T5 Grow from Start to Finish!

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wildcajun

wildcajun

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Started seeds under t5 veg light 47 days ago on day 40 put plants in 12/12 under t5 flower bulbs on day 1 of flower gave MOAB only for first week of watering now will start MICRO,GROW,BLOOM,Awessome Blossom mix for 4 weeks then MOAB again final 2 weeks when should i add HB Honey ? plants are in a 10 tall pot i t100_1300.jpghink it is 3 gal. plants are 32 in from ground up and full very suprised how well they are doing under T5 lighting.so when do i start the carbs?100_1301.jpg
 
wildcajun

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Yes I was very suprised by the size she got so fast the root base is great I will post pics when flowers start
 
CEAhaze

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wildcajun said:
Yes I was very suprised by the size she got so fast the root base is great I will post pics when flowers start
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Impressive but I don't recommend T5s in flowering. You need to put the plant under a 1000w light to give it sufficient lumens. I find that cannabis are very weak under these type of lights. Trust me on this but then again, it's really up to how much you want to crop. Good luck!!
 
James8482

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I notice the ballast and Hid bulb just sitting in the background. Any reason why you dont use that ?
 
wildcajun

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I will post pics of my cabinet I had plants last season with the 1000 watt bulbs which went well i was happy for my first grow but temps are so high i had to us an a/c unit also so the power bill was high so i am just doing a test this go around and see how a T5 grow goes check back and see my cabinet will post soon .
 
wildcajun

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100_1313.jpg100_1315.jpgThis is my grow cabinet with 100_1314.jpga/c if needed the other piping is for fresh air going outside i have a small heater when it gets to cold i have 3 small fans pushing air inside 100_1313.jpg
 
karr

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CEAhaze said:
Impressive but I don't recommend T5s in flowering. You need to put the plant under a 1000w light to give it sufficient lumens. I find that cannabis are very weak under these type of lights. Trust me on this but then again, it's really up to how much you want to crop. Good luck!!
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You don't NEED 1000w for flowering to give it sufficient lumens, often a 600 will put out more than enough for the casual grower and the people that have really tuned their setups do AMAZING things with just 400w. T5s come in different temps these days so you could get a decent flower off em for sure, but if you do the math they are not as efficient as 600 digis. It all comes down to heat really, best way to lose that heat is to lose those hps and nothing wrong with a little t5 love.

They also have t5 VHO which are supposed to be and extra 25% or so light, but i imagine heat and watts go up as well.

Plants look great and im sure they love the temps
 
CEAhaze

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karr said:
You don't NEED 1000w for flowering to give it sufficient lumens, often a 600 will put out more than enough for the casual grower and the people that have really tuned their setups do AMAZING things with just 400w. T5s come in different temps these days so you could get a decent flower off em for sure, but if you do the math they are not as efficient as 600 digis. It all comes down to heat really, best way to lose that heat is to lose those hps and nothing wrong with a little t5 love.

They also have t5 VHO which are supposed to be and extra 25% or so light, but i imagine heat and watts go up as well.

Plants look great and im sure they love the temps
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I didn't account for his grow area so you have a point. Still, the penetration in those t5s are weak even on the 400s. I would suggest focus top nugs next time. I would definitely suggest to get the 600s and air cool it to deal with heat since he has extra holes anyway. Your ladies look good though.
 
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TheLastWood

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Dude he has a 1000 watt and he's not using it.

Awesome job bro those look great. I'm gonna switch to t5 for veg, I flower under 2x400 watt CMH.

And that's a cool cab too!
 
hoagtech

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Ive been considering the benefits of vegging under low light so you can denser canopy and better reaction when you put it under your hps in bloom. check out taint's thread for a good example
 
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fusion13

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I use T5's but only in veg with a mix spectrum and they do an incredible job! however, i do switch over to 600hps in flower. im very intersested in seeing how your grow looks near the end
 
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Guys.... T5's work great as long as you switch to red bulbs for flower and keep your plants under 2-3' tall. Here's a pick of my Pandora under eight 2' T5 bulbs. Total lumens roughly 16k. Equivelent to a 150HPS roughly but I can put my lights super close. She was 80 days from seed in the pic. Wish i had a current pic but I won't until tomorrow

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IMO T5's are great for cloneing and getting things started but useing them in Veg and flower i would think is another story most growers i would think is wanting to get a plant done ASAP and t'5's just dont have the mustard to do it also i would think that t'5's in flower is a waste of time being you took all this time to grow a plant only to veg and flower for ever lol does it make sense ???
to have fluffy buds / popcorn buds after spending all that time on your girls but hey live and learn

i clone with t'5s till there 3 " tall then then go under 1000 watters amazing 2 weeks in veg and flip them @18" height into flower its all about Yield and speed in my books
i realize Op has heat issues ever think of down sizeing to 600 or 400 watt set up or even better make a bigger BOX with more Exhaust CFM ????
 

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DrFever said:
IMO T5's are great for cloneing and getting things started but useing them in Veg and flower i would think is another story most growers i would think is wanting to get a plant done ASAP and t'5's just dont have the mustard to do it also i would think that t'5's in flower is a waste of time being you took all this time to grow a plant only to veg and flower for ever lol does it make sense ???
to have fluffy buds / popcorn buds after spending all that time on your girls but hey live and learn

i clone with t'5s till there 3 " tall then then go under 1000 watters amazing 2 weeks in veg and flip them @18" height into flower its all about Yield and speed in my books
i realize Op has heat issues ever think of down sizeing to 600 or 400 watt set up or even better make a bigger BOX with more Exhaust CFM ????
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HAHA, I grow with a 1k too. Let me tell you t5 can produce rock hard buds. Like I said, you don't want to grow monsters under T5 lights but if you keep them 30" or smaller they work well.

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ChronicObsession

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I used to grow with T5s, but I made them overdriven. For Example if I take a 40 watt light and put a 60 watt power source on it, shit like that. Only thing I didn't like about over drive was burning the leaves, it was getting hot like HID hot. SO now i'm LEDs and couldn't be happier. Cheers to your tubey grow, that's nice. GL with flower, they stretch like a bitch under fluoros if it's not dialed in right
 
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jdubman

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yah man, people who say you can't use t5 from start to finish with excellent results either don't know what the hell they are doing or they never tried it before.
I have 15years hydro experience growing under big lights. I can tell you if done right T5 lights work well....

Dub
 
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