thoughts on growing with T5s

Put a 250 halide and a 400 hps for flower it will make it more worth your while in quality and quantity. Vent with a 4 inch fan and try to find an air cooled hood. But it is pretty limited in 4 inch. So don't skimp on these essentials. If its cooled you can keep it closer which gives you more penetration. No on the T5's except clones and seedlings.

Any questions? New pics tomorrow. Visit my journal to see/learn how to get this using the right T5s

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Originally Posted by PetFlora

Any questions? New pics tomorrow. Visit my journal to see/learn how to get this using the right T5s

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With a hps you woulda been looking like that at the end of the 5th week and that undergrowth woulda be doubled

T5's kick ass if used propperly. If thats what you wanna use then dont be pushed into the hid's.. Also there are products out there that will fool your plants into thinking that T5 is a HID.. Give it a go you wont be dissapointed.
Cheers~ Reggae

Listen to pet, we are both part of Team PAR T5. Flouros have definitely come a long way. They kick.hid's ass. Its all about proper spectrum. Giving the plants the proper light that chlorophyll absorbs. Not ass backwards hid. Lumens means nothing. By definition its visible light seen by the human eye. Plants do not absorb the spectrum we see. You just need the right bulbs

This is a chlorophyll spectrum diagram. Showing the spectrum that plants absorb.


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Originally Posted by hyroot

Listen to pet, we are both part of Team PAR T5. Flouros have definitely come a long way. They kick.hid's ass. Its all about proper spectrum. Giving the plants the proper light that chlorophyll absorbs. Not ass backwards hid. Lumens means nothing. By definition its visible light seen by the human eye. Plants do not absorb the spectrum we see. You just need the right bulbs

This is a chlorophyll spectrum diagram. Showing the spectrum that plants absorb.


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ok so could I grow 2 decent plants 12/12 with T5s? what size T5s? I was thinking of getting a 2ftx4bulb for my small grow tent. its 32x32x60. what that do for me?

They have come along way but to say they kick hid's ass is absurd.

To the OP, you can look around and find people here having success with them, Just gotta hone your technique. Good Luck!!!

i have a little smaller space then that for my veg/clone room. it is 30x20x45ish. I have a 2 bulb HTG hood that has 10k lumens and then i have an extra 2 ft single bulb t5 and a couple regular light hook ups for a litttle extra if needed. I get really great veg growth outta these. But they never get more than a foot tall in that room for me. exhaust is supereasy. Just one large computer fan intaking across the canopy. no problem with heat.

the downside to t5's and cfls is light depth penetration. For them to be most effective you need them to be as close as possible without touching the bulb. That is why High Output bulbs (MH, HPS) have good results. they simply have the power to penetrate into the canopy and provide more energy fro the plant