mh or t5's?

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by juniorgrower, Dec 8, 2011.

  1. #1 juniorgrower, Dec 8, 2011
    I am ready to buy a new lighting system and was hoping to get some advice on what to buy. I am either going to get a MH or a t5. thanks
     
  2. #2 4Jo2nes0, Dec 8, 2011
    I prefer t5s for their high light/low energy/low heat aspects.

    Check out my grow. I'm vegging with a t5. You can keep it Hella close so you don't have stretch and save money on power
     
  3. #3 HydroBuilderCom, Dec 9, 2011
    I completely agree, T5's all the way for cloning / vegging.
     
  4. #4 juniorgrower, Dec 9, 2011
    Thanks for the input. Wow 4jo2nes0 that is a bushy plant your growing. Thats what I want. I am definately going to go with a t5 setup.
     
  5. #5 GrowThePainAway, Dec 9, 2011
    can we get some specifics to your set up. vents, size, ect. how are you growing.
     
  6. #6 4Jo2nes0, Dec 9, 2011
    [quote name='"juniorgrower"']Thanks for the input. Wow 4jo2nes0 that is a bushy plant your growing. Thats what I want. I am definately going to go with a t5 setup.[/quote]

    Thanks buddy! My main stem is tied around my lid as well. I'll show you a pic of the skeletal system in a minute... Smoking on my lunch break. :smoke:
     
  7. #7 4Jo2nes0, Dec 9, 2011
    None if the ties are still there but you can see the curve on the main stem. :)

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  8. #8 HighSchool, Dec 10, 2011
    Any one know how well a Blue Spectrum LED stacks up to an MH/T5? I think I wanna go the LED route but I'm not 100% sure just yet.
     
  9. #9 juniorgrower, Dec 10, 2011
    My grow room is 3x5x7. I am growing organically with ffof. I have 5 chemdogs, 1 diesel, and 1 blue venom. I have a 4" inline exhaust fan with a 6" wall mount fan circulating the air. I vegged with a 400w MH but now need it to run my HPS bulb for flowering. I am going to build another 3x5x7 room for vegging so I am going to buy a t5 setup. I am going to also buy a 600 watt setup to get better lighting for the flowering room.
     
  10. #10 undertoad, Dec 14, 2011
    I'm running T5s for veg. Old reef lights, 10,000K white and either 420 or 460nm Actinic blue can't remember which. I love how close I can keep them to the plants, and the blue spectrum from the Actinics makes them grow crazy bushy.
     

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