Anybody flowering with T5 cfl's?

[doobnVA]

If heat isn't an issue, go with the HPS. Although the T5s are nice because the plants can literally grow right into the lights and not get burned. I use T5s and CFLs specifically because I don't want to have to to cool my lights/room, although I am thinking about a HID light for my winter grow (specifically TO raise the temps in my room, LOL).

Those 4 and 8 bulb T5 fixtures look pretty sweet, though, so I might end up getting both =)

 

[ZenOne]

im flowering with cfls right now,
deffinitly not the out come i wass looking for, budds are way too fluffy.
id say hps is the way to go my friend,

keeep smokinn

 

[smppro]

I have a 400w hps and a cfl setup and i can get buds just as dense with cfls as a can with hps, just not as big, but never fluffy, you should be scrogging or using LST on plants with fluorescent.

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

I have a 400w hps and a cfl setup and i can get buds just as dense with cfls as a can with hps, just not as big, but never fluffy, you should be scrogging or using LST on plants with fluorescent.

I dont believe you can get the same results with an hps as you can with cfl's. My question was specific to the t5's and not cfl's in general.

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

If heat isn't an issue, go with the HPS. Although the T5s are nice because the plants can literally grow right into the lights and not get burned. I use T5s and CFLs specifically because I don't want to have to to cool my lights/room, although I am thinking about a HID light for my winter grow (specifically TO raise the temps in my room, LOL).

Those 4 and 8 bulb T5 fixtures look pretty sweet, though, so I might end up getting both =)

okay. thanks for your input

im flowering with cfls right now,
deffinitly not the out come i wass looking for, budds are way too fluffy.
id say hps is the way to go my friend,

keeep smokinn

Thanks, thats what I thought after reading the posts here.

 

[smppro]

I dont believe you can get the same results with an hps as you can with cfl's. My question was specific to the t5's and not cfl's in general.

Yeah your right got distracted by another post, cant speak for t5 but have never seen a chunky bud from one.

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

Alright... I know this isn't what you were looking for
but it is very close to the same thing you are doing.

Garden Knowm's Buds for Less thread...

Simply put... The thread gives you real experience
with CFL growing; I must insist that you look at T-5's
with the same, if not more, respect than CFLs.

Invest in the T5's and you can do what is done in
Garden Knowm's Buds for Less book.

Check it out.
All spectrum issues for CFLs apply to T-5's.

Good luck.

Thanks, man! - I use cfl's for sidelighting now and I follow Roseman, etal, on the Steath Hydroponics Threads. I see some kinda tight buds, but I see really tight buds (nugs) under hps. I dont hear much about t5's tho. The 4" with 4 bulbs just plugs in, so that's a big plus. But, I still want the tightest buds I can get without going over 400-600 watts, so I'm leaning that hps might be best for me as I read more stuff about different
bulbs. The 30% savings on utilities is a BIG temptation.
Still undecided tho....

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

Yeah your right got distracted by another post, cant speak for t5 but have never seen a chunky bud from one.

No prob...thanks for clearing that up.

 

[darkdestruction420]

i just thought of something, why not use both?have the hps on top and t-5 on the sides. or wouldnt that be possible in your setup?

 

[smppro]

or these
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-77307526665592_2063_125192113

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

i just thought of something, why not use both?have the hps on top and t-5 on the sides. or wouldnt that be possible in your setup?

I do use cfl's on the sides. I dont want to spend the bucks for t5's cause I think the cfl's I use now will do okay there.

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

or these
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-77307526665592_2063_125192113

I saw the pix, but no description. Floros on the side and what kind of light is that in the center?

 

[smppro]

I saw the pix, but no description. Floros on the side and what kind of light is that in the center?

ooops sorry bout that, its a 150w hps, both descriptions are the same but i think 1 is 2ft and the other is 4ft
http://www.somocohydro.com/coandflli.html

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

ooops sorry bout that, its a 150w hps, both descriptions are the same but i think 1 is 2ft and the other is 4ft
http://www.somocohydro.com/coandflli.html

That's a nice unit. But at $350 -$500, I'll have to pass. Only 150 hps. I'd like to see more watts for the hps as well..
thanks

 

[asdfva]

Found it.

Victor Vicious is whom I was speaking about.

^^This is an older journal of his. He flowers with T5's
and his grows are incredible. You can search the Threads
that he has started as they are wealth of information.

Good luck.

 

[HomeGrownHairy]

Found it.

Victor Vicious is whom I was speaking about.

^^This is an older journal of his. He flowers with T5's
and his grows are incredible. You can search the Threads
that he has started as they are wealth of information.

Good luck.

I read the thread and looked at his pix, including the final harvest pix. The buds look really fluffy so I'll strick with hps. Thanks for the post. It was what I needed to know.