lighting

[backatit92]

What is the best lighting combination to keep a plant in vegetative state with a 400w mh bulb?...is it ok to use a 400w mh bulb on 12/12 cycle to clone?

 

[labexperiment]

Welcome to 420.

12/12 cycle is only used for flowering.

18/6 cycle for clones is what I would recommend, and a t-5 light with a full spectrum bulb or 3900K bulb.

 

[backatit92]

Ok thank you...but if I don't have a t-5 light is a mh bulb ok?...and what would you recommend for a plant trying to be kept in a veggie state under a 400w mh

 

[labexperiment]

I believe a 400 MH is too much for clones. CFL would be my second choice.

Topping, and tying down would be my recommendations for keeping a mother in veg, I would also use T-5, T-8 or T-12 with daylight bulbs for a mother, even if I had to buy them from a second hand store. T-12s are pretty cheap now a days though.

 

[Rodrigo]

It is OK to use any kind of light for veg, but people (myself included) use fluorescent and CFLs for veg because the energy consumption of a 400w MH or HPS is not proportional to the result you get, this means that by using CFLs and T5s you get pretty much the same result but at a fraction of the cost, making it a much more efficient setup for small grows. You will spend way much more money on power than you would by investing in CFLs and T5s.

For clones 2 CFLs are more than enough. You are not going to get better results by using other lightning setup. And I'm pretty sure that you will harm the clones with a MH because of the heat.
Also, keep clones under 18/6 just like the mothers, 12/12 and below is only used for flowering.

Hope this helps.
Good luck and happy growing!

 

[backatit92]

Thank you all... Will heed the advice