t5 question

Can anybody link me to a place to find a Great t5 for veg... I can go up to 6ft

amazon lol

yeah, I got that but I wanna know witch one is good. thanks.
I have not looked into t5s before so just wondering what one would be good.

yea try amazon or ebay or just google it

but here is a nice place, atlest to look up what kind there is out there

http://www.greners.com/i/grow-lights/fluorescent-grow-lights/t5-fixtures.html


if your only plan to use em for Veg. and never will flower with em, a normal T5 or even a high output/watt T8 fixture can easily work, if you want to flower with em as well you need to look in to the HO (high output) type or even the VHO (very high output)

also make sure to mix the spectrum a bit with a majority of high Kelvin for Veg and low for flowering, Etc go for 2700K and 3000K for flowering and 5000K/6500K for veg
I have 4x6500K and 2x2700K in my T5HO fixture I use to Veg with

most important with em is to keep em close, 2-6 inch`s (5-15cm)

I got a 4x54W T5 off Amazon for about $100...it makes a STRONG veg light

Buy the best you can afford. The Quantum "Badboy" series gets good reviews.

I got mine here, works great, great product, and best price I've found, click on "store" then click on "store front" then grow lights, scroll to fluorescent grow lights, you can't go wrong.

http://www.bghydro.com/

I just ran a test of 4 @ 18w led tubes + ~ 40w of A19 led globes v my BB 8 bulb, using a mix of specialty aquarium bulbs + Quantum bulbs

Recently I moved the female from the led tent to the hot5 tent (she's on the left), her counterpart is on the far right

Plants expressing the same Indica dom pheno are virtually identical

The hot5 tubes do not last anywhere near as long at > 90% than advertised, and cost @ > $20-30 (shipping/tax)

For small growers, led tubes (and now panels) represent a breakthrough in life expectancy and getting mercury out the environment



LED

I've got two of these and they work great! They come with veg bulbs and there's free shipping!

http://www.homedepot.com/p/ViaVolt-4-ft-4-Bulb-T5-High-Output-Copper-Fluorescent-Grow-Light-Fixture-V44/203012866#.UmPdkvkQba8

Instead of making a new thread, I hope you don't mind me posting a question here...

I'm using a 3x3 tent.. What size t5 do you guys suggest to fill the space?

Well.....obviously a 4' light would be a challenge in a 3x3 tent. two 2' four bulbs would fit the bill. Make sure you get T5 high outputs.

lilroach said:

Well.....obviously a 4' light would be a challenge in a 3x3 tent. two 2' four bulbs would fit the bill. Make sure you get T5 high outputs.

Click to expand...

Gotcha... I'll be looking. Any lamps you recommend that aren't super high priced? I'm going to be using it for clones moms etc....

Heat rises. There does not appear to be any means of escape.

Quantum BBs reflectors have vents

lilroach said:

I've got two of these and they work great! They come with veg bulbs and there's free shipping!

http://www.homedepot.com/p/ViaVolt-4-ft-4-Bulb-T5-High-Output-Copper-Fluorescent-Grow-Light-Fixture-V44/203012866#.UmPdkvkQba8

Click to expand...

What about 2 of the tek two units from htg supply ? They put out 10k lumens each and are actually very small.. I could prolly fit 3 in the tent if I wanted to...

bump...can anyone recommend a good name brand specific T5 ?

I was wondering how this "Sun Blaster" was ? I see in the pic that it has an inline dial power switch....Would this thing work with a timer ?

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89115/SUN-904302.html

was said above but Quantum Badboys work nicely with a fullham racehorse ballast, but so do the less well-known fluorogrow evergreen units. ive got two fluorogrows and a badboy right now but i'm gonna jump to an area 51 sgs or xgs soon
be easy,
Dr.J

I'm using a hydro farm 8 bulb designer fixture. It was used to keep 3 mothers in a 3x3 (building new room now) I would really like to try the bad boy. The hydro farm I have now is a great fixture and was not as pricy as some of the other brands. It's what I have at the moment but won't go as far to say it's the best.