Newbie T5 question
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I'd add a HPS HID if you can. If not could you add another fixture with 4 more 2700 T5s? If not that then I'd switch to 2700K for flower. This is with the disclaimer that I'm very new and just finished my very first grow. Anyway whatever you decide best of luck. Oh and I used T5's for seedlings, 250 watt Metal Halide for veg and a 600 watt hps for flowering.
Awesome, thanks for the info. just wondering if the placement of the 1 6500k during flowering would make a difference? Just want the growth of the the plant to be somewhat symetrical. Actually just got my 4 bulb T5 setup today, first 25 days were with 2 bulb T8 setup which i am very pleased with the progress this far, just single plant, love seeing the progress everyday!
lagarrettBLUNT
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you can mix it up or go strictly 2700k your choice just have more 2700ks than any other color.
Metalmatt408
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If you really wanna get down with lighting spectrums proff. has all the bases covered in this one. https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/358190-led-without-leds-my-first.html#. Excellent read and packed with info.
Crazym88: as you can see there's a lot of difference of opinion on that. I run straight T-5 lamps, specifically: all 5,000K's for vegging and all 2,700K's for flowering. A friend mixes his but he relies on the change in photo period and diet to do the trick to flowering. I can't say that he's had any better luck with his grows than I have. Another friend adds an HPS lamp to his T-5's for flowering and I'd say the end result is pretty much the same. Two others are vegging under T-5's and one is flowering only under HPS and the other is using only MH for flowering. Their buds are tighter, denser, but frankly I don't think they taste as good as mine. Without some really careful testing I don't think we'll ever find out why. I think the difference might be the difference in our nutes. The important thing is that mine do the job of deadening my arthritic pain at a small fraction of the cost. And for what it's worth I haven't found combinations of lighting recommended by any of the sources I've consulted like: Cervantes, Rosenthal or Greg Green, unless I missed it. I hope that helps. HSA
Thanks everybody, D03SHA, great info lol, I absorb what i can and weed out what i don't want. Metalmatt408 , thanks for the link, will read into it. Next stop will be to get some AC in my room because these april temps are killing me! thanks again everybody
lagarrettBLUNT
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right lol, there not really opinion its a fact 2700k is great for flowering, how people mix it up after that or what they use is their business but 2700k-3000k is just basic knowledge...not opinion...
dvs1038
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Oh yeah well check this out my seedling looks like it fell out the retard tree hit every branch on the way down then before it hit the ground it landed on Timmy rollin by in his wheelchair. Not sure the name of the strain, but I know its a jamaican variety. When I sprouted this from seed it took 2 days for it to sprout and grow out of the soil, I was thinkin it might look kinda gimpy cause its been growing so fast.
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