T-5 First Grow Attempt

[crazy-mental]

wow did t5s grow that. how many have you grown, with how many flos t5s?.

 

[TYPE-X]

i veg under cf'ls and flower under t-5's and i have had great results also. chronicle are your shrooms from those 120.00 kits in the magazine?

 

[chronicle]

i veg under cf'ls and flower under t-5's and i have had great results also. chronicle are your shrooms from those 120.00 kits in the magazine?

like i said..i dont support or use kits. those are for ppl who dont have patience, you get ripped off with the kits. all it takes is about $50 worth of stuff, including spores which run about $15. the only downside is now my operation is supersketch, weed+shroomies

 

[chronicle]

sounds great man
link me please

shroomery.org is my source for all info.

here's a link to the tech i first used.
Shroomery - Simple Cubensis Growing Technique

if you try it, do that tech first and then upgrade to 'casings'.

 

[Heruk]

where'd you get your spores from?

 

[chronicle]

well, 4 years ago i bought Mazapatec, Amazonian, and Lipa Yai from TLG (thelittleguy.com). back then, they were ontop - but now i dunno. lately ive been getting my buddy to send me spores, he sends me plenty for free cus we both grow. on shroomery, there should be a nice list of vendors - sporebank.com is prolly your best bet.

 

[Heruk]

ok thanks
those instructions were not exactly very clear
but i can figure it out
but shit
no one willl be shipping spores on christmas eve
do you use a pressure cooker or what
also do you use the vermiculite and brown rice flour ?
or do you use a differet method
o yea
there are so many types of shrumes
which 1 do you recomend
i aint growing to make a salad

 

[chronicle]

buy any substrain of Cubensis; theres hundreds, i like Golden Teacher, Mazapatec, Amazonian and Lipa Yai. i do use a pressure cooker, they are about $30 and well worth it. the alternative is steaming the jars in a normal metal pot, but you need to do it for atleast 1.5-2hrs - the problem is you might still get infections, as opposed to 1 hour with a pressure cooker which results in 100% sterility. verm/brf is the standard PF Tech method, its really simple and nets you alot of good shrooms. go for it, but youll eventually want to do Casings - which yield ounces per flush as opposed to 5 or 7 grams per flush.

it can get complicated, but for the most part its a very simple procedure. let me know if you need help w/ anything, im always happy to help a fellow cultivator.

 

[Heruk]

Casings ?
link me please

 

[chronicle]

Shroomery - Casing Procedures

 

[Heruk]

cool
which method do you recomend?

 

[chronicle]

go with pf tek first, the jars/cakes are perfect for beginners. i still make jars at first, and sometimes i fruit them as is or make casings. you should just fruit the cakes as they are, the yield is good and you get alot of experience.

 

[Heruk]

ok
thanks
ill look into it

 

[Heruk]

how long does the whole process take? a month?

 

[Heruk]

o
about three weeks
hmm

 

[BMWEATER]

wow did t5s grow that. how many have you grown, with how many flos t5s?.

Yah I grew both my sensi and bubba under t-5's. I have only grown 2 and I used 6-8 t-5's

 

[BMWEATER]

o
about three weeks
hmm

Can you guys talk about your shrooms via pm's or in a different thread....thank you

 

[BMWEATER]

Thats the thing about t5s though you dont need the whole spectrum of light you just need 2 red and blue. HPS and MH!! I grow with both and personally the t5s do the job but....... The HPS and MH show way more results then a T5. When you grow with T5 you dont get all the lumen it says you do because they are comming from different spectrums. So some of the lumens are lost due to plant rejection. Mostly Green and Yellow. So that is wasted light. And plus the T5's he has arent cheap those are high yield by the looks of it and those aint cheap. For the price of 4 good T5s i can go back to high yield and buy a 400 watt conversion with air cooled light or a 600watt HPS for about the same price! and that will yield more results then t5s. And as of last year anyways you now only need a HPS bulb for both Grow and Bloom because the new HPS have 33% MH in them so it also buts out the Blue band.

I am happy with the t-5 results, but as you pointed out they are very expensive...I have paid over 400 for all those t-5's. But comparing them to a 400 watt hps (which I have now) you really only notice the difference it seems when its budding.

I am thinking about upgrading my bulb to one of those 430watts so it can have more power and a broader spectrum

 

[Heruk]

Can you guys talk about your shrooms via pm's or in a different thread....thank you

my bad bmw
got carried away

 

[jsgrwn]

I am happy with the t-5 results, but as you pointed out they are very expensive...I have paid over 400 for all those t-5's. But comparing them to a 400 watt hps (which I have now) you really only notice the difference it seems when its budding.

I am thinking about upgrading my bulb to one of those 430watts so it can have more power and a broader spectrum

yes the t5 are very pricey but perfect for early growth. no need for an hid lamp with clones and small plants. t5s are ideal for the veg, but i would deff suggest mh or hps for flowering, you will get more and the proccess will be shorter