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How many plants? How long did you veg? Did your grow take longer to mature under the T5's? than hps? I average 2 oz dry per plant under my T5's, but I veg longer than most growers.

Soil is much less work than hydro even when the systems are operating properly. Soil is an easier method to grow as long as you keep out the pests.

The Walmart here carries Liquid Alaskan Fish Emulsion fertilizers - Grow and Bloom as well as Superthrive. Bad news is that they are all gone within days and Walmart does not restock them. Just wait until Walmart crosses that stigma line and stocks all of the hydro and soil and grow supplies...

Urban Legend probably.

absolutely

Long story short, I ran out of Hydroguard by GH that I have used for years in my hydro reservoirs. Stopped in a hydro store to get some and told that it is discontinued and that Aqua-Shield or something is gong to replace it. So the hydro owner told me to use Hygrozyme instead of the GH products...

I'm going to go for it and expect to be in business by the end of June. EXCITED!!

I'm a big fan of T5's. I run two of the 4-bulb 3-ft ones in my 2 by 2.5 ft flower area and have had great results. The new T5's can be used through harvest and give a 400 hps a run for its money. I have a 400 hps flowering now also. Not much difference between the two grows so far. I also use...

Looks real nice EBE420. Next step is to increase the nutrient uptake over the next 2-3 weeks for growth, depending on the size of your flowering area and keep the lights close.

I'm not familiar with using Fox Farm, but the GH 3-part will cause your res and roots to turn brown with a film that starts nutrient lockout if you don't get it mixed well and circulated well in the res. Make sure that you mix the res well and have good water circulation.

What nutrients are you using?

I'm experimenting with 2 Blueberry that I have left in flower after harvesting only the top colas. Got one oz. dry from those, but the canopy wasn't fully mature yet so I left the rest of the plant and restarted flower nutes. I flushed before taking the colas. It's been 2 weeks since I took...

All cfl's! Where are your T5's? I love my T5's. I can flower 20 smaller plants or 4 huge plants under them. Beats the cfl's any day.

Ideally, I would like to have enough room to have 2 to 2 and a half feet between mine. I have only half a foot now so I lose a lot of light penetration without adding side lighting.

Welcome to RIU. That's a big res. to take care of for someone who doesn't know how far from the plant the light should be. I would start at about 18 inches away to and then lower it slightly over a few days as long as there are no negative effects( browing, bleaching, etc.) on the plant...

To grow bigger plants plus provide enough support, I veg in a diy tote in 3-inch net pots until the heighth I want and with a large rootball. Then with a hole saw cut a hole in the center of the upper bucket to carefully feed the rootball down through so that the roots are going to be bathing...

That's the problem that I have; trees where the tops and canopy are great and the lower side is just popcorn size nugs. I need a bigger flower area to spread them. This time I harvested the colas and top canopy after flushing, Now I am going back with flowering nutes and flower for a couple of...

I agree with you on the two plant, no more than three, statement under the T5's. I get 4 to 5 ozs. per two plant grow and about 6 out of three. So the average goes down. However, I have a two plant grow going on now under my 400 hps also so I can see the difference and compare. I'm doing the...

Don't be so quick to give up on the T5's for flowering. My verdict is still out. Here are a couple of pics of 2 Blueberry under two 2-foot 4-bulb T5's.

The best advice I can give you right now is do your homework and learn everything you can before you try to grow. Read the threads and faq's on RIU. No one answered before because your questions and problems have been answered and resolved many, many times on here already. Search threads...