Temporary Veg-lighting change (from HID to T5s)??

Agronut

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I’m legally growing multiple strains in a 6x6 tent, tent is inside an outdoor building (not temp controlled); i only grow “indoor” during late fall and winter due to temp fluctuations from weather and CMH heat. Girls are about 6 weeks into veg and are a mix of clones, seedlings and a couple of older moms and are getting close to flower-ready. Blumats are always set.

i’ll be going on a 2 week vacation and want to set up a small electric heater outside my tent then switch OFF my 630w CMH, turning on 4 foot, 4 bulb T5 of blue light bulbs in place of the HID FOR ONLY THOSE TWO WEEKS i’m gone on vacation, in order to maintain constant temp and NOT leave my 630w CMH unattended....as soon as I return home the CMH will turn back on, and about a week after that i’ll introduce a 400watt HPS vertical to the mix in preparation for flowering cycle.

will I have any major issues switching HID to a much smaller 75 watt t5 for 2 weeks only? I only need to keep them in veg until I return, then will commence 12/12 and flowering...i just need to keep them healthy and convinced to stay in veg while I’m gone. Thanks!
 

Agronut

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You might need to raise any shorter plants up on a stool, due to less penetration?
great suggestion and thanks, although I am a canopy-building machine and they are all almost the same height. In the past I grew outdoors and used one 150watt incandescent yard light to keep a giant outdoor girl from flowering until well after summer-solstice, cant imagine this will be different, pr even different (to the girls) than a two week rainy spell (temporary low light).
 
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