LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

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here is a side by side comparison of a t5 with coral bulbs vs a 1k with an eye hortilux. They are 5 weeks apart. Im liking the t5 much more. Both lights do bleed a little into each side. thats all the room I have. Also I have since lowered the t5 and put the ducting back up on the 1k. was doing maintenance and cleaning .

I will document all this to put an end to t5 haters. the t5 is so much more brighter than my 1k

using 3 gal pots and feed guano tea that's it


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hey prof, why the plastic air pots instead of smart pot style ones, i actually like the plastic ones alot especially their compost bin they make but fuck man $$$$$$$$$ lol so im tryin to find the distinct advantage of going to those instead of smart pots, im actually using smart pots right now in my micro grow.
 
PROF XAVIER said:
You can reinforce the light fixture using simple components. Also, with a few pieces of Plexiglas and duct connectors, you can run a cool tube type fixture where the light can touch the plant for days without burning....delivering more light distribution than a 1000 Watt HPS. Just simple engineering and a trip to Lowes.
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Strongly considering modding my 8-bulb setup with a plexiglass cage of some sort. I'll see what they have at the local stores and see what I can come up with. I have the SunStar HTG clone of the bad boy... very similar except the lights do not have switches and the ballasts are between instead of above so there's a gap... none the less, it's working pretty well, save for the fact that I have to be kind of careful about how close I let them get, as I have had a few burns and some wilting on hotter days. (Still dialing in exhaust system, but have been keeping things open air to compensate.)

Question, have you built one of these? I'm thinking that you'd want to hold the plexi off the bulbs a little... I'd like to seal it in with some good air flow, but wondering how far off the bulbs need to stay from the plexi to avoid the plexi heating up... I guess, with a good enclosure and a strong exhaust fan, you could have it almost right on the bulbs and still stay cool... thinking just shy of an inch, and then you have a unit that lets your plants get right up to the 1" distance without any risk of burn. I have an exhaust blower that I am hooking up tomorrow, but now I am thinking I might as well pipe it directly from a hood through a passive intake.
 
Kaptain Kron said:
hey prof, why the plastic air pots instead of smart pot style ones, i actually like the plastic ones alot especially their compost bin they make but fuck man $$$$$$$$$ lol so im tryin to find the distinct advantage of going to those instead of smart pots, im actually using smart pots right now in my micro grow.
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Plastic air pots come off while leaving behind a mint condition rootball and super easy to transplant, all you have to do is stack them on top of more dirt like a pyramid...the plant will grow down into the next medium.... theyre easy to water and you CANT over water... theyre great in ebband flow as they have perforations for water entry and drainage evenly...
theyre not $$$... i got my pots for about 7$ they will last FOREVER... the plastic theyre made of is a durable nylon. theyre stupid prof.. they dont break roots they air prune... and your roots will never choke themselves.
 
Hey Prof- Good read! I have a four light T5 reflector that needs bulb replacing. Agromax makes a 10,000k bulb, and I can get 4 for like $17. Would these work just as well? Would you do 2 10,000k and 2 3000k or all 10,000k? Thanks for all your research, I'm glad this thread was referred to me.
GS
 
hyroot said:
here is a side by side comparison of a t5 with coral bulbs vs a 1k with an eye hortilux. They are 5 weeks apart. Im liking the t5 much more. Both lights do bleed a little into each side. thats all the room I have. Also I have since lowered the t5 and put the ducting back up on the 1k. was doing maintenance and cleaning .

I will document all this to put an end to t5 haters. the t5 is so much more brighter than my 1k

using 3 gal pots and feed guano tea that's it


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The way you shot that the 1000wt def looks like it is growing the thicker buds.
 
GodSlave said:
Would these work just as well? Would you do 2 10,000k and 2 3000k or all 10,000k?
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No!... they will not work as well....If you've read the thread, the pr0fesseur doesn't recommend any of those bulbs. I believe someone asked about the 10,000k bulbs a while back and the recommendation from the pr0fesseur was a 10,000k bulb could be used in place of the 75.25 bulb to supplement the Orange , green, and yellow spectrum BUT it in no way was superior to the 75.25 bulb.

Lucius Vorenus said:
The way you shot that the 1000wt def looks like it is growing the thicker buds.
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That's because the 1000w plants are 5 weeks ahead of the T5 plants..... Dude!!!.. just read what you quoted.
 
UnderCurrentDWC said:
No!... they will not work as well....If you've read the thread, the pr0fesseur doesn't recommend any of those bulbs. I believe someone asked about the 10,000k bulbs a while back and the recommendation from the pr0fesseur was a 10,000k bulb could be used in place of the 75.25 bulb to supplement the Orange , green, and yellow spectrum BUT it in no way was superior to the 75.25 bulb.
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I may have missed that, but it doesn't seem right that a 10k bulb would be supplementing orange, green, and yellow, when it is a super blue. Are you sure about that? Can you point me to the page you are talking about please?
I believe I am correct in that the bulbs he is using are 12,000k, is there that much difference between 10,000k and 12k, rendering the 10k totally useless?
I want to see what the prof says. Sorry prof if I missed your response to the 10k bulbs, I read many many many pages of this thread, but admittedly I didn't read every single page, some pages were tied up with trolls ragging on you...

GS
 
UnderCurrentDWC said:
No!... they will not work as well....If you've read the thread, the pr0fesseur doesn't recommend any of those bulbs. I believe someone asked about the 10,000k bulbs a while back and the recommendation from the pr0fesseur was a 10,000k bulb could be used in place of the 75.25 bulb to supplement the Orange , green, and yellow spectrum BUT it in no way was superior to the 75.25 bulb.



That's because the 1000w plants are 5 weeks ahead of the T5 plants..... Dude!!!.. just read what you quoted.
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Shit. My bad.

Hey do you have which bulbs you are using listed somewhere? 5 weeks difference is AMAZING! WEll done.
 
novice11 said:
I have to ask a bit of a silly question, but Where did you get your drip trays? I have been looking and have found nothing much. Thanks!
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those are propagation trays. They are usually used for clones. you put the dome over them
 
Myles117 said:
and im just giving ya shit :) all in good fun bro!
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Hey myles glad to see you here again.. sorry to everyone i am moving into a new place for a few months so i can renovate my next home... I will be starting up over the winter to take advantage of the cool air....
Love all the new posts keep them coming so we may prove to this community that this thread deserves a subsection!!! T5 Section T5 section!!!!!
Maybe i should start a petition..?
 
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