mother plant lights

what would be the best and cheapest lights i could you to support a mother plant that will be kept rather short and a gaggle of clones? im looking for something effectiv and cheap i don't really want to use an MH for something like this

i dont see why you couldnt use flourescent tubes or cfls, thats what i use and they do pretty good, they work great for vegging

what size would you reccomend for keeping 1 mother and maybe a small tray of clones in veg?

I was reading from another thread where the grower was not watering the mother plants as much. Said it cut the growth rate to a halt. Then when he needed more clones just started watering and it would take off like crazy. But if your using hydro than this would obviously not work.

probably like 3 36 watt cfls. Shouldnt be too much.

3 36 watt cfls? that sounds pretty good.i didnt know what as cheaper/ more effective, the tube lights or the bulb lights

i could only find 24 watters.
think 3 of them will work?

i use one 125w cfl for the mom and it works pretty good. got it at worm's way like 50 bucks for the bulb. stays cool in the small space.

3 24 watts would be fine just make sure theyre the 6500 k spectrum since ull only be using them to veg