LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow
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BlueB
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It was either petmountain, petco online, or dr foster and smith. One of those places had a clearance the other day. I can't remember
BlueB
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That's really cool, did you read that article I posted on IR? Flowering plants really do benefit from a balanced diet of IR, but it's important to not over do it. I'm running 6 Flora Suns and 2 Coral Wave for flower now and my plants are finally happy again, really happy. They are already flowering after only 7 days of 12/12, staying nice and compact, dark green and woody strong stems. Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback everyone.
Undercover Cop
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ok so I need to stop buying bulbs, I didnt realize how cheap the flora suns are, so I ordered 4 FloraSun's and 2 AquaticLife Roseate's...
yo blue I checked those sites couldnt find any on sale. I found these but i think these are t8's?
http://www.entirelypets.com/zmflosunmax42.html
PetFlora
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Yeah, I paid $22 each + tax
BlueB
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Oh, sorry I meant $8.49 per bulb.
http://www.aquariumguys.com/zoo-med-flora-sun-max-plant-growth-t5-ho-fluorescent-lamp-46in-54w.html
http://www.aquariumguys.com/zoo-med-flora-sun-max-plant-growth-t5-ho-fluorescent-lamp-46in-54w.html
Lucius Vorenus
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Any of you using the Colormax bulbs?
Undercover Cop
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Yup, and Roseate's are like $13ea. there
Undercover Cop
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I have CoralLife colormax T8's for my houseplants... one Colormax and one Actinic... Ive definately noticed a good response
They're a pink bulb, a little more pink than the AquaMedic PlantGrow I just got.
sorry if I already posted these here
BlueB
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nice aloe vera, looks like they really like that light color. Are they under them 100% or do you put them in the sun once in awhile?
Has anyone else seen those Current USA TrueLumen Freshwater Flora pink bulbs? I can't find a spectral analysis anywhere, but I bet they are similar to the other plant bulbs that we all love so much. They are very affordable! They have a 460nm and a few other bulbs that look nice.
Has anyone else seen those Current USA TrueLumen Freshwater Flora pink bulbs? I can't find a spectral analysis anywhere, but I bet they are similar to the other plant bulbs that we all love so much. They are very affordable! They have a 460nm and a few other bulbs that look nice.
Undercover Cop
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Nope, inside all the time, 15hrs/day under those lights. I dug it up from outside where it had fallen over and was struggling, it had smooth spines with no spikeletts. Under the t8's its plumped up and developed the healthy spikes on the spines/branches, and is showing new growth also. I have mostly desert succulents, aloe vera and blue agave, but I have a juniper bonsai and some AZ cypress saplings also which are faring just as well. They all originally had their own 4x48" T5 panel w/ 6500k bulbs... they like the "weaker" PAR bulbs more tho and have really livened up
... 'cept of course the bonsai, it doesnt do much of anything lol.I think Petmountian has the Current tubes, but no SPD's. pretty cheap there also, under $10
Psytranceorgy
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originally posted 9/16/11
BlueB
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THANK YOU for posting that again Psytrance.
As promised, here is a photo of the same plant top under the Red Sun mixture from a few days ago that the plants didn't like, compared to the Coral Wave/Fiji Purple/Flora Sun mixture that they are liking better. The leaves have perked up and the new growth is much more robust. Notice how flat the leaves look under the Red Sun/Flora Sun/Fiji Purple mixture and how perky they are under the Coral Wave/Fiji Purple/Flora Sun mixture. The flowers are setting already.
3 Red Sun, 3 Flora Sun, 2 Fiji Purple, (not happy)
4 Flora Sun, 2 Coral Wave, 2 Fiji Purple, (HAPPY!)
Here is a leaf grown under a 600w HPS on the left and a leaf grown under PUR T5 only on the right,
As promised, here is a photo of the same plant top under the Red Sun mixture from a few days ago that the plants didn't like, compared to the Coral Wave/Fiji Purple/Flora Sun mixture that they are liking better. The leaves have perked up and the new growth is much more robust. Notice how flat the leaves look under the Red Sun/Flora Sun/Fiji Purple mixture and how perky they are under the Coral Wave/Fiji Purple/Flora Sun mixture. The flowers are setting already.
3 Red Sun, 3 Flora Sun, 2 Fiji Purple, (not happy)
4 Flora Sun, 2 Coral Wave, 2 Fiji Purple, (HAPPY!)
Here is a leaf grown under a 600w HPS on the left and a leaf grown under PUR T5 only on the right,
