I’m curious to see if anyone has experience with this grow system or something similar. I live in MA so I purchased the Hydrofarm T5 Grow Light System to start seeds indoors to eventually be moved outdoors. After germinating the seeds I plant them in solo cups of happy frog soil. I haven’t used an indoor light system before so any advice or help is appreciated!
keep the plants close to the T5 lights, 3" distance
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I agree with @kabongster keep that t5 close to the top of the plants. I use a t5 for my seedlings and keep them a few inches away and it seems to work pretty well.
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Yeah I ran T5 the whole grow and kept them real close. Do be careful if the plant touches the light it will burn.
@kabongster @Jmesser80 @Smokin_ernie thank you guys for the responses, I’ll make sure to post some progress pictures when I have the light up and running.
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Seedlings generally like a bit of warmth and humidity so I use a t5 tube light set right on top of the dome of this with a plant heating mat underneath, if you already have the hydrofarm set up, you can always add a dome. I have used The clear plastic salad greens containers with a few holes poked in the top
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BOY6Y2I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have this hanging over a work bench to keep vegging plants maintained under, once they have outgrown the dome an transplanted to thier next pot.
https://www.amazon.com/Light-4lamps-DL824-Fluorescent-Hydroponic/dp/B009GU4RMC?tag=greenrel-20
It was recommended in the ILGM links section
the whole grow you say? how did it go? that’s an uber interesting idea to do
Yes the whole grow! haha I did ad some cfls to the mix but not sure they did a whole lot to the grow. I added them as side lighting to get the lower buds some light. I switch out the bulbs to 2700k for flowering and ran 6500k for veg. Out of 2 plants I got about 1.5 oz. One of my plants struggled and did not yield nearly the same amount as the other plant probably 3rd of what the other one was. I was also on a strict time schedule. Had to force into flowering and had to cut them down sooner then I would have liked. Minimal amount of electricity increase on bill. It was my first real grow and was very happy with end results. I used a 4 bulb 2ft light. Definitely going to try them again and may even ad an additional T5 light. After this experience I would go with a 2ft light for one plant. rather then the 2 plants but that is just me.
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