Quote Originally Posted by marcaka
I have about 8 ladies and they are about to be in veg. stage... I was going to move them into another housing area and was wanting to germinate more seeds so that I can have continuous production. MY QUESTION IS about a T-5 light. I have heard a lot of people talk about using this on their germinating seeds and seedlings before they are immature plants and start getting nutes. Can someone please explain to me a good set up for a T5 or is is better to just get another 400W HPS? I pretty much am wondering has anyone had success with germinating and getting their plants ready for Vegetative stage with the T5 or other cfls? Never used anything but my HPS but I NEED another light so I can keep things continuous... input would be awesome! also.. how you did it would help. thanks
confused ...are your "8 ladies" autoflowering seedlings , from femmed seed , or revegging?guess it doesn't matter as your question is about a T5 light.no light is needed while germinating seeds but a two bulb 48 inch T5 fixture can grow about 50 seedlings about 6 inches tall in 3 inch pots. some verities may become root bound before that hight and need trans planting sooner.at 6" imho the plants are vegging and MAY BE ready for nutes or flowering or whatever.BTW you can get pretty much the same results using t12,s or t8,s with much less upfront cost.a 4 bulb 48 inch T12 or T8 fixture will grow 18 very nice seedlings in one gal pots. .of course if you have the room and money imho either HPS or MH will do better than fluorescents at all stages of growth.