Putting my new Quantum Badboy to the test!

After assembling my new 8bulb Quantum T-5 unit,I realised that my grow cab was about 6 damn inches to narrow for the new setup ,so I spent the weekend tearing the old one apart and rebuilding from scratch...fun LOL.

My current crop is 10 Bubba X Lemon Kush plants from seed.This is the 6th time I have grown this strain from seed and as the first 60 of those seeds were all females I am not going to bother with the whole sexing/reversion thing.Should any show signs of being male when they hit pre-flower I will pull them then.

They are in 1 gallon grow bags with neutral soil with no pre added supplements or nutes.
I am watering 1/2 cup straight water every 2-3 days as needed and a mild solution of Seaweed extract @ 5mils per 2 litres every 7-10 days as they show the need for it.

Currently the girls average 12-14 inches in height with internodal spacing of about 1 1/2 inches.I am hoping this spacing will tighten up under the new lights.
Up to this point I was running them under 5 4ft. generic T-5 full spectrum bulbs. . . not bad but not great either.
they will continue to recieve the seaweed extract for the entire veg cycle as it not only contains all 13 mineral elements required for healthy plant growth ,but also a large number of natural growth hormones.

they are currently under an 18/6 light cycle which I will be switching to 12/12 in about a week.At that point I will add a top dressed supplement from a local company (Welcome Harvest Farms) called Flower Power.
Aprox 1 tablespoon is all I will add to each 1 gallon grow bag.I will also start adding an organic Bloom Tea once pre-flower signs appear.feel free to comment or question please..

now to see if I can add some pics here. . .Badboy unit unassembled and then some of it in action.

The plants have been under the new lights for a week now ,so here is a bit of a progress report.
My new 2900k bulbs have not arrived yet but due to height limitations in my cabinet I have put the 6500k bulbs on to the 12/12 cycle.
The internodal spacing is certainly tightening up under the new light.As well the lower and side branches are gaining height and mass ,both very good signs.
I also added a new Quantum Infinite Breeze fan to help move the air around inside the cabinet.I chose this particular fan as it does something no other fan I have seen do.Not only does it occilate from side to side but it also nods up and down.I thought this was a very cool feature as the air is much more efficiantly used all over the cab as opposed to just across a certain part of the plants or cabinet.
The girls are just starting to show the first hairs of pre-flower so I will add some Bloom Tea tomorrow for thier first feeding of the week.
Now for some pics. . .

Not a single reply. . .way to make new members feel welcome!

Dude,

Welcome to RIU. Nice fan.

The girls recieved thier second feed of Bloom Tea (w) a couple mil's of Seaweed as well.
They are doing well,but I have decided to hold off on my soil supplement untill after this feeding.They will recieve it at the end of this week.
Day temps are staying in the mid 70's with night temps dropping to the low to mid 60's

nice green plants.

First day of fourth week and the girls are doing well.
I must say I like these badboy fixtures,they are doing a really good job for T-5's.
I did add the soil supplement,and they are getting Bloom Tea every 5 days now.
Although every seed from this batch has been female ,there seems to be two slightly different phenos involved.About 1/2 the plants are quite tall compared to the others and have slightly thinner leaves.
All in all though I am quite happy with the results.Looks like they may need to go 9 weeks to finish rather than 8.. . time will tell

Hey man your girls are looking way pretty! Keep up the good work dog!

So still only the blue lights eh? Are you planning on just sticking with what you have for the whole grow? I'm interested because I've never seen a plant flowered under 100% blue light... It'd be nice to know how it works just to have the knowledge.

Hooked. . . although I hadn't really planned on it ,the guy i get my lights from is on vacation in Mexico,and as I get my lights for free from him (past favors owed) I am willing to wait.I may not end up with as fast a harvest,but the full spectrum bulbs will do the job if they must.

Thanks for popping in on my thread bud.

For most of the girls this is there last week of life!
The phenos with more Lemon than Bubba are going to take a bit longer. . . week ten days.
They have been on straight water for 9 days now,so they will have 14 days of water before chopping.
Almost time to pop some new seeds but I still haven't decided what to run for lights in next show.I would like to see what the Badboys can do with proper flowering spectrum bulbs,but I think I would likely do better running the 600w digital.
Here are some current week 8 day 1 pics

All the girls are cut and trimmed and drying out.
I will post final weights and some pics when it is ready.
Thanks to everyone who joined in this thread.

nice work darkone7 but i just have one thing to add. those plants would probably be twice as fat if you used an HPS light. just something to think about in the future bc i see you have a good amount of plants going on there. t5 just isnt enough to pack the weight on. you'll be much happier using an HID. i would use that for vegging only. just my opinion