Hey, ive been sneaking about checking the forum for like a week now and decided to finally post. First time grower here, Plants have been growing for 5 weeks and I assume theyre doing well, but what would I know. Anyway, I see that everyone is using CFL lights. A relative gave me a 1000W Metal Halide( i think, it retails for like $500.00) I, however, went to a horticulturist store and they sold me a "T5 light fixture". guy said it was some new fangled technology and pulled a fourth of the power yet provied the same light/grwing effects as the larger 1000w i already have. anyway, does anyone know anything about these T5's? im sure the MH bulb is way better, but what of the T5? Ima post pics later tonight, I see other ppls pics of 4-5 weeks and somehow i feel mine are bigger if not bushier...or maybe im jsut crazy. anyway, thx on any info on the T5!
Virgin Grower Here. Any info on T5 lights?
- Thread starter Evacuate
- Start date
I just got a T5 myself (4 X 4' tubes -- 20k lumens).
I'm impressed with it so far. Its wide/long enough to where I can have about 12 plants vegging. I did notice the small seedlings would get burnt if the light was too close, once I moved it to 6" away, all was ok. It seems once they get bigger, they can handle the light more, as now some of my plants leaves are about 4 inches away and show no signs of burn.
From looking at a lot of pic's mine are very bushy as well. My node spacing is like 1/4 - 1/2 inch if that. Right now my oldest at a little over 4 weeks, is only about 8 inches tall, but super bushy (you cant even see the main stem)
I'll try to post a pic later tonight as well. I'm curious to see how mine is doing, as this is my first time, and I'm not known to have a very 'green thumb' =)
Cheers,
-bwbig
I'm impressed with it so far. Its wide/long enough to where I can have about 12 plants vegging. I did notice the small seedlings would get burnt if the light was too close, once I moved it to 6" away, all was ok. It seems once they get bigger, they can handle the light more, as now some of my plants leaves are about 4 inches away and show no signs of burn.
From looking at a lot of pic's mine are very bushy as well. My node spacing is like 1/4 - 1/2 inch if that. Right now my oldest at a little over 4 weeks, is only about 8 inches tall, but super bushy (you cant even see the main stem)
I'll try to post a pic later tonight as well. I'm curious to see how mine is doing, as this is my first time, and I'm not known to have a very 'green thumb' =)
Cheers,
-bwbig
Same here. I got the four 4foot tube setup as well. Dude sold me two reddish tubes and two bluish tubes. I know one is for veging and the other for flowering so i jsut grabbed two of each and hoped for the best. i got the light almost an inch away and they're fine. theyre growing like crazy, sometimes when i get home at night they're fractions from touching the lights and i need to rasie em again. i'll post pics to show you as well. I guess its Hooray for T5 then!
