Clone lighting type & size

[Curiousnoob]

Hello peoples, I was wondering if someone could advise me on what type of light I could use to keep a clone alive, but stop it from growing any further. Reason being I'm not quite ready for it and my other 3 clones are way behind and need sometime to catch up. They have just started rooting, I think. It has been out side since being potted.

It is about 8 inches in height. (Only one that survived from my first cloning attempt).

Hopefully 3, more likely 2 from my second attempt.

 

[Alienpus]

You can't really stop it from growing, you can put it under fluorescent lights 18/6 and prune it severly to keep it small while the others catch up. Too weak of a light and it will stretch

 

[ZebSoames]

I use a 150w cfl about 18" high. And also keep them in solo cup hempy to keep them small till I'm ready to pull the trigger.

 

[Curiousnoob]

Thanks @Alienpus trying to find something in the middle, enough to sustain without feeding it to much light. It's either that or turn her into a mother plant, which I don't have enough space/time for unfortunately.
Thanks @DV-travis, can I ask what benefits the solo cup has? To keep the roots confined? Also is hempy perlite? Ok great. Thanks for the recommendation, will get a 150w cfl this afternoon.

 

[ZebSoames]

Yes I do hempy with 100% perlite and the 150w CFL seems to work great for seedling and cloning and to keep them from streching to much till they are up potted to 2lt hempy. Keeping them in solo cups for a bit just helps on floor space.

 

[ZebSoames]

Oh... And I'm useing the 6400K CFL.

 

[Dankman_420]

Yes I do hempy with 100% perlite and the 150w CFL seems to work great for seedling and cloning and to keep them from streching to much till they are up potted to 2lt hempy. Keeping them in solo cups for a bit just helps on floor space.

Your hempys are awesome! I've never seen that in person. Only online

 

[ZebSoames]

This will be my first run with hempy. I'm trying to go perpetual with a hempy SOG
And thanks

 

[Curiousnoob]

So when you say hempy, are you talking about the plant or the medium? Sorry.

Is your whole grow done with just perlite? Or until you transfer into something bigger?

It does look really good!

 

[ZebSoames]

Here is a good answer


What is a Hempy bucket

It is a simple bucket with a hole on its side, filled with perlite and coco soil. It functions as passive hydro setup, by retaining water at the bottom 5cm / 2 inch section containing pure perlite. Perlite is a lightweight volcanic glass with excellent water draining qualities, often used to improve soil water drainage. We are essentially tricking our plant into thinking it hit the jackpot and found a natural water pocket at the bottom of the hempy bucket. Make sure to have a non-transparent bucket, as light would induce algae growth in the water, leading to root rotThanks to the extra water storage, hempy buckets need less frequent waterings. During watering go for 20-30% overrun through the drain hole, to ensure water in the perlite reservoir is replaced.

 

[Curiousnoob]

Aaaaaah, ok I get it now. Thanks for that.

 

[ZebSoames]

There are diffrent styles? For example, I'm useing 2 liter plastic soda bottles. Others go bigger. I also use 100% perlite. Other use verm/coco. I'm new at this so there is a learning curve.

 

[Curiousnoob]

Ok cool, sounds like an interesting experiment to have a go at, might try on my next clones. Have just looked at your latest, looks really good!