Need some T5 Info

You could keep 3 mothers under it or grow about 30 plant sog style. I grow 20 under that same type of fixture except I only have 4 bulbs. They work great just try to keep the plants short so they are perfect for sog.

Originally Posted by im so dope

Was looking into T5s, I don't really know much about their output, about how many plants could one grow with a T5 light of these dimensions 20"Wide x 49" Long x 2 1/2" Deep, with 6 bulbs.

Heres the light I was checking out.

T5

Thanks

ur better off with h.i.d.s

T-5 are bad ass Check out htgsupply.com and look at their t-5 setups. They are definately no joke!!!!

I use MH and HPS but am tempted to get T-5's for a mother room or veg/clones

I just bought a 8 bulb 4 footer with bulbs for $250. shop around a little. And man they are the best for VEG, if you like to veg man veg.

Ah, can someone fill me in on SOG, so in conclusion the T5s are not the greatest for flowering or what?Im trying to figure out if I want a 400w HPS or the T5 really cant decide, theres benefits to both. The T5 is just so compact and dont have to worry about heat/energy as much but with the HPS im assuming much better results? So I could end up growing 3 decent plants under just 1 6 bulb T5?

i veg under 2 four ft 6500K Sun Blaze T5's and 4 26 watt CFL's. Those lights are the right spectrum for vegging, seedlings and clones. no good for budding though, for budding you should be in the 2100 to 2700 spectrum. if you dont have money for both, buy a an HPS for budding and a bunch of 6500 cfls for vegging. if you look around you can get cfl bulbs for $2 ea on sale. i vegged 12 plants from seed, each in 1 gallon buckets, 6 to a row under 2 T5 s and 4 CFLs. worked awesome! HTG Supply is reputable, i bought a 400 w HPS with remote ballast and relector for around 150 delivered, no issues.

you can buy 2700K replacement bulbs and bud with them as well, but an HPS will be cheaper and work way better. plus if you swap the bulbs then you need more ballast to put the 6500K bulbs in so you can continue to veg or clone.

are your looking to go from seed to harvest in one spot? what size space do you have available? soil or hydro?

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.