Well, all said and done this is a thread about light that I started to share some of my findings over the years. There are obviously folks that disagree and there are trolls that inject nonsense to disrupt, (much like our current prez) But for new growers reading this, and I do hope that you read the whole thread as there are some good discussion points, the one thing I have never done is to tell folks to switch to T5's. I chose them so I could experiment with different spectrums and I have shared things I learned as a result. This is an ongoing experiment that I have been doing longer than MMG has been growing. He only trolls my threads because he dislikes me and that is his right, but you as new growers should take his post with a grain of salt as I have also been doing my experiments with sulfates longer than he has been growing and if you take the time to look on this very forum you can actually see trends that occur after I have shared results from experiments. Ok, there will be trolls that jump on that and ask me to show where, I'm not gonna give it to em, I hate feedin trolls LOL but if you look you'll see I'm sharing a truth
Also, if you look, you'll see I have never slammed HPS and have even recommended them to some growers. Also true is I have said that I myself would never use em but I have advised others should. In fact there is a commercial grow in Oregon that has their light system designed by me that is an HID set up with added T5's usin both HPS & MH HID lights that is totally kickin ass. They had a guy come in with a nice light meter that said it was the best indoor light spectrum he had ever tested at a commercial grow. The trolls will yell foul but I can have the owner come post to verify if needed
And they like to yell that I advise too much blue yet my results have been duplicated and quantified. There is a grower that totally duplicated my tanning booth setup and bought the bulbs I feel are the best, he was using HPS prior and he is a grower that ONLY harvest live resin, he does not save flowers nor does he smoke em. He does the squishy squish with a 20 ton press and has proclaimed a 20 to 30 percent increase in yield since changing to T5's NOTE: this is an increase in trics and resin, not bud, which if you follow and read my post is what I have said all along, I grow trics, not buds !!! It is after all the trics that hold the magic we all seek
Now that said, I'm still not tellin you new growers to go out and switch to T5's but admit there are a lot of growers that follow me that have. Some go all T5 as I have and some simply add them to other lights they already have. ALL of them have stated that their herb got better as a result. I've been posting here since 09 (several accounts as I've been banned a few times) and I know Rollie, in fact I have pm's from him where he responds with laughter at some of the debates that happen.
So my point over all to you new growers reading this is that I have been posting here longer than MMG has been growing and my post include pics, and actually pretty good pics that pretty much back up things I share. On the other hand Church is just a pissy old dude set in his ways that loves his cheap ass HPS lights and is satisfied with his herb.
Growing this plant is a lot like religion and politics, there are a lot of opinions and disagreements everywhere. About lights, about defoliation, about flushing, about nutes, etc etc etc and there always will be and as a new growers it is up to you to decide the path to follow for your own needs, in the end it is all that matters. Know that all the constant debates that occur are simply good for website traffic and don't belong in our gardens
Another very important thing to always keep in mind is that different people have different reactions to various strains, it can be affected by several things and we don't all like the same things, be a sad world if we all drove only red cars LOL Some prefer a good stoned Indica couchlock, Some, like myself, prefer a good Sativa head high, some do both and call it day and night smoke. Some prefer lemon, some prefer pine, the list are practically endless. It is up to each of us as growers both old and new to find that strain that is the one, much like finding a mate. In my case I decided to find it by breeding it myself and I have done that, it took 9 years but I found it and you can too