LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

BlueB

BlueB

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Calrt said:
This is about 85% of my HPS harvestView attachment 2033074This is about 70% of my T5 harvestView attachment 2033075

I would say the HPS is way more than double but I will have to wait for it to dry to know....the T5 batch it curing now, just over 1/2 gallon of volume fully trimmed. No weight yet. Smoked some last night and it was nice....:weed:
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Whoa! Those T5 buds look A LOT NICER than the HPS ones. They look practically white! They look fatter. I hope I can nail this T5 flower light mixture thing as you obviously have! I nailed the T5 grow spectrum for sure, but as far as flower goes I'm still looking for a good mixture. I'm only 3 days into flower with the T5 so I'm not that worried about it. I'm not using the Red Suns anymore for sure(at least not for this particular variety). I will post the photos of the leaves and you will see how they have been reacting to the light. You will see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Calrt

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BlueB said:
Whoa! Those T5 buds look A LOT NICER than the HPS ones. They look practically white! They look fatter. I hope I can nail this T5 flower light mixture thing as you obviously have! I nailed the T5 grow spectrum for sure, but as far as flower goes I'm still looking for a good mixture. I'm only 3 days into flower with the T5 so I'm not that worried about it. I'm not using the Red Suns anymore for sure(at least not for this particular variety). I will post the photos of the leaves and you will see how they have been reacting to the light. You will see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The HPS is fatter and lighter color. The T5 pic was taken after a day or so of hanging and up closer, maybe the flash whited them out a bit? I will get some up close pics of the finished product, I should call it red head because of how many red hairs!
 
BlueB

BlueB

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This is probably way more blue than necessary, but it's an idea for a flower mixture. It's 50/50 flora/actinic. My plants actually responded pretty well to the 50/50 Flora/Coral Wave the other day. This is the same minus the IR. If they do well I might keep it this way and then switch the actinic out for the coral wave after flower set. Seems like way more blue than should be there, but hey, maybe it's true that some strains prefer more blue.
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Calrt

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BlueB said:
This is probably way more blue than necessary, but it's an idea for a flower mixture. It's 50/50 flora/actinic. My plants actually responded pretty well to the 50/50 Flora/Coral Wave the other day. This is the same minus the IR. If they do well I might keep it this way and then switch the actinic out for the coral wave after flower set. Seems like way more blue than should be there, but hey, maybe it's true that some strains prefer more blue.
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I have read before that plants use the blue to locate themselves towards the light so they appear to like it more then they really do...mine always go to the blue...
 
BlueB

BlueB

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Calrt said:
I have read before that plants use the blue to locate themselves towards the light so they appear to like it more then they really do...mine always go to the blue...
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Thats really interesting. Something to think about anyway. Does anyone have any idea where to buy the WavePoint Ultra Growth Wave bulbs yet? I heard that they are only available overseas. Any idea when these bulbs will be hitting the US market? I'm guessing they are going to be exactly like every other plant grow and flora sun bulb.
 
BlueB

BlueB

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How about this bulb? Looks like a good amount of red. It's called Dennerle TROCAL T5 Color Plus

Here's another one,
Croci - PLANT POWER T5, 24w
 
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falcon223

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BlueB that looks like a good light. I want 2 of those.

My plants under the t5, are reaching for the blue and Fiji pupil. And thy have a lot of bud sights. And some are a little frosty, at 2 and 1/2 weeks.
 
BlueB

BlueB

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falcon223 said:
BlueB that looks like a good light. I want 2 of those.
My plants under the t5, are reaching for the blue and Fiji pupil. And thy have a lot of bud sights. And some are a little frosty, at 2 and 1/2 weeks.
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Thats cool, can you take a photo? These bulbs are only available overseas as far as I can tell. :(
 
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overTHEman

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Ms Headband came down last night and has been drying for ~24 hours.

Thank you pr0fesseur and PAR T5ers, you have made this grow possible.








Final thoughts will be posted after the buds have completed drying.

Happy Harvesting.
 
BlueB

BlueB

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I got some cuttings from a friend the other day. One that had Sour D in it's genes. They all rooted and I found thrips on the leaves so I sprayed them with the Go Gnats product. I fucking killed all the cuttings!!!!!! They all had just rooted yesterday. I'm so :( Stupid fucking thrips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the positive side, my flowering plant that is under the 50/50 Flora Sun, Actinic is doing very well. The plant likes this mixture for some reason so I'm going to leave it for awhile.
 
BlueB

BlueB

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The Flora Sun is 100% identical to that Croci Power Plant bulb.Flora Sun,
Croci Power Plant,
The only difference is that they are measuring in 50's on the X-axis for the Flora Sun. These bulbs are the same.

Here is the Sylvania Gro-Lux,

Notice the resemblance? These bulbs are at least 99% the same. I'm willing to bet that the Wavepoint Ultra Growth is pretty much the same as well. Might as well stick with the Flora Suns, being only $10-$15. The Aqua-Medic Plant Grow is the same and better quality, hence the higher price.
 
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falcon223

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As long as I get frosty buds, I think I will be happy. It is to soon to tell if they are going to be fluffy. They like the t5 . I like the t5.

More bud sites, and some frosty showing up allready.
 
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