T 5 from Start to Finish

wildcajun

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This is day 18 in-to flower Super skunk, just transplanted yesterday to the larger pot the girls are 42" tall from floor to top bud and just growing crazy 1inch a day .temps are around 73 lights on and 68 lights off sometimes to 64 use HB micro,bloom ,grow,and awessome blossom in flower will start HB honey soon
 

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xebeche

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Looks good. I'll follow along. Haven't seen T-5's used very often for flowering, should be informative.
 

wildcajun

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xebeche thanks for tuning in , So far with the T5's i have been very empressed it is such a "cool temp " grom compared to 1000wMH bulb the root mass was great on transplant ,the stalks are huge and branches are fat and strong also no wimppy plant here,Happy growing
 

pthree

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im on my first grow ever and using a t5 setup as well. i vegged some clones for a month and a half, theyre huge, flowering for 6 weeks now. several i have put outside to see the difference.

im using the bloom/flower bulbs theyre kinda orangish reddish color for flowering, 3 of those, and still 1 growth color high intensity light

currently i have a blue dream, platinum buba kush, headband 707, hindu skunk, and blue cheese
 

wildcajun

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Tears,glad you are back not much going on may take some pictures today.as you can see i transplanted to that larger pot "damn thing is heavy" even dry let alone fully watered so it is setting on the floor now in the cabinet ,it had a false floor 20 " up for youung plants to be closer to the light and easy to work with , so now they are just sitting rotate amybe once a day have not waterd or fed since TP will post again Happy Farming
 

wildcajun

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No change in the Girls they are looking great and getting Hairy will post new pics soon Stay tuned ,Happy Farming
 
Have you flowered with t-5's before? It seems like that you have enough light but when you start flowering, will the t-5s produce the correct spectrum of red light? Does anyone the spectrum information for t-5s ?
 

wildcajun

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100_1471.jpgDont have the Numbers for you I will get them but as far as flowers go here is some flower pics on the girls now.100_1467.jpg100_1469.jpg
 

jdubman

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Have you flowered with t-5's before? It seems like that you have enough light but when you start flowering, will the t-5s produce the correct spectrum of red light? Does anyone the spectrum information for t-5s ?
Just swap out your blue veg bulbs for red flower bulbs. It's that simple.
Cajun, you should see my Pandora brotha. I'm chopping her in 4 days.
I'd post pics to show these guys you can flower well with T5's but I
don't want to jack your thread

Dub
 

wildcajun

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The only updates are i had purchased 2 praying mantis eggs a month ago foregot i had put them on the girls , i opened the cabninet the other day and there were praying Mantis all over the place , I did check tricones and there are a plenty of course all clear at this time , I would have thought the smell would have been stronger by now some smell just not over powering The buds are forming nicely and the hairs are begining to curl Day 29 of flowering today will post pics soon. Cajun
 

xebeche

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Cool, let's see some pics of the mantises, too :mrgreen: I really like the way they look...like little alien beings, lol. Not sure I'd like 'em so much if they were crawling all over my cab. I used to photograph them a lot when I had a (rare) visitation of one of them in my yard. They're easy to photograph (since they don't move so fast). Never thought of putting a few in my indoor garden, though. Maybe just one (or two of the same sex), so they couldn't reproduce and overrun the place. I like to look at 'em, but not sure I'd want a whole family of 'em crawling on my arms and legs. Then again, who knows, it might be kinda interesting...
 

Skyhigh88

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Nice grow bro, been wanting to see a t5 grow, as i might have to move, and wont be able to use my HPS no more and was thinking about getting t5's , im sub'd on this one bro...
 

That 5hit

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The only updates are i had purchased 2 praying mantis eggs a month ago foregot i had put them on the girls , i opened the cabninet the other day and there were praying Mantis all over the place , I did check tricones and there are a plenty of course all clear at this time , I would have thought the smell would have been stronger by now some smell just not over powering The buds are forming nicely and the hairs are begining to curl Day 29 of flowering today will post pics soon. Cajun
Cool, let's see some pics of the mantises, too :mrgreen: I really like the way they look...like little alien beings, lol. Not sure I'd like 'em so much if they were crawling all over my cab. I used to photograph them a lot when I had a (rare) visitation of one of them in my yard. They're easy to photograph (since they don't move so fast). Never thought of putting a few in my indoor garden, though. Maybe just one (or two of the same sex), so they couldn't reproduce and overrun the place. I like to look at 'em, but not sure I'd want a whole family of 'em crawling on my arms and legs. Then again, who knows, it might be kinda interesting...
i'm also stoked about the mantis thing
?? why them
anyways i will be doing that next grow :)
whould also like to see pics of that ........
 

wildcajun

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Why Mantis ? I was told they were good to kill spider mies and anything else on the plant ,last grow i had spider mite problems the whole grow , now this grow has been a cool grow temps have not gone above 74 too many times , the weather has been cool and the lights are so so much cooler. I am not going to complain promise to take pictures soon
 

pr0fesseur

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Hey Cajun nice Grow :)
Hello Everyone! im a fellow T5'er doing some experimental plant growth with specialized bulbs. I am excited to see others pick up and show that T5s are amazing for this purpose when used properly! Dont let the haters dissuade you!
Check my thread as well :)
a little porn before i go
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wildcajun

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100_1522.jpg100_1511.jpg100_1527.jpg100_1516.jpg100_1523.jpg100_1515.jpg100_1526.jpg100_1512.jpg100_1521.jpg100_1524.jpgHere are some new pics taken today day 31 of flower, plus a pic of one of the Mantis ,also Fan leaf difference in both plants as you can tell 100_1519.jpgone is way larger than the other , the height has started to slow down ,one is 44 " and the other is 42" so i think growing up is over geting fa100_1518.jpgt is the thing now i have started HB honey on feeding but they only need water every 8 days as of now , all they get now is a rotate in the box 100_1517.jpgtemps run about 75 daylight and 65 night time 45RH all the time . so injoy the update and i will post more as time goes by ,Happy Farming ,Cajun100_1511.jpg
 
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