Welcome aboard Shipwreck. Wait...did that sound like an oxymoron?
After the clones are moved from the T5 to the CFLs, I veg for another six weeks. Top um a few times, and it gives me a nice bush to flower.
I live south of I 40, and yes it gets really hot here in the summer time, although this summer has been unusually cool.
Heat is the reason I am using the hempy style of growing. I have used bubble buckets and aeroponics. Both worked extremely well, but fighting the res temp got to be more work than it was worth.
To add to the problem, my grow rooms both have metal roofs.
I have a small 110 AC in the veg room and a larger 110 Ac in the flower room. The small AC I run all the time as the lights are on all the time. The larger AC I have set at 75 degrees and, since it has a power saver function, it cycles on and off as the temp goes up.
I hope this helps. I'm proud to be your first post.
Good luck with your grows. Hempy is awesome.