Club T5

Why no one light set up works for all

Phaeton said "sativa wants almost 20% more blue than the indica." We can pretty well extrapolate that as ^^^^ 411, BUT, what about crosses? I say play to the strain that is dominant. BUT, I am growing my first (F1 X) between S/I and will begin to select the Indica dom from them to clone. THEN I can hone in on which combination of spectrums works best. However, I have seen signs already as the pinkish side plants have larger leaf sets

Another hot tip is that the blue spectrum is only utilized by ~ 8-10%. So if your grow bulbs have a decent % blue, adding a Special Blue Actinic (I was) is wasting a slot needed for 550-700, but if/when you are in flower, using ~ 80% 600-740, then adding a SBA would be essential.

Bear in mind I am using 6/8 bulb HO T5: One 3 bulb mix leaned to pink, the other with the SBA blue-pink. I noticed the plants under the pinker blend had bigger leaf sets! Good indicator that they are Indica dom. So today, beginning 3rd week veg, I replaced #2 (SBA) with a UVL AquaSun.

Spectral balance is now equal, leaning toward pink, as follows:

Veg

1 & 4. Quantum Grow (veg only)
2 & 6. UVL AquaSun (veg only)
3 & 5. Coral Wave (veg/flower)

This config distributes the spectrums evenly

* UVL says Red Lifes will be shipped out this Friday. They now have a few 660s for testing. I hope to wrangle 2.

For Flower I'm thinking

1 & 8 Quantum Flower or UVL AquaSun
2 & 7 660
3 & 5 Coral Waves
4 & 6 Red Lifes - 600-615
 
PetFlora said:
That 411 probably got lost. UVL has been working on developing a line exclusively for horticulture, and now have their first small sample run of 660s.
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that would be sweet i need to get my hands on a few of thoes for when i get a bigger fixture for flower

howdo we go about getting some
 
How many plants are you growing under T5HO? I've been looking at the 4ft 8 bulb unit..what kinda yields you getting? Also, how much does that T5 add to your normal monthly bill?
 
Lucius Vorenus said:
Where are you finding those?
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Not available for general public yet. MSRP is said to be $25. Let me know who wants in, and how many, and I will ask UVL. They got a run of 18 bulbs. I have no idea how many are spoken for. I did not get any, thinking my ZooMed FloraSun + Coral Waves + Red Lifes (shipped- contact your retailer) gets me close enough without dropping another $50. Will know in about 3-4 weeks when I am 1-2 weeks into flower
 
PetFlora said:
Not available for general public yet. MSRP is said to be $25. Let me know who wants in, and how many, and I will ask UVL. They got a run of 18 bulbs. I have no idea how many are spoken for. I did not get any, thinking my ZooMed FloraSun + Coral Waves + Red Lifes (shipped- contact your retailer) gets me close enough without dropping another $50. Will know in about 3-4 weeks when I am 1-2 weeks into flower
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Do you know the spectrum info? Is it really a pure red like a red sun or is it a mix like a flora sun? I would love to see a picture of one lit up. I'm all about looking for ANY bulb that is red dominant at this point so I can shift the overall ratio farther. :)
 
6ft plant first grow with a hydrofarm 2foot 2 tube t5 im still running it on the new ones this year.
working just fine changed the bulps since there so cheap too lol
 
AltarNation said:
Do you know the spectrum info? Is it really a pure red like a red sun or is it a mix like a flora sun? I would love to see a picture of one lit up. I'm all about looking for ANY bulb that is red dominant at this point so I can shift the overall ratio farther. :)
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660 says it all, doesn't it?
 
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