New Wave T5 Grow...IM NOW A BELIEVER !!

[Pass That Shit]

I never said Pass the shit was a hater. All I said was ignore the haters, feeling quilty?
Just more of a keep your head up and keep growing was all I was trying to get across.
Are you infatuated with Tico or something? If you dont believe him or think its all made up bullshit then dont read his post. For me I dont care there are so many people lying on the internet these days that half of what you read has been exagerated or made up. I just like the fact that someone else was using the New Wave T5 system just like the one I just purchased. It's all good bro, hope to see you around the boards.:rasta:

Oh yeah one more thing. How in the hell do I get a signature under my post do I have to have a specific post count before I can do that? Thanks.

What's there to feel guilty about? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figue out that I've been the #1 hater on this thread.

If you can, share some pics of your T5 grow with us. It would be nice to see another person with the same system. :jointsmile:

[D Rock]

ok but I have seedlings that are two weeks not big bushes like tico
here is the link just started a grow thread.

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...s-t5-grow.html

Have a look and see if you can help out if I have any problems. catch ya later man.

Tico where you at bro?

[D Rock]

Hey pengrove I have those same hangers for my light but when I went to hang them the light was too heavy. How did you get yours to stay. I wanted to use those as they are so easy to adjust the height of the light, just push down and the light goes down push up and the light goes up. The guy at the shop told me they would work but on the package it says the most that the two could hold is 22lbs I know my hood weighs more than that, I have the white one the New Wave T5 I see you have the black one is it lighter or something? I really want to use those hangers they are awesome.

[Penngrove]

Hi D Rock. The one I have is the latest model which might be lighter I dont know. I used the hangers in the box and my buddy Mr Dave said he did not trust those donutnuts. So we figured out the maximum drop in chain and put that in throught the hangers and ran the chain up to a big hook in a stud. Then we tied on the donutnut just like the instructions said. At first we started to let go and it was going so I decided to just really torque down that thumbscrew. So we pushed up to that knot they have and really torque it by hand. Then we let go and it would not move. We really had to pull hard to get it going. I went and backed it off just a hair and all of a sudden it worked like in the display at the shop.

They do allow to angle and adjust daily with ease and I like them but the chains stay as a safety. I will take a photo tomorrow if your interested in seeing how the project is coming.

I am about a week into my Northern Lights project and the guys are about an inch and are getting their first true leaf set. I have the light 30" above now. Seems to be ok. Do you think I should lower it?? The heat the tek puts off keeps the 5 x 4 closet at 80 degrees which the little girls ( I hope ) seem to like.

I really messed up right out of the box on height and the kid you brought it over and laughed a little and said these are their latest version and he said they were a little better on light distribution. All I know is they work great.

[Pass That Shit]

Penn,

I think you should lower your light as long as the plants are still within a comfortable temp range. 30'' seems much too high for cool tubes. I would add ventilation if needed, but the light needs to get closer to the plants. Good Luck!!!

[D Rock]

although the T5's put out less heat than a hid light I had to move my T5 light up about another 2" my temp got up to 87deg in my home box I think a big part has to do with the weather outside it was 104 deg today. Here it is at 10:30 p.m. and the temp is 90deg feels like 104deg. I will be glad when August is over with and we get some cooler temps. I have a old house built in 1940 something and its hard to cool ecspecially in the hot months which is right now. As long as I can keep the temp where it is I will be fine with that, I left my hand under the light for about 2 minutes about 2 inches from the plants tops and it was fine...............I just had a thought......black radiates heat and my hydrothermometer is cliped onto the edges of my black bags. Im going to move it directly onto the dirt and see if this helps.

not even a minute after removing from the bag the temp droped 2 degrees.:jointsmile:

[D Rock]

oh sorry didnt mean to hijack this thread Tico guess I got carried away. where you at anyway? Dont make us T5 growers look bad.

[Penngrove]

Yes please keep the thread going. I need all the help I can get. And I am going to drop the light again and appreciate the suggestion. I will put the thermometer at plant height. With all 8 tubes going, it does put out a lot of heat. But the guy at the store said that "light saturation" might be intense if too close. What does he mean and is he pulling my chain? Learning more every day. Thanks

[Pass That Shit]

Penn,
Don't worry about light saturation. Just make sure they are not too hot. If the temp is right, the more light the better.
I don't know if you have a grow log going or not, but starting one is a good idea cause others can help you if you have problems.

[jamstigator]

I dunno about using these eight bulb T5 Tek lights for flowering. I did buy one recently, purely for veg, and for that purpose, it's great. It's got two switches on the front, each one turns on four of the bulbs. Doesn't get too hot. It's 40,000 lumens, which isn't a huge amount for flowering (even a 400 watt HPS does a fair bit better than that). But for veg, I gotta say, this is one dynamite light. I have no regrets at all on the purchase. I highly doubt I will ever try to flower with it though, although since you can get warm bulbs, it's clearly possible. I just doubt the yield would be very impressive. If he got 5 ounces dry, well, that's probably going to be pretty much the average for a 40,000 lumen light - in other words, for the power used, it's okay. If you are using one box for the entire growth cycle for security reasons or space reasons or whatever, then it seems a reasonable thing to do. Otherwise...doesn't really compare to the lumen-generating and canopy-penetrating power of an HPS light.