, one purple one white it looked like rather a large grow with multiple ballasts. I was wondering if any body could offer some advice on this kind of lighting or names of the tubes.

 

I also would like to ask if you keep the mothers going 24/7 or let them have a sleep?

 

Thanks everyone

 

[Stix87]

hey sharpie when  I keep mother plants  I have them under a 130w. i run mothers on 18/6

[El Kabong]

Thanks Stix, just seen it in your favorite lighting too.

[Faith]

Hiya sharpie brother

 

I'm putting together a little cupbaoard (almost 3 mos now ) and I have put a little aalvent 100mm inline axial and am going to use a 130 cfl (I have an old growlush one) and when that vamoose I would like to purchase one of the phillips 80 watt cfl and see how they go-heard nothing but good about them and the 190 doesn't seem to throw much more light than the 2 23 w daylight cfls I have been using for seedlings until now.  I like the concept of always having something available to put in to flower. 

 

Its all new to me and a quick learning curve but man its fun. I had a cool idea the other day re the use of multiple piggy-backed 18w t5 flouros they have at a local lighting joint for 20 bucks a pop.  I figure around the walls of the cupbard and maybe the phillips above-  that should get close to the 130w mark and put out another 8-100 lumens.  Oh yes I have plans

 

Peace to you always brother,

Edited April 16, 2013 by Vinno

[Stoned Offroad]

For cuttings I use 2 x 2ft Silvania fluoro tubes. I like to get the tips of the cuttings almost touching the tubes.

 

In the mum tent It's one of those 150W CFLs (the big pig tail globes) It works well, perhaps too well, as the mums grow too fast for my requirements.

[El Kabong]

Sweet Vinno, thanks SO

 

off topic a bit, just noticed Mark Solved option....wtf?

[Faith]

Sweet Vinno, thanks SO

 

off topic a bit, just noticed Mark Solved option....wtf?

I am unable to see it , I don't know? 

 

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[El Kabong]

yeah I hit the button Vinno and it came up best answer, any way I Unsolved the Mark Solved button.....now get back on topic :sunshine: