8 bulb t5 light for 6 plants in 5 gallon buckets

i am getting some mylar for sure but should i get some kind of other fluorescent light to positioned vertically to avoid stretching? this is for veg stage only the plants will be transferred to another room when ready.

any help guys?

I had 16 plants in veg under 4 foot 4 t5 light setup and was amazing. I used sunblaster T5's. Now I use 4 foot 4 light set up and a 2nd 3foot 4 bulb set up for veg. They are the best for veg. I would run a 8bank setup of sunblasters against a 400w mh anyway. Best lights for veg. My hydro shop did that also had a 300w led panel. In veg t5 was the best. I have also flowered with my T5's and did good. 16 plants very small sog (not good for bigger plants) in a 2 x 4 space would easily net me 2 oz with only 4 light setup. If I had built a shelf or shelves I could have easily pulled 6 to 8 oz per harvest. Plants final height at harvest were 8 to 10 inches

"3foot 4 bulb set up for veg."

3 foot T5s exist?

You will need to SOG em, because the T5's wont penetrate the lower branches.. I bloom with a HOT5 on 1 table and a 1000W HPS on another..

Buy yourself some dutchmaster liquid light, you will love the stuff and perfect for t5 & cfl grows..