LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

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Calrt

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hyroot said:
I have 8 under mine and they are 3 feet tall. They are comfortbale with plenty of room. Im also doing pure indicas though. I plan on getting them bigger on the next that I have vegging now.
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Mine are about 30" and seem to have plent of room at 6, 8 would be crowded in my tent. 5'x3' tent with 4'x2' tray
 
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ohiogrown03

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here are some pics at week 7, had a spider mite problem 2 weeks ago, eliminated them, they are back to plumping/growing new white hairs after i burned the hairs with the water/pepper spray mixture under lights. None of the hairs have naturally turned red yet. also note that a branch broke off during a move to a new house and i've been drying it out the past week and a half tried a bit today, very head/energetic high at first, not super strong, but lasted a while. just showing some updated pics and looking for any advice how much longer and a little bit of bud shots for skeptics, note this is my first grow.View attachment 1971956View attachment 1971957View attachment 1971958View attachment 1971959View attachment 1971960you can go back a bit or search this thread to see pics along the way.
 
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hyroot

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Calrt said:
Mine are about 30" and seem to have plent of room at 6, 8 would be crowded in my tent. 5'x3' tent with 4'x2' tray
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I dont have a tent. I have a room dedicated to it. So I can spread them out slightly more with out raising the light too much
 
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organicbynature

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OK, here's some T5 side lighting. There are two four-bulb fixtures in the (400w) HPS tent and two two-bulb fixtures with the LEDs. The T5s are an even mix of Flora Suns and Coral Waves. I posted a shot of just the bulbs here a while ago, if anyone wants to see what that looks like.

HPS Tent - Day 43 of 12/12


LED Tent - Day 43 of 12/12


HPS Orange Crush - Day 43 of 12/12


LED Orange Crush - Day 43 of 12/12
 

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Psytranceorgy said:
Interesting post... Here is the spectrum, with all LEDs ON

Is that enough RED flower power?
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Its not the spectrum just the quality of the LED i was trying to show you the difference in the so called GROW LED vs a much higher quality LED color is irrelevant because the LED manufacturers produce them in plenty of colors those just happen to be the cool white variety.
 
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okthanks2 said:
Well, I tested out the ATI ProColor bulbs I bought. I started with 4 plants all 4 inches tall. I put 4 procolor and 4 spectralux bulbs into an 8 bulb 2 foot T5 sunblaze and vegged for 10 days. The plants grew 24". The leaves are about 10" in diameter! They stretched like crazy however, but I have never seen anything like this before. Absolutely insane! Would NOT recommend for vegging due to the stretch, but WOULD recommend for flowering due to the HUGE SIZE OF THE FAN LEAVES! I know they are discontinued, but they are just PINK bulbs. Nothing more. These pink bulbs are available from about 3 other companies. They are "PLANT GROW" bulbs. Basically, red, white, and blue color light in one bulb. They also come in the compact florescent version, but they are identical to the aqua medic plant grow and zoo med flora sun. I have found the flora sun's to be very unreliable however. Anyway, for sure add this bulb to your flowering regimen. My next experiment will be to combine 4 ProColor and 4 Ati Blue Plus to veg with to see if it will control the stretch and still produce huge fan leaves and an extreme growth rate.
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I have pro colors before they went out of production and they are NOT pink,.... far from it actually they are quite redder than the other red bulbs..
 
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Psytranceorgy

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pr0fesseur said:
Its not the spectrum just the quality of the LED i was trying to show you the difference in the so called GROW LED vs a much higher quality LED color is irrelevant because the LED manufacturers produce them in plenty of colors those just happen to be the cool white variety.
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Cool. I actually figured as much after I posted, but thanks for clarifying! Those do look like awesome LEDs =D
 
rollinbud

rollinbud

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I know this is a little off topic but does anyone know if a UV heat lamp would be okay for some flowering plants? I have no idea what the spectrum is? TIA
 
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Psytranceorgy

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pr0fesseur said:
I have pro colors before they went out of production and they are NOT pink,.... far from it actually they are quite redder than the other red bulbs..
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This was the only ATI ProColor spectrum graph that I ever found on the Aquarium forums back when I was looking (this is page 55 or something)... I didn't spend a whole lot of time looking... I am not sure if it is 100% legit, but there it is again for what it is worth...
 
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pr0fesseur

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Psytranceorgy said:


This was the only ATI ProColor spectrum graph that I ever found on the Aquarium forums back when I was looking (this is page 55 or something)... I didn't spend a whole lot of time looking... I am not sure if it is 100% legit, but there it is again for what it is worth...
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Tose are right...
remember 48" bulbs will appear darker than the 24" variety due to the amount of light per foot. but they are MUCH darker than my fijis and a smidge darker than the red suns.. its a noticeable difference.. that aside they are dead tech... moving on...
 
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okthanks2

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pr0fesseur said:
I have pro colors before they went out of production and they are NOT pink,.... far from it actually they are quite redder than the other red bulbs..
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NOT PINK?? Here's a photo, I must be colorblind because these are pretty damn pink! You sure you have ProColors? Notice the word ProColor on the bulb. Post photos of your "red" ProColors please, it would be nice to see the difference you are talking about here.
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From top to bottom: Spectralux 6500K, ATI ProColor, KZ Fiji Purple
 
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pedro420

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hey everyone ive been reading thisthread and i realy likethe setup im useing a t5 4ft 4bulb and ive been trying to findout what bulbs touse im realy interested in the setup professur has and im wondering what bulbs i should get

this is what ive been thinking of so far
fiji purple light
the red sun light
and a blue light

sorry for not knowing the names rite off hand but i am wondering if nebody could help with links for the bulbs ive been looking but i can only find the 24 in bulbs and i havea 4 ft ballest (47.5 in)
 
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pedro420

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hey would these be good lights to use

kz fiji purple by korallen zucht
454 nm by uv
or
ati blue plus
ati purple plus

the only bulb i couldnt find is the red sun bulb all i could find of it is the v-ho and i just want the ho
any advice and help wiuld be great
 
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Indicanna Jones

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hi pr0fesseur im currently in the 4th week of flower under 3 3000k, 1 6500k 2' t5's & 2 26 watt 2700 cfls for side lighting. i am wondering what would be the best combination of the t5's i have & actinic t5's. thanks in advance for any advice.
 
okthanks2

okthanks2

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Heh, no comment eh? You like to go around telling people they are wrong and then not correcting yourself? Seems to me everyone is doing the actual testing of these bulbs for you. I've spent over $800 on T5 bulbs and have found the only real results to be with the ProColors or PINK plant bulbs. If you have results to show, why don't you show them? I haven't seen any photos from you and yet you are the one that started this thread. Is this just some idea that you had that you wanted others to test for you? I'm not getting it so far. People, stick with HPS and MH. Plants don't like low intensity lights, save your money!
 
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