Need some T5 Info

in my research, more research and experience there is one real answer that is best here for yields.

HPS best for flower Min. 400watts.
T5 works well for veg./clone/seedling.

A combo hps and t5 (maybe 2- 2 fters. for flexability vs. 1- 4 fter) will be best for value/electricity usage etc.

Go to utube.com and search author Urban grower and watch his videos of legal growers. Great learning tool. All are using HPS for flower. None flowering with T5. T5 can be used for flower on a budget and do ok/well but never duplicate a 400 watt hps. or higher.
Also T5s take longer to grow a full grow so ad weeks to the grow...

im so dope: thats a huge room! you could do 12 from seed in 1 gallon buckets, then you should end up with about 6 females and you'll have nice full size plants, remember to top them when they are about a foot high and still vegging, i'd veg for another week or so after topp'n. that'll get you some monsters. Or you could do a see of green, tons of smaller plants but they mature faster and save space cause they dont grow as tall. But for that you'll need a few moms thats are confirmed females and clone the shit out of em.
one light light huh, if you havent started buying stuff yet i'd recosider and have 2 lights. Personally I would have a small veg cabinet with a couple t5's ($30 ea) or 6 or so cfls- ($40 with fixtures and cords from the H Depot). 6500K for veggin. For budding you can p/u a 400 watt HPS for 150, with everything you need including bulb right outta the box.

MH is a waste of electricy for vegging for the same results as t5s or cfls IMHO. 430 w MH VS 2 x 40 watt T5s and 4 x26watt (100 watt eqivalant) you end up using just 184 watts for the same results as 430 watts, consider its on 18 to 24 hous a day as well.


i suggest budding at 2100k to 2700K instead of 3000K, its a better spectrum - for a couple hundy you can have to sets of lights (hPS and t5/cfls) for the same price as one light with two sets of bulbs.
You can bud with 2700K CFLs or T5s but they are no comparison to a HPS.

hope this helps bro- good luck

2 40 watt 2 footers are still 80 watts, double the consumption of 1 40 watt 4 footer. the ballest still draw the same juice. but they do offer more flexibility
i'm not an electrician but i think thats how it works.

Originally Posted by GoldenGanja13

High times tested the T-5 against the hps in flower and the t-5 for flower was small bud but sticky/fluffy. And the hps was big/dense not as sticky.

i wonder if you used both if they would be bigger, denser and stickier than either way alone????? they shoulda tested that too.

did they do a smoke test????

Originally Posted by whatapothead

the big question is.... T5 or MH for mothers...... or at least i'd like a solid answer to set my mind straight.

for veggin... T5's NO QUESTION!!!!! same quality, less power consuption. unless you do basement grows in the winter and you need the extra heat.

sorry i'm being a thread hog! just got baked and came outta my grow room. 12 days into flower under my 400 w HPS and i have 5 confirmed females and only 2 males so far! not bad outa 14 plants, so i have 7 left to sex, one more looks like its leanging towards male. I be physed if i ended up with 8 fems outta 14. Two are KUSH, the rest are bag seed. i killed to male kush tonight to.

I agree with everyone else, thats a big room and you can do different veg and flower sections.

For the veg, you can use t-5's or t-8's. Wal-Mart sells "undercabinet lights." They are basically t-5 and t-8 bulbs in little plastic fixtures. The two foot lights range between $6.50 and $9.50, depending on the size of the bulb, and the spectrum. You can start your young plants under 2 or three of those, and just buy a few more as they get bigger. Thats how I did it. I started out with 2 t-8's (in working fixtures) that cost $6.50. Now, a few weeks later, and for less than $100 I have 2 veg light fixtures that each have 3 t-8 and 2 t-5 bulbs.

For flowering, for sure go with the HPS. You can use the money you'll save by shopping at Wal-Mart to pay for the HPS light.

here are the lights. I couldn't find them on the Wal-Mart web site, but I know they sell them.

http://www.lightsofamerica.com/en/Pr...20Cabinet.aspx

Originally Posted by GoldenGanja13

High times tested the T-5 against the hps in flower and the t-5 for flower was small bud but sticky/fluffy. And the hps was big/dense not as sticky.

Can you believe anything High Times anymore, they said last year was it that, the LED light was far better than HPS and now a T5 doesn't compare ????? A T5 will blow that little LED light out of the water hands down.

How many T5 bulb were they using ? Were they the 54 watt HO ones ?

http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EFamily.asp

They have good prices on T5 and bulbs.