Hey chromophore, The T5 buds are dense . They were pretty dense the first go, but these are even more solid. I haven't really put the "squeeze" on the HPS one's yet, so not sure about them. Hard to keep my grubby little hands off those T5 girls, the smell is heavenly.
The arms of those little stubbies are look like they are going to be solid buds to the branch bends....very cool.
I'm not sure why people end up with "airy" buds under T5's...maybe they aren't using enough Watts or total Lumen? It occurred to me that the 6 bulb 4 foot fixture I'm using is a
"narrow" beam. Supposedly directs most of the light down instead of a 270 degree arc.
Beats me, but it's working pretty well right now.
I'm working up to a run using a direct watt comparison, or at least being much closer in total watts. Which brings me to this question....
If I add another 150 watt HPS, I'm still just hitting them with 150 watts of light intensity with better penetration?....or now I have 300 watts with better penetration?
...and would I be better served swapping the 150 HPS for 400 watt HPS instead of adding another 150? Really, I don't care about using the HPS....I'm a T5 guy, I just used the HPS cause I had it laying around.
I will have to think about it....Frankly, I don't want to invest anymore money in the whole thing. It's just a small grow for personal Meds so I should really just concentrate on using and perfecting under the T5's.