motherplant cupboard advice

[padster007]

hello im a newbie a could do with a little advice. ive set 2 motherplants up in a cupboard under 4 2ft 18w flourecent lights, 1 cool blue, the other 3 white! a freind says i wont be able to do it but the cuttings are coming on fine. the temps are always around 26 to 28 and never below 21 when the lights go out! what do u guys think will i have to change to a higher watt bulb or will i be ok. im just 4 weeks into flowering my 1st plant and im liking the look of it. but i want to get my mother and cutting cupboard ok so im always in supply.

any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[lysol]

Youll get significantly more bud if you put RED SPECTRUM CFLs less than an inch away, mixed with DAYLIGHT CFLs, plugin power strip adapters are cheap, attach the power strip to cabinent "roof", plug in socket adapters, screw in bulbs, easy as 123. I'd try to get like 250W on that plant, especially this far along, your bulb investment will pay off first harvest no doubt, I'd then convert the tubes to being side lighting

 

[mexilandrace]

your mom should be fine under those lights, the higher the wattage(assuming adequate temps) would net you more clones faster.

you would be better served with more red light on the one in flower, but other than that what you are doing is fine and dandy.

 

[lysol]

Oh yeah I meant for the one in flower, for the moms it doesnt really matter if its not stretching / dying, etc..

you'll prolly need to bonsai those moms tho

 

[padster007]

thanks guys for the quick response! the flowering plant is under a 400w mh bulb not the flouros only the mother is under the flouros lights. u just confirmed my thoughts and i was going to bonsai the mums but not sure how to do this read up on some forums about it but i dont want to butcher them and be left with a fooked up plant!

thanks for the reponse on the mother plants.

 

[cravin morehead]

padster-

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=31919

theres a good bonsai link 4 ya.