HEY WHAT UP so what i do for a mother is i give her 24 hours of light you dont have to give her 24 you could do 18 like the other guy said and a nother thing i do is put her in a 5 gallon bucket with mothing but perlight and i water water feed i check my ph run off and ppm and that lets me know how much of what i meed to add to the water its a really really easy way to keep a mother