LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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BlueB said:
Dude, don't worry, I won't be posting here anymore LOL had to let out some steam after seeing all the disrespect people were giving to my hommies over the last couple months, probably crossed the line a bit but oh well
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what happened to this couldnt stay away, eh?
 
Dr.J20

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AltarNation said:
Just gonna throw this out there, T5's do produce a decent amount of heat but they don't really compare to HID heat. Air-cooled hoods are a nice addition but you lose a significant amount of light and UV to the glass barrier. I honestly think in an attic you are going to be requiring a separate air cooled exhaust line (which most likely means a second in-line fan if you want it to happen efficiently)

Just my 2 cents. Are you in a southern state? Even in a northern state I find that attics get unbearably hot. Is your attic insulated?
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Talk about late response...sorry AN,
yeah attic is insulated and honestly not that hot, but i'm definitely doing a par t5 setup and i doubt i'm gonna need to go full on perpetual, just have a mom in a tent and drop clones whenever i feel the need...
also gonna go scrog or lst with 2 girls, just need to decide about 1 vs 2 panels (4x8 or two 4x4s) and nail down a final bulb lineup

thanks for the thoughts!
be easy
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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Dr.J20 said:
Talk about late response...sorry AN,
yeah attic is insulated and honestly not that hot, but i'm definitely doing a par t5 setup and i doubt i'm gonna need to go full on perpetual, just have a mom in a tent and drop clones whenever i feel the need...
also gonna go scrog or lst with 2 girls, just need to decide about 1 vs 2 panels (4x8 or two 4x4s) and nail down a final bulb lineup

thanks for the thoughts!
be easy
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I'd go with 2x 4 bulb panels. I gives you alot more options. I like my 8 bulb, but it's kinda tedious to deal with at times.
 
mipainpatient

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Salutations all, bout to switch bulbs out for the first time (not because of a noted decrease in yield or anything, too much cultivar rotation to be able to tell) thought it would be a good time to check on the ol' thread. How is everyone's setup working out?

Thinking of doing a SOG with like 2-4 weeks of extra veg before flip under a setup like this:

fs/cw/fs/rw (x3) and adding reptisuns UV cfl and 6500K/2700K twin-splitter hanging side-lighting when the canopy could benefit from it
(florasun = fs, coral wave = cw, reef wave = rw)---estimating like 2nd-4th week of 12/12, this also seems to be the best time to introduce the UV supplementation although have left it on for perpetual runs to more that satisfactory results--UVs are on for 6.5 hrs usually timed with the other CFLs (Think midday).

thoughts? this is a 2x4 darkroom tent, for the SOG thinking 6 kandy kushes but might do 3,3 if this purple afghani pans out (purple kush x afghani 1 from sensi)
The KKs loved the CW/6500k/CW/6500K and trying to improve on those results, figured the florasuns for an improvement.
Peace
MPP
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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I added a UVL 660 yesterday. It is not as intense as I was expecting, but much redder than a FloraSun

Will post new pics by Friday
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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What ever happened with geting that Fiji SPD? Haven't seen mention of it in a while. Did it end up not happening?
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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okthanks2 said:
the graph was posted on rollitup before the server crashed, i happened to save it as an image file!
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That was determined to be a fake some time back. There was a deal worked out where one was geing mailed to uvl and they were going to hook us up with a chart. Haven't heard anything of it in a while though.
 
okthanks2

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kpmarine said:
That was determined to be a fake some time back. There was a deal worked out where one was geing mailed to uvl and they were going to hook us up with a chart. Haven't heard anything of it in a while though.
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Huh? What are you even talking about? What graph? Do you have access to my image files or something because I don't remember posting it yet. LOL???????
 
okthanks2

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kpmarine said:
That was determined to be a fake some time back. There was a deal worked out where one was geing mailed to uvl and they were going to hook us up with a chart. Haven't heard anything of it in a while though.
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Found it, I highly doubt you've even seen this graph before, it was posted long before you joined the forum. Then I guess the server crashed and quite a bit of info was lost including this graph that was posted. I don't even remember who posted it originally, but I remember them saying they had their old physics professor do the spectral reading for them? Something like that anyway. Fiji Purple.jpg
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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okthanks2 said:
Found it, I highly doubt you've even seen this graph before, it was posted long before you joined the forum. Then I guess the server crashed and quite a bit of info was lost including this graph that was posted. I don't even remember who posted it originally, but I remember them saying they had their old physics professor do the spectral reading for them? Something like that anyway. View attachment 2180807
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Ah, haven't seen that one before. Cool
 
okthanks2

okthanks2

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^^^^^^^your welcome^^^^^^^

knew it would come in handy some day, I don't tend to throw away much anymore. As you can see the Fiji Purple is a really great bulb. I have been using it in my T5 setup for months and haven't switched it out for obvious reasons. I keep 4 of them in my fixture during veg and flower and have had nothing but positive results. I use 4 Fiji Purple bulbs, 2 UVL Red Sun, and 2 UVL Super Actinic for flower and I think I get better results than under any HID! Puts out a real nice magenta color between them all.
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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BlueB said:
you are right man, that guy is a narc/rat. I got a message from the mod to watch out for him/her/it, i guess they have been harassing other forum members as well. They posted a false ip address to the mod, i'm surprised they aren't banned yet.
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Pics, or it didn't happen. That's one hell of a claim to make without substantiating it. I wouldn't give my IP to a mod either if he asked. For the same reson you wouldn't give that mod your home address I would bet.
 
kpmarine

kpmarine

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okthanks2 said:
watch out for this dude people, it's a rat. Dude's been ratting people out on rollitup for awhile now. Actually pretty sure it's a narc. Will be getting the forum mod to do a background check.
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Seriously, with all these claims of people ratting people out. Got proof?
 
hyroot

hyroot

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That spd is for a sylvania hps in europe. According to Sylvania the fiji is different from the ati purple plus.. all they would say about fiji spectrum is that its 6% red spike at 650 nm. Yet I came across something from thomas a while ago saying the large red is at 630.... So who knows
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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'IF" that graph is actually a commercially available Fiji, I would not use it to veg, unless I saw conclusive proof that all that 650+ red didn't force flower prematurely. For veg I am using Quantum Grow (6500s) + Aqua Suns + Coral Wave

For flower, it looks like it provides more than enough blue; although one UVL SA wouldn't hurt.

I use 2 Aqua Sun in veg only 1 in flower
 
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