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Dezracer
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I'm in need of more veg lighting and really wanted to get more of what I have HO T5 but am a bit on the broke side atm 
. I can get a 4' - 6 lamp T8 fixture for free with bulbs tomorrow and was wondering if you guys think it's a good alternative. It's a high bay one with polished reflectors on it from Home Depot and it's new. It looks like there's a lumen range of 2700-3000 per bulb on the 4' F32T8 bulbs so it would net me about the same amount of light as I get from the two HO T5 fixtures right now and it's wider so it would cover a little more area which is what I really need right now. I've got 12 clones that all are rooted and ready to be potted at the same time and I only have room available under one of my T5 lights which barely covers 6 of them.
Below is a pic of the light, or one just like it anyway...
What's the consensus on the T8 lights?
. I can get a 4' - 6 lamp T8 fixture for free with bulbs tomorrow and was wondering if you guys think it's a good alternative. It's a high bay one with polished reflectors on it from Home Depot and it's new. It looks like there's a lumen range of 2700-3000 per bulb on the 4' F32T8 bulbs so it would net me about the same amount of light as I get from the two HO T5 fixtures right now and it's wider so it would cover a little more area which is what I really need right now. I've got 12 clones that all are rooted and ready to be potted at the same time and I only have room available under one of my T5 lights which barely covers 6 of them.Below is a pic of the light, or one just like it anyway...
What's the consensus on the T8 lights?
Outdoorindica
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Wish I could help dez I personally have never used fluros before, other than cfls. I am using 3 90w UFOs for vegging and if it was any longer than a 3 week veg I would be looking for more light myself. Actually I do have a few cfls around, I should probably add them just for the hell of it. Never forget about cfls, they are good for getting more light into an area without spending a shit load of more money, and they work. I use 42w ones from wal mart. They cost about $8 bucks a piece. Basically good enough to veg a single plant for few weeks on its own, but not any longer, and good enough to add more light to an area on the side, not a single one obviously but several.
Outdoorindica
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Oh yeah, I had 3 little girls pop their heads today, Wappa, Galaxy, and one of my Rocklocks.
Outdoorindica
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Nice, I gotta get some pictures of the trimmed up Black Jack for the 600 to check out. Though in the process of trimming I found some negative things, like nanners, and premature seeds here and there. Bummer, but it looks like some killer smoke, smells great, and the trim is fucking frosty as fuck, that was some good scissor hash.
I like this one
Dezracer
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I do have a bunch of CFLs left over from my first grow which was all CFL and thought about busting them out for the time being. I just am not sure how long I'll need them since all but two of the clones were taken from flowering plants and may need to reveg before growing. I'm not sure if they will or not though since they look about the same as some other I took before and those rooted, sat dormant for a few days and then started producing new growth. As the new growth started to form the little flowers sort of dried up and fell off. I'm not sure if that's actually what happened, just how it looked.
If they need to reveg I'll need the extra light for however long that takes and would rather not have a dozen CFLs going for a long period of time in addition to what the T5 lights are drawing already.
If they need to reveg I'll need the extra light for however long that takes and would rather not have a dozen CFLs going for a long period of time in addition to what the T5 lights are drawing already.
Hotsause
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WHATS HAPPENIN MY ROAD RUNNER IS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AS SHE IS BEING CHOPPED i love Road Runner it might be on my next order list 5 or 6 of these under a 600 would give a hell of a nice harvest. My Blueberry is all done besides 2 branches ill post up pics off all my chopped buds in a minute. AND ALSO I HAVE A QUESTION
My Humidity stayed between 30-35 and temps stay between 68-74 Whats a good way to raise the humidity just a bit and will my buds be affected by my low humidity if i cant fix it? I have a fan osilating but its not blowing on the buds its outside the door
My Humidity stayed between 30-35 and temps stay between 68-74 Whats a good way to raise the humidity just a bit and will my buds be affected by my low humidity if i cant fix it? I have a fan osilating but its not blowing on the buds its outside the door
Hotsause
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Yea i gotta agree although small there are some Fat Buds on there heres a pic before chop
jigfresh
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From what I understand the lower the humidity the better during flowering. The dry makes the plants produce more trichomes. My humidity stays around 15% and my buds seem to love it. Low humidity, closeness to light, higher temps, and uv light are 4 ways I beleive to increase resin production.
During veg, higher humidity is good... helps the plants grow strong and healthy.
whodatnation
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Are you talking about drying the buds or growing in those conditions?
btw those nugs are looking fantastic!
whodatnation
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Cool
Everything jig said is true about the flowering process, but for drying I think that rh is too low. To raise the rh without a humidifier I would try filling something like a trey with water and placing it in the area, or throw some damp rags or a towel in there. It really helps if the area is air tight tho so try closing the door and see if that traps the moisture in the area. If I feel the nugs might get too dry too fast then I usually put them in jars and burp them just like curing. Best to keep as much stem on it to because it also holds some moisture... I like to slow dry my buds in a rh range of 50-65% tops and no lower than 45% with temps at 65-70, hope this helps a lil.
Hotsause
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Yes that helped alot i was thinking of putting a Tub of water in the room like i did with my Vegging plants. Ill report to you whatt i do in a little im almost done choppingCool
Everything jig said is true about the flowering process, but for drying I think that rh is too low. To raise the rh without a humidifier I would try filling something like a trey with water and placing it in the area, or throw some damp rags or a towel in there. It really helps if the area is air tight tho so try closing the door and see if that traps the moisture in the area. If I feel the nugs might get too dry too fast then I usually put them in jars and burp them just like curing. Best to keep as much stem on it to because it also holds some moisture... I like to slow dry my buds in a rh range of 50-65% tops and no lower than 45% with temps at 65-70, hope this helps a lil.
JimmyT
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Yeah I've read about it more than once that's for sure. I'm sure there's something special about it but what's most important is having the right pheno of it.you're not alone matei'm not sure what it's about but it seemed to spring up on the forum in mass numbers almost overnight it seemd, suddenly everyone has the DOG on the go.
I think you'll like it. I've got 3 that were fem'd and it smells like I have 2 types of phenos. One smells more like lemons and the other 2 smell like Pine Sol. It also looks like they'll be light on the trimming.
I will say that although it seems I may have good genetics from fem'd seeds, I'm not a fan. Not to knock DNA Genetics but one of their fem'd freebies, Rocklock, turned out to be 100% male. I pulled it out of the garden at 14 days of 12/12 but unfortunately it pollinated a few of my True Blueberries. I'm pretty bummed about that. I've been on the fence with fem'd seeds and I think I may strictly be a regular seed producer. Am I overreacting or am I really high?
Thanks!it's one of man's best friends
(headband x OG kush)
streets
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nice pics! i wanna see a plant like that but 5x the size grown indoors.. cause damn that weed look great! what strain is it?Yea i gotta agree although small there are some Fat Buds on there heres a pic before chop
whodatnation
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^^^ fire^^^
Hotsause
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That is Road Runner. I got it as a freebie from Attitude and it definetly has a stamp in my garden. Cant wait to test it out and get a smoke report