Question about light

Sup everyone, I just had a question about this light. It says that it's for flowering, but would it be a good choice for growing as well as flowering? I'm looking to get a florescent setup to grow like 6-8 plants. Thanks for the help. edit: Sorry, baked
http://www.expresslightbulbs.com/t5-fluorescent-grow-light-p-208.html

DaGanjaFarmaa said:

Sup everyone, I just had a question about this light. It says that it's for flowering, but would it be a good choice for growing as well as flowering? I'm looking to get a florescent setup to grow like 6-8 plants. Thanks for the help.

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uh, is there supposed to be a link or picture ?

Whats the name of the light, wattage, brand, etc????...

edited, sorry about that, haha.

Like say if I got the 216w mixed bulb. I'm using 5 florescent tubes right now that I got for free and they're working good, but I want to do a second one at the same time.


http://www.expresslightbulbs.com/t5-fluorescent-grow-light-p-208.html

DaGanjaFarmaa said:

edited, sorry about that, haha.

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Yeah it's do-able, I think you'd want more than six tubes. I know a guy who has a similar rig (8 light) but it wasn't producing enough so he just veges with the T5's and grows with a 600 watt HPS. A good but expensive starter system. Here's another supplier of T5's
High Tech Garden Supply

thanks for the help, so maybe if I made it like 4 plants instead, would that be enough light or does it not really matter how many plants are under it?
edit: Also, will the buds be poor quality if flowered under that setup? I live in Northern Cali so judge it by that standard.

DaGanjaFarmaa said:

thanks for the help, so maybe if I made it like 4 plants instead, would that be enough light or does it not really matter how many plants are under it?

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depends how big they are. The trouble with floros is they don't penetrate deeply so growing big tall plants is a waste of time. A bunch of clones only a few inches tall is the best way (Sea of Green) or trained big plants spread out by tying down or SCROGed. It just takes some extra effort, most people give up and buy the bigger and cheaper HID lights after a while.

Thanks a ton for the advice, it's really helpful