lighting question (vegetation room)

aprox

aprox

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Hi, I have a question regarding what kind of lighting I should use in my vegetation room. My room is 7x6.5x7 and I would like to grow 12 plants for about 4-5 weeks before I move them over into the flowering room. This whole thing is new to me and I'm not sure what would be the best lighting for this room. I do have a 4x4 T5 Grow lamp with four bulbs with a grow spectrum of 6500 k... would this be good enough for a 12 plant setup in my veg room? Any thought or ideals would be greatly appreciated, thanks. :)

Here's a link to the lamp i have.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/t5-grow-light-complete-w-t5ho-bulbs-2-4-6-8-lamp-24-48-fluorescent-veg-bloom/160709546880?hash=item256b091380
 
rob333

rob333

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aprox said:
Hi, I have a question regarding what kind of lighting I should use in my vegetation room. My room is 7x6.5x7 and I would like to grow 12 plants for about 4-5 weeks before I move them over into the flowering room. This whole thing is new to me and I'm not sure what would be the best lighting for this room. I do have a 4x4 T5 Grow lamp with four bulbs with a grow spectrum of 6500 k... would this be good enough for a 12 plant setup in my veg room? Any thought or ideals would be greatly appreciated, thanks. :)

Here's a link to the lamp i have.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/t5-grow-light-complete-w-t5ho-bulbs-2-4-6-8-lamp-24-48-fluorescent-veg-bloom/160709546880?hash=item256b091380
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go bloom four foot 8 lamp bloom spectrum you want the 54watt so contact the seller and make sure they are 54wats u are gunna push it going 12 u should be fine as my mate goes 10 with a kinda same set up bit diff but if i was u just go 400 mh veg 600w hps flower
 
Rayne

Rayne

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Yes, that lamp will suffice. If you want to more for coverage, consider buying another one. 6500K is typically used for vegetative growth.
 
rob333

rob333

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aprox said:
Hi, I have a question regarding what kind of lighting I should use in my vegetation room. My room is 7x6.5x7 and I would like to grow 12 plants for about 4-5 weeks before I move them over into the flowering room. This whole thing is new to me and I'm not sure what would be the best lighting for this room. I do have a 4x4 T5 Grow lamp with four bulbs with a grow spectrum of 6500 k... would this be good enough for a 12 plant setup in my veg room? Any thought or ideals would be greatly appreciated, thanks. :)

Here's a link to the lamp i have.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/t5-grow-light-complete-w-t5ho-bulbs-2-4-6-8-lamp-24-48-fluorescent-veg-bloom/160709546880?hash=item256b091380
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just ask me if u need any more info lucky you u have a hydro shop worker that can help u today also i have 9 years of hydro outdoor growing under my belt so i am happy to help
 
rob333

rob333

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Rayne said:
Yes, that lamp will suffice. If you want to more for coverage, consider buying another one. 6500K is typically used for vegetative growth.
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why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone and veg with bloom and save buying 2 lights i gave up on veg lights about 5 years ago well i lie i have 2 180w leds vegging atm but they were giveing 2 me almost for free
 
mauricem00

mauricem00

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aprox said:
Hi, I have a question regarding what kind of lighting I should use in my vegetation room. My room is 7x6.5x7 and I would like to grow 12 plants for about 4-5 weeks before I move them over into the flowering room. This whole thing is new to me and I'm not sure what would be the best lighting for this room. I do have a 4x4 T5 Grow lamp with four bulbs with a grow spectrum of 6500 k... would this be good enough for a 12 plant setup in my veg room? Any thought or ideals would be greatly appreciated, thanks. :)

Here's a link to the lamp i have.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/t5-grow-light-complete-w-t5ho-bulbs-2-4-6-8-lamp-24-48-fluorescent-veg-bloom/160709546880?hash=item256b091380
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you could cover 12 plants with that if you don't top or train them.
 
Rayne

Rayne

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rob333 said:
Why not kill two birds with one stone and veg with bloom and save buying two lights I gave up on veg lights about five years ago. Well I lie I have two 180w leds vegging at the moment but they were given to me almost for free
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Because the intended purpose for the entire space is vegetative growth.
 
rob333

rob333

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Rayne said:
Because the intended purpose for the entire space is vegetative growth.
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true if u wanna run just a veg room then go with them lights i still pull round the same time as mates that run veg rooms i just cut clones and veg then bloom but hey its all comes down to what u want to do
 
aprox

aprox

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Thanks guys for the quick reply. Do you think I should purchase another grow lamp just to be on the safe side? I do plan on cloning eventually and another set would allow me to space the plants out more and give them some room to grow.
 
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Rayne

Rayne

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aprox said:
Thanks guys for the quick reply. So should i stick with the 6500k spectrum or buy 4 bulbs 3000k? Also, you think I should purchase another grow lamp just to be on the safe side?
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For a dedicated vegetative space there is nothing wrong with using just 6500K. 3000K lends itself to more flower production. What you use in your grow spaces is ultimately your decision.

Regardless of what people may suggest keep doing more research into different aspects of gardening to become a better gardener.
 
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