growing with T5's

[lovbnstoned]

got my seeds germinated, they have 4 very small leaves under a 2ft T5.,,about 6 inches. should I bring the T5 up bitr should I leave it where is is. i'd show ya, but having problems loading a pic's


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[powerplanter]

Should be fine at six inches.

 

[lovbnstoned]

should I move the T5 fixture higher, cause the plants r starting to get more leaves on them ????

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[powerplanter]

When I grew with florescents I kept the lights about two inches off the plants. Put your hand under and see how close you can keep it with out getting too hot. If your hand isn't getting burned then the plants will be OK.

 

[7greeneyes]

pretty much that ^^^^^

 

[lovbnstoned]

I thought if U kept the light close it wouldn't let the plant grow had a friend come by, n just dropped some Ak-47,,,, wooow this good,,, i'll take a toke for y'all


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[lovbnstoned]

is the Spexulux good for the T5's ???

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[powerplanter]

I don't know what that is, a spexulux. It doesn't stop the growth, but it does make the inter nodes spacing nice and close...

 

[trillions of atoms]

Throw up a pic and I will tell you if it is stunted or not by the light.

My t5s are bright and I actually keep my light farther away then that to prevent stunting and supercrop to beef the stems and reduce stretch.

Even for t5s two inches is to close for the younguns'

 

[lovbnstoned]

it's called Spectralux, I just can't find anything that will reduce the size of the pic so I can get it ,, a pic on here, so 6 inches then is ok , to from the top of the plant.

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[powerplanter]

Put the back of your hand above the plant, if its to hot for you its too hot for the plant.

 

[sunakard2000]

btw unrelated to the orginal question i saw your statement about finding something to reduce the size of your picture... Microsoft Paint... aka Paint... use the select area square, drag the dotted line box over the picture and downsize by dragging a corner closer to the opposite corner. you dont need any special program to downsize a pic for here. or cut the sides of the pic down till its an appropriate size file...

 

[trillions of atoms]

Using your hand is not a good method.

Flos hardly put out heat like an hid.

Hps /mh maybe but your hand is not the plant.


It's not the heat ppl - it's the intensity.

 

[powerplanter]

I'm still reading and thanks for the info. So since he only has two foot tubes, I'm guessing two tubes, how far away should they be ?

 

[lovbnstoned]

I got 4 T5 grow Tubes at 2feet long ,, but wjen I really start the grow. I have a 4 ft T5 setup with 12 bulbs.

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[DankCannabis]

is this a good deal its 85 bucks. my veg space is fairly smal so i think one would do and ill get one more for the flowering. wat ya think hXXp://www.oasisgardenhydro.com/default/products/hardware/bulbs-high-pressure-sodium/t5-2-2-tube-system-w-bulbs.html

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

is this a good deal its 85 bucks. my veg space is fairly smal so i think one would do and ill get one more for the flowering. wat ya think hXXp://www.oasisgardenhydro.com/default/products/hardware/bulbs-high-pressure-sodium/t5-2-2-tube-system-w-bulbs.html"


No, $85 is way too much for that fixture. Check e-bay and Amazon for way better prices on T5s. I saw a 2' 4 bulb T5 for $55 (free shipping) on e-bay recently.

You need a minimum of 3000 lumens per sq for vegging and 5000 for flowering, so figure your sq ft and the lumens you need and buy your lighting based on that. A 2' 2 bulb only puts out 4000 lumens, so one of those fixtures does not even really provide enough light for its footprint. The 4 bulb light provides 8000 lumens so that is a space just under 1.5 x 2'. You also want to use different spectrum bulbs for vegging and flowering.

Also we ask that you do not post direct links. I am changing the tt to XX to disable the direct link. Thanks.

 

[DankCannabis]

thanks THG you are a blessing and I apologize for the DL wont happen again. as for the space itll be in is barely 2x2 its only going to be a few clones for personal use so im not too worried on it being the best yield just yet just trying to learn the ropes for future projects
ill look thru ebay for the lighting system. about how wide would you say the four bulbs fixture would be.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

It always amazes me how much difference there is in price between items basically the same. Here is the link to the light on e-bay.

hXXp://www.ebay.com/itm/221265603101?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

[lovbnstoned]

I got a 12 bulb T5 fixture,, for both veg n flowering
4ft long by 20 inches wide
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