minimum lux for perpetual motherplant?

[Joker90]

i have a 480w qb in my main grow space but have a couple of totes and bins ive collected and grown in on my way before a tent.
i have a relatively cheap blurpe led 100watt i used for my first grow.i also have a actual 180w blue cfl , im thinking of setting up one of the totes or bins for a perpetual vegging motherplant or atleast for a few Sog and turnover every 2 months.
the lux , which i know isnt a very accurate measurment but with cfl and the 100w led was hitting 45-50k lux. what do you reckon worth setting up, i know cfl arent optimal but i have them and may aswell use them.
the light strength wouldnt be enough for a flowering plant, but if its perpetually vegging?

 

[farmingfisherman]

Size of the light depends on the size of the mother you are keeping. So depends on how often you are taking cuttings from her and what you are planning on providing for her living space. I grew a great plant inside under a 2 foot 8 bulb fixture and the plant was nearly identical to the size of the light. Also that was with no environment, treated it like any other house plant. Good luck!

 

[hotrodharley]

From Alchimia:

"A lighting system. Normally, fluorescent tubes or low consumption lamps (blue spectrum) are used to keep mother plants and root cuttings. Several models (W) of these lamps are available, being the 100W lamps the lower ones. They are efficient and produce almost no heat. In case that we want to grow in larger spaces, or if we need to boost the growth of our plants, using HM lighting systems would be advised. The newest LEC CMH lighting kits work great"

As @farmingfisherman says it doesn't take much and fluorescent is great.

 

[farmingfisherman]

From Alchimia:

"A lighting system. Normally, fluorescent tubes or low consumption lamps (blue spectrum) are used to keep mother plants and root cuttings. Several models (W) of these lamps are available, being the 100W lamps the lower ones. They are efficient and produce almost no heat. In case that we want to grow in larger spaces, or if we need to boost the growth of our plants, using HM lighting systems would be advised. The newest LEC CMH lighting kits work great"

As @farmingfisherman says it doesn't take much and fluorescent is great.

Actually that light has led plug and play replacement bulbs. Don't believe they are manufactured anymore but if they were I'd love to buy the same ones in 4 foot lengths for my larger veg light.