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smkinmouse

Member
so i got a 4 foot 8 tube t-5 veg and bloom tubes an 8 by 4 by 6 room vents and fans 12 5 gallon buckets and fox farm ocean mix dirt and nutes and rooted seedlings im a first time grower and any tips are more than welcome. i would realy like to know how to tell the males from the females. plz help
 

rocpilefsj

Misguided Angel
Males have balls, females have hairs, hermi's have both balls and hairs. Almost any info you will need is on here, you just gotta look for it. Go to newbie central and read the sticky's, they contain a wealth of knowledge.
 

smkinmouse

Member
each tube puts out 90 watts u think i need more than that?
im not quit sure on tht number but will check but im pretty sure its 90
 

Nullis

Moderator
Four foot T5's generally put out something like 90+ lumens per watt, but most of the 4 ft tubes I have seen advertised are 54 watt while the 2 foot tubes are 24 watts. What is the square footage of the area you are growing in, if you plan to utilize all of that space? I am assuming 8' is the height of the room, in which case square footage would be 6 x 4 = 24 sq. feet. That is kind of a big grow room, so those tubes really are not going to cover such an area of flowering plants.

As I rule of thumb I have heard that 60 watts per square foot is more than sufficient. My plants are currently flowering in a room with roughly 50 watts per square foot, but it is just a small area(more like 3 x 3). If you went by that rule, those fluorescent lights might cover 8 sq. ft but in flowering I think even that would be pushing it. I would recommend you split the room into veg and bloom chambers, if possible, to take full advantage of that space and harvest continuously.

A roughly 2 x 4 (8 sq. ft) area flooded with fluorescent light for veg, and the remaining 16 square feet would be perfect space for a 1000 watt HID.
 

smkinmouse

Member
i already have two separate rooms the one im talkin bout now is my veg room i have not had the time nor the money to set up my bloom room yet. tht is an 4 by 6 by 8 any ideas on lighting. and i wanted to say thanks for all the help guys i didnt really know wht i was getting my self into
 
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