Quote Originally Posted by greentard
I was wondering what the best Lighting system to use on a mother plant. Small HID over head and Flouros on the sides to encourage Lower Branches?
No need for the fluoros. Mother plants will be pruned back regularly, whether you are taking cuttings or just need to shorten the mums to keep them out of the lights until you do need a batch of cuts. When you cut the mums back, the lower branches will grow to fill in the material above them that you have cut off.

How MUCH light you throw at your mothers is dependent upon how often you need batches of cuttings. If you only need 2-3-4-5 cuttings every 3-4-5 weeks, you can run the mums under CFLs or tubular flos. I need to regenerate 10 mums to donate 30 cuts every 2 weeks, so I run a 400HPS 24/0 on them.