merry christmas . ok the hortilux t5 power veg

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bryan oconner

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anybody with experience with these t5 bulbs ? expose to put out just as much uv as a good mh bulb . please post your reviews about them . I currently went from veg with t5 to a mh bulb faster growth same results as t5 but much faster . if the t5 hortilus power veg is better save me electricity
 
turbobuzz

turbobuzz

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I'm not sure they've been around long enough for anyone to have experience. Maybe you could be the first and let us know if 25 a bulb is worth it.
 
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bryan oconner

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right I agree with the intensity . of the mh vs t5 but a 8 bulb t5 is about 450 watts and bulbs can sit 1/2 inch on top of plants and is about 40k lum and the mh about the same 39000 lumens . and that light needs to be at least 2 feet away to spread over your plants or put it as close as 6 inches cooled but only for a few plants I am talking about at least 10 plants the 400 watt mh will not cut it unless they are baby plants . the mh will grow them until they are total monsters the mh would have to be raised up very high in my situation 2 feet hardly any intensity . currently I switch them from 600 1 day other day 1000 to save electric . with mh bulb until they are over 2 feet tall then its 24/7 mh and a 1000 watt hps next to it 24/7 i would switch off when they got to the 2 foot mark from the t5 to mh and hps for at least another 2 weeks with co2 need them 3 .5 feet tall , anyways next run and ill let the hortilux t5 run we will see what will happen it could save me a lot of cash 57 a month i can get the t5 for 23 each . in 3 months i get my money back . now these bulbs would have to be the shit because current mh bulbs just grow a lot more fast them t5 do . i like to play around . i did a test with kind led lights total slow lost the t5 but that's another story
 
charles lewis

charles lewis

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How did the new t5's work out?

bryan oconner said:
right I agree with the intensity . of the mh vs t5 but a 8 bulb t5 is about 450 watts and bulbs can sit 1/2 inch on top of plants and is about 40k lum and the mh about the same 39000 lumens . and that light needs to be at least 2 feet away to spread over your plants or put it as close as 6 inches cooled but only for a few plants I am talking about at least 10 plants the 400 watt mh will not cut it unless they are baby plants . the mh will grow them until they are total monsters the mh would have to be raised up very high in my situation 2 feet hardly any intensity . currently I switch them from 600 1 day other day 1000 to save electric . with mh bulb until they are over 2 feet tall then its 24/7 mh and a 1000 watt hps next to it 24/7 i would switch off when they got to the 2 foot mark from the t5 to mh and hps for at least another 2 weeks with co2 need them 3 .5 feet tall , anyways next run and ill let the hortilux t5 run we will see what will happen it could save me a lot of cash 57 a month i can get the t5 for 23 each . in 3 months i get my money back . now these bulbs would have to be the shit because current mh bulbs just grow a lot more fast them t5 do . i like to play around . i did a test with kind led lights total slow lost the t5 but that's another story
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tyke1973

tyke1973

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Are we talking about the large CFL bulbs that some growers call t5 ,if so there brilliant, I used the flowering bulb not the blue veg one at a friend's other month with chunk pulled 6 oz from it,cost affective, I'm adding 2 to my next grow rather than using 3 x 600's ,I add the 3 Rd 600 round about week 5 flowering,I did not use it this time, but will be using 2 of the large cfl's this time.
 
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