Mother plant cabinet help with CFL's and soil type

[BlueBear]

I have never had to keep a mother plant do to the availability of clones in my area, but I am wanting to preserve a local strain, not sure of name, but seems to be an indika of some sort and I have a few questions about the mother plant cabinet I am constructing and the care of the mother plants. The cabinet that I am going to use is 32h x 30w x19d. I have 5 socket sights for CFL's. Since I am growing some clones up to become 3 mothers, I am thinking that I will use all 5 42w cool white CFL's. Once They get to be approx 12 to 18" I will probably down size the light source down to 3 CFL's.
I have read on here about a few people who are using those Oder control CFL bulbs. I am wondering if one will be adequate to control the smell from the three mother plants which are a low smell strain. I have an extra Vortex 172cfm fan but no carbon filter. , I no that it seems like allot of CFM for such a small space, but it will have to do for now and I figure once I, or if I even need to put a scrubber on the extra CFM will be nice. I guess that I am looking dfor any opinions on the deodorizer CFL's and the amount of light the CFM's, good, bad? This is the first time that I have used them.
Question about the mother plant maintenance. I have herd that when keeping a plant in the vegetative state for long periods of time in a soiless mixture you can experience some ph problems over time. When using a soil mixture I have not herd much. So the question, is what are some of the soil and soiless mixtures and fert schedules that will be good to use over a long period of time. Also, what do some of you use to control height and promote new growth, Pinching, topping, fimming or what? On a 12/18" tall mother what is an ideal amount of clones to get off when clipping and still keep the mother healthy?
Any help will be appreciated.
Adieu

BlueBear Reviewed by BlueBear on 07-17-2006. Mother plant cabinet help with CFL's and soil type I have never had to keep a mother plant do to the availability of clones in my area, but I am wanting to preserve a local strain, not sure of name, but seems to be an indika of some sort and I have a few questions about the mother plant cabinet I am constructing and the care of the mother plants. The cabinet that I am going to use is 32h x 30w x19d. I have 5 socket sights for CFL's. Since I am growing some clones up to become 3 mothers, I am thinking that I will use all 5 42w cool white CFL's. Rating: 5

[BlueBear]

Also, with the soil, I use Black Gold potting soil with 30 percent perlight as the mediam for my other plants. I would like to continue to use this, but the Black Gold is a pre mix and I worry about deficiencies that could take place over a long period of time. What can be done to prevent this problem?
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