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How much light / what type of light spectrum for mother plants?

Going to use these mothers for cloning, but could not find much info on what mother plants need in terms of what color spectrum is best for them (ex: LED flower/veg full cycle ~3000k is ideal, veg only ~5000k is ideal) or in terms of how much Watt / sqfoot (ex: for LED, 30-40W/sqfoot)

Any ideas on ideal color temperature and light wattage/sqft for mothering? Trying to trim every 10-14 days or so.

ideal, veg only ~5000k is ideal) or

You've just answered your question about the spectrum there yourself...

garnier wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:32 pm

ideal, veg only ~5000k is ideal) or

You've just answered your question about the spectrum there yourself...

Ah, so 5000k is ideal. I did not realize this was considered "vegging" the mother.

Any thoughts on wattage? Same amount as normal cycles or a tad higher/lower?

kdt15 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:11 pm

...Any thoughts on wattage? Same amount as normal cycles or a tad higher/lower?

You just need to keep her alive and healthy. It's not really necessary to hit her with high wattage during the dormant stage; you probably DON'T want explosive growth in the mother room, except perhaps a week or two before you're going to take cuts for a subsequent grow...so I would say, less light than normal veg of (rooted) clones.

Treat her as a houseplant.