Quote Originally Posted by captainendoe
I can get 6 super cropped plants in a 5x5 area
Thanks for the link and the info Captain!! I appreciate it.

I read that thread a while back when I first signed up - it's a great post. I just don't understand it completely. Although I do get a lot of it.

I know I need about 50w/ft2. However, then like the poster below says, "look for lumens vs wattage". I read that (I've seen it in other places so it's not an unfamilar piece of info), but that confuses me. For example on some websites I you seen T5 setups and they don't show the lamps total watt capability. But then if you look at actual shop florecents at Lowes or HD, it shows the max watts. If I know I need 50W per square, but I don't know how many watts the lamp can throw out - how can I pick a lamp.

I think a 5x5 or 6x6 would be a nice size. 6 plants wouldn't be too little for me, I'm only doing it for myself and to give to a friend and another friends father - both whom are fellow patients w/o anyone as caregivers.

What sort if lighting do you have if you don't mind me asking? Or what would you reccomend as far as T5?