Quote Originally Posted by twoguysupnorth
i am not sure i could or would trust a light on for that amount of time with no one to watch it. even on a timer. yes you could use the styrofoam thing i would think. but then what about to much humidity? my system is like that for clones, its a styro form with plugs and a humidity dome and it at least takes a couple of weeks to sprout. some would survive but ...
Not worried about leaving the lights on. It is no different than leaving the porch light on as long as everything is wired safely. And keeping the clones alive would be the easy part, and as far as I am aware, there is no such thing as too much humidity for clones. What I really need are the answers to my questions in the first post--best way to keep the grownups alive...anybody else out there experienced with pump drip on a timer/wick systems? etc. Thanks for you input anyway, TWOGUYS...

So here are the questions...again:
1. Is there any reason why the plants would not be ready to take clones on day 60 from seed planting in order to have backups in case the potential mommies die?
2. Does anybody have a preference on a drip system with a pump vs. a wick system...or even some other method?
3. Would taking them out from under a 400w HID and putting them back under CFLs slow water uptake much? Would this be a good idea?