you dont need a heating pad at all. my bubble cloner is in the same room as my mothers no heating pad just a 8 bulb t5 light and i get roots in 5 days no problem
So you recommend Metal Halide, I was told that Florescent and Metal Halides don't make a difference with clones and florescent is nicer because its cheaper and less heat
Awesome, I'm hoping that 72 clones can yield about 2 pounds, From what I read the White Widow and Super Nova are the strongest and they produce around 350 - 450 grams per meter squared
for the florescent should I got mostly cool, warm, or both? I was thinking cool since It probably lets off more blue light and the florescent will only be used for vegetating.
I also had thought about getting the switchable light housings so I can use MH bulbs for vegatating and then switch out the bulb for Budding and possibly save money on fixtures for cloning
Will all that be enough for my setup? I figured one MH for all the mothers and 4 of the switchable ones (or 4 of the florescent and 4 HPS) for the two aero flow systems
I think one of those switchable systems probably would work in my system, although I'll look into that dual fixture, would you mind If i added you into my contacts so if I have any future questions I can ask you
Your gonna want about 2000 watts total if you expect to get 2 pounds off 72 clones, i would highly suggest using (6)400 watt HPS. I don't think youll be able to get 2 pounds off (1) 1000 watt HPS. If you start in a month and harvest 8 months later that means you are going to veg for 6 months or so, tryin to grow some 20 foot plants? Lets be realistic shall we.
I know my sights are set kinda high (I like to think big), as for the 8 week figure, I figured it would be 3 months to veg the mothers, then about 3 months to veg the clones and 1 month to bud, give or take a few weeks,as for the lights I was planing on using 2 1000 watt bulbs but if you recommend 6 400 watts I'll look into
with 6 400 watters you will get a much better light spread than 2x1000 watters.
I do not know of any plants that only take 1 month to flower, the short ones take 2 months to flower. If you are expecting to veg for 3 months I hope you realize those will be monster trees. 3 months in hydro probably be 20 footers once they flowered.
A more realistic approach would probably be more like 3-4 months from start to finish. 1 month to veg some 3 foot tall plants, 2 weeks to clone, 2 more weeks to veg those clones and 2 months to flower and then harvest. Using Hydro plants veg in almost half the time of soil, but still takes just as long to flower.