Prodaytrader
01-30-2010, 02:48 AM
Take a lookie at my mess first (see pic).
So on some pretty good advice I was told to never touch a leaf. However I am finding that my plants are getting crowded out a bit especially the one on the left. So I thought I would hang some vertical T5's in there to supplement. I was going to get these 24" T5's from home depot for 24 bucks until I realized they were soft white bulbs at 3200k. Then I started to look at the 30" ones for 29 bucks, same thing and the 4' long ones are too big for me really. I was tempted for a while to gank my 600 hps and put in a 8 or 12 lamp VHO T5. Once again I must think I am Daddy Worbucks when I'm not. So I wont be totally replacing my perfectly good light system for now, but I would like to add in some sup lighting. I am kind of overwhelmed with the options though. I need something that I can hang vertical as well as it being super cool too touch since I wont have a lot of room on the sides. As you can see, the plants do a pretty good job of filling my space so I figured some T5's would be harmless enough that the plants could lay against them without issues.
What CFL lighting solution is offering the best bang for the buck right now? I don't mind wiring if there are options for me in the DIY route. I started to look at what you get in a T5 kit and it's not much. Some wires, a small ballast and some sockets. Is it possible to just get those sockets and daisy chain them to create my own 12 lamp T5 without needing all those housings and additional ballasts? Maybe there are other options? Share plz
*edit: I was looking at the pic again and it looks sort of distorted with respect to vertical distance. I can not raise the lights any further and had to go as far as to start training my middle bitch to take advantage of some horizontal space. That worked well for the last 2 days but now the one on the right has grown another 2 inches so it's getting out of hand too. You cant even tell there is a plant half the size of the two on the right. Watch and learn kids, this is exactly why they tell you not to start plants at different times. Had I not don't it this way though I would have only had 1 plant left since I had to murder the rest. LOL
So on some pretty good advice I was told to never touch a leaf. However I am finding that my plants are getting crowded out a bit especially the one on the left. So I thought I would hang some vertical T5's in there to supplement. I was going to get these 24" T5's from home depot for 24 bucks until I realized they were soft white bulbs at 3200k. Then I started to look at the 30" ones for 29 bucks, same thing and the 4' long ones are too big for me really. I was tempted for a while to gank my 600 hps and put in a 8 or 12 lamp VHO T5. Once again I must think I am Daddy Worbucks when I'm not. So I wont be totally replacing my perfectly good light system for now, but I would like to add in some sup lighting. I am kind of overwhelmed with the options though. I need something that I can hang vertical as well as it being super cool too touch since I wont have a lot of room on the sides. As you can see, the plants do a pretty good job of filling my space so I figured some T5's would be harmless enough that the plants could lay against them without issues.
What CFL lighting solution is offering the best bang for the buck right now? I don't mind wiring if there are options for me in the DIY route. I started to look at what you get in a T5 kit and it's not much. Some wires, a small ballast and some sockets. Is it possible to just get those sockets and daisy chain them to create my own 12 lamp T5 without needing all those housings and additional ballasts? Maybe there are other options? Share plz
*edit: I was looking at the pic again and it looks sort of distorted with respect to vertical distance. I can not raise the lights any further and had to go as far as to start training my middle bitch to take advantage of some horizontal space. That worked well for the last 2 days but now the one on the right has grown another 2 inches so it's getting out of hand too. You cant even tell there is a plant half the size of the two on the right. Watch and learn kids, this is exactly why they tell you not to start plants at different times. Had I not don't it this way though I would have only had 1 plant left since I had to murder the rest. LOL