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chris606 said:
48"x24"x60" grow tent but at this point and time  its slow going waiting on the moms to get biger for cloneing

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chris606 said:
well what about a 6 Lamp 4Ft T5 HO Fluorescent Tube 3000K Grow Light Bulb

i been reading some other  forums and a lot of ppl say that do dam good with T5s

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grod31 said:
would that even keep a veging plant alive?

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Here is my from seed plant grown under a single 3w LED under my infamous 5 gallon inverted bucket lamp and nothing else:




Here it is under a 6w LED:





It grew to 18" (not stretchy) and turned out to be a male. Too tall for my secondary makeshift grow space, so I put it down.

Then I grabbed a small clone a few weeks into flower and here she is at 12" almost finished under 14w of LED. A 3w, a 5w and a 6w:




Same plant; same day:




Bucket lamp off:






Bucket lamp on (way too bright to look at - the camera dims it way down):



You can see that there was a place for a fourth socket and bulb, but the socket was broken so I didn't bother this time.


Note that the key is that these are narrow angle 30 degree spotlights so that very little light is wasted. Hoping for a half zip or the fabled 1g per watt. They are roughly equivalent to a CFL of 3-4 times the wattage when used in this manner.

Next grow I will do a start to finish on the same plant to show what is possible if I can keep it small.