Oh don't worry, she'll get plenty of light penetration in flower. 2x 8 bulb 2ft'ers mounted vertically on each side of my 2X4X6 tent and 1x 8 bulb directly above provide good light for what I'm doing. About 480-500 watt worth.
So far nothing fruity. It has been very cold and gloomy the past 2 weeks so I haven't been able to really give her a ton of light. My flowering tent is run off of solar power so I haven't been able to give her all the light she wants.
I have a 600ah battery bank. I mostly rely on having my lights on during day light hours though so I can use the solar panels and not stored power.
The tent is 2x4x6 and the t5's give complete coverage even under the canopy due to the positioning. At first switch to flower I had them about 6-8in away but now they are about 4-5in from the tops.
I don't think it really changed much of anything but the biggest advantage I have seen is my temps are down. I use to have 2x 2ft 8bulb t5's over head and temps stayed about 5-10° hotter. Air just circulates easier like this and It stays a bit cooler even with 3x 8bulb t5's.
How did the clones turn out?
Well they didn't . It's my fault though, I was just being lazy. I was away for a few days that dropped down to the low 30's° and they never bounced back. I should have set up a heating pad for them but oh well shit happens. You live, you learn. Instead I'm going to pop some tangerine dream seeds for the next run.
I'll be watering today so I'll be sure to take a few pics
Outside it's been ranging from 30-65°F but in the tent it drops to about 55° over night (not for very long though) and as high as 75-80° during the day.
