I am starting another veg only cabinet and can't decide if I should use 24" 4 bulb HO T5's or a 175w MH in a mini cooltube. It will only need to be sufficient for two plants (70" tall, 36" wide cabinet, two levels, two plants each level, I'll use the same type lights on each level)

The plan is for clones to come from the cloning cabinet, to this veg cabinet for 4-6 weeks, and then into the Hydro Hut for flowering.

So far, the T5 with the T8 side lighting I have in the Mother/Cloning cabinet seems to be working great but I can't help but think MH might be better, especially in terms of light penetration. But considering it's only vegging and they are only gonna be what, maybe 12" - 18" tall, maybe I don't need that much penetration?

What's anybody else think??
doco Reviewed by doco on . T5 or 150/175w Metal Halide I am starting another veg only cabinet and can't decide if I should use 24" 4 bulb HO T5's or a 175w MH in a mini cooltube. It will only need to be sufficient for two plants (70" tall, 36" wide cabinet, two levels, two plants each level, I'll use the same type lights on each level) The plan is for clones to come from the cloning cabinet, to this veg cabinet for 4-6 weeks, and then into the Hydro Hut for flowering. So far, the T5 with the T8 side lighting I have in the Mother/Cloning Rating: 5