Quote Originally Posted by gypski
Ok, I have a 6 light T5, and I'm getting ready to start flowering some of my harem. Put some of the ladies to work. I'm thinking of doing a four/two combination. AMF, I'm going to get four red bulbs, and starting with either a red/white/red/red/white/red, or red/red/white/white/red/red sequence. Give me a scientific opinion on that please. I think some white is needed for growth too during flowering, but just not as much. And what you are saying is making sense as far as lumens and yield per lumen/square ft.
I am not qualified to recommend how to grow using these lights yet as I am still in my first grow gypski. I will say that I am a firm believer that the T5 light is an efficient light source and in the proper circumstances it can be compared to any of the lights available to us. This is why vanduction's experiment is so interesting to me. I will further say that in my grow box I have one Sunblaze 44 in the veg area (all blue) and a Sunblaze 48 in the flowering area (all red) and have every hope in its ability to produce well in a carefully controlled SCRog canopy where I can remain very close to the buds. But that being said, I am a rank amateur in growing, and what I am doing here is simply an experiment based on what I am learning from those here on the forum who are much more qualified than I am.

Emmie