Hi I have a few grows under my belt but never kept mothers before. I have a 4x4x7 grow lab145 tent for mothers and clones. I would like to keep about four good bushy mothers for cloning and saving my genetics. I figure just a single 54watt t5 for a couple trays of clones would be efficient? And I'm mainly curious what lighting u would use for the mothers 4ft x 4 ho54wt5s ,4ft x 8 hot5s, a couple 200 or 150watt cfls??? I don't wanna put an ac in there and i am trying to keep Heat down. What do u experienced folks think? I don't wanna over do the lighting just want enough to keep good healthy mothers that rejuvenate at a nice pace after taking clones. I currently have a sunblaze 8 lamp ho t5 system but it generates quite a bit of heat in the tent and that's with a vortex 300 in something cfm Exaust fan and passive intake. Im also not plannin on flowering in this tent just so u know and dont misunderstand me i have a seperate room for that under hps 1000 watters.Thanks ahead of time for any suggestions..peace
Quick question on mothers( Experienced growers please respond) ty
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drgreentm
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i have 3 strains WW, OG KUSH x SKUNK #1 and SUPER LEMON HAZE 2 of the 3 are just starting out the WW is my oldest and have already taken hundreds of clones from her. i use a single 4' 6 bulb t5 hydrofarm fixture for just her and she could use more. if i was you just use a good hps for moms im planning on getting 2 400's for my 3 mothers alone if you veg and train them right they can last you a long long time and give you great cuttings every time.
white widow mom
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lemon haze mom in the works only a few weeks old
white widow mom
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lemon haze mom in the works only a few weeks old
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drgreentm
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ok man 4 of mine wouldnt fit in a 3x3, but even so, highly dought a 400 would create the need for a portable ac unit actually im sure it wouldnt.
drgreentm
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actually hps lighting gives you much thicker, fuller cuttings for clones i did say and meant hps 100%
I was assuming it would cuz I tried to put my 8lamp t5 in there witch is a total of 432watts and it got up to 90degrees f in there with a 300 in somethin cfm Exaust with passive intake. My tents 4ftx4ftx7ft I want 4 moms in there and room for a couple trays of clones under a single strip t5. Your moms r beautiful brother I wasn't tryin to offend u or anything I know those monster moms u got. Won't fit in 3x3 but I only need to b able to take about 20 clones off each mommy every 8 weeks or so
drgreentm
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try it if you have never vegged with hps if you try it you will notice your stem diameter will be thicker with hps. mh is good as well but the only good thing about mh for veg is it causes plants to be a bit shorter and bushier but as i said training with a hps is just the way to go. i top the top then top the tops then all the branches soooo short bushiness is achieved, for me, through training not light dependent.
drgreentm
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i wasnt offended just saying we have different prerogatives or op's. i need more cuttings than you which is just fine i didnt know what your intentions where for your op. but thats crazy t5's rose your temps that much i was running 4 400's in my 8x8 flower room with a 97 cfm fan cooling the room and the lights and it was just fine now i got a 400 cfm and its a little to cold have to keep it on a timer for now.
drgreentm
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my 6 bulb does the same a little with a little fan cooling a 400 i have found it runs about the same (heat wise) so prably cooler than your fixture just keep the ballast out of the tent and it prably wont rise the temp at all.
drgreentm
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my flower room is 8x8
floro's are great like i said that mom it that pic was grown completely under that floro fixture but she engulfs the entire 4' fixture lol i just know with 2 hids i could easily grow 3 that size. but hell man if your floro's work stick to it try hid later if the floros dont work out ya know.
