Should be really close if not the same, t5's or cfl's are great for veg, during veg you don't need a ton of light like flower. Depending on the situation you could get the same results during veg since they don't need to suck in as much light. For tighter nodes just keep the light closer, obviously strain and other things factor in but that should help. I only veg for like a month and I've used both my 250w MH and CFL's on separate occasions and I didn't see any faster results with the 250w MH vs the CFL's because the plants such a baby it doesn't need a ton of light. That was only one plant though so you gotta find a good medium of how much light you'll need for how large of a surface area you're covering with plants. I say keep the t5's as close as you can and you'll be happy.
Thanks for responding. You've always been helpful.
My real first grow was interrupted by prison.... but I had this t5 set up that had like 6 or 8 bulbs. Something like that.
I guess I could research and maybe a 400 mh would be comprable.
I'm limited to five plants sonimbthinking of a way that I could another aero tub with 2 sites and switch out every two months.
So I'd have 8 or 9 weeks for the flowering to be done and then I could just switch out tubs. They would work good for cloning. I could keep a mother in the veg room with low light in soil.
So I just really need to have these two plant v3g really good so they can fill a 4x4 area when it comes time to flower.
Otherwise I just go from seed 5 plants every time.
Which do you think would yield more?
I mean two months of veg lst and topped they should be monsters.