I grow with airpots.. check my photos,,,Off topic, BUT, I think that Air Pots would be kick-ass with this lighting. I went to 3 nurseries, NONE carried them. WTF????!~!!!!
if you would have had some actinic in the mix your plants would not be so spindly.. great grow though! now add some red suns quick!View attachment 1804158View attachment 1804161View attachment 1804166View attachment 1804170View attachment 1804175View attachment 1804158View attachment 1804161View attachment 1804166View attachment 1804170View attachment 1804175here are some photos of 3rd week flower with 864 watts of T5 only using specialty lamps in the mix.
The plants really do respond well to actinics... i cant stress enough the importance of having them in your grow... red suns are great, but haing more actinic light really gets them going!View attachment 1804339View attachment 1804340
Had to share this. Photo on left is 3 days old. Photo on right is today. Before lights were 3 Fiji, 1 Red Sun and 4 Quantom red spectrum. Yesterday I added 1 more Red Sun, 1 UVL 454 and 1 Coral Wave. (Still have 1 Quantom in there as the 3rd Red Sun was DOA and a replacement is due next week).
Look how the plants have raised there arms toward the Coral Wave. Unbelievable.
red suns are 633nm & roseates are 650nm [i already have 4- roseates- 2 top/2side] with 2- 6500k & 10- 3000k bloom lamps. --total of 16 54watt lamps. should i still add more red suns?if you would have had some actinic in the mix your plants would not be so spindly.. great grow though! now add some red suns quick!
They are 6 weeks in soil as of today so they were 5 1/2 weeks when the photo on the left was taken. Photo on right taken 2 days later not 3 as I originally said. Photo on right was during the 1st full day of the added bulbs. They were added midday the day before the photo was taken. So - to be clear - day1 left photo taken, day2 new lights added midday, day3 right photo taken.nice plants. soil is more forgiving, yes?
i went the route of potential suicide w/ T5+AERO for my experiment, as i understand the metrics to be a bit different.
how long were the plants in 3 day old photo into flower please?
i have used them & they do a decent job..... look at these options too:Has anyone used the Coralife brand actinic bulbs? I figure that those are readily available at most commercial pet stores and aquarium stores across the US. I just want to know if they are worth a try. The PAR graph look good, it peaks at 420nm with >80% intensity. Any thoughts?
Light them things up and send a pic!
I am reading a 12/12 from seed thread. Clearly it works, but wouldn't 10-14 days of veg first significantly improve yield? Also I am looking into getting some Air Pots. If doing a 12/12 or variant with APs, geez I would imagine getting 8-10 plants under an 8 bulb.View attachment 1807055
As promised, from left to right, (1) Fiji (2) Red Sun (3) 454 (4) Red Sun (5) Fiji (6) Coral Wave (7) Red Sun (eight) Fiji. (If I put in the number eight I get the emoticon with the sunglasses).
This is for Flower/Bloom in a 12/12 grow. When I go back to Veg, #4 Red Sun will be replaced with a 75.25 and #6 Coral Wave will be replaced by a Super Actinic.
For 12/12 the Veg bulbs will stay until all the girls show their pistils, about 4-6 weeks, then I switch back to the Flower/Bloom bulbs.