FlashBabylon
Active Member
I'm curious, if wanting to keep electricity costs and heat way down, what's the lowest wattage you can keep a mom under?
I plan to have a mom in a box that just keeps her going, as opposed to having a big ongoing veg tent with a mom in. The idea is that instead of a perpetual grow, which is unnecessary for my needs, I will do a grow periodically, but want to clone a particular strain that I like. Periodically I will take a clone and fire up the MH bulb and ballast in my tent.
I should also point out that it is near damn impossible to get daylight colour CFL bulbs, so I would have to have the lady under 2700k CFLs. I hope this won't make too much of a difference as I am not wanting aggressive growth, but I worry - will such low wattage and warm temperature bulbs just make her stretch uncontrollably?
What's the best I should aim for here?
I plan to have a mom in a box that just keeps her going, as opposed to having a big ongoing veg tent with a mom in. The idea is that instead of a perpetual grow, which is unnecessary for my needs, I will do a grow periodically, but want to clone a particular strain that I like. Periodically I will take a clone and fire up the MH bulb and ballast in my tent.
I should also point out that it is near damn impossible to get daylight colour CFL bulbs, so I would have to have the lady under 2700k CFLs. I hope this won't make too much of a difference as I am not wanting aggressive growth, but I worry - will such low wattage and warm temperature bulbs just make her stretch uncontrollably?
What's the best I should aim for here?