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 lostinbq
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 a question about a light i have 
#658071 - 02/08/13 05:07 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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So while digging through storage today I Came across a old 4ft shop light, it has t8 bulbs in it. Will it work for VEGING plants? I had bought it for my mushroom tent a while ago.
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81renaissance
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658074 - 02/08/13 05:38 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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4 ft by what? You're not going to get enough coverage unless it's a 4 or 5 bulb setup at least. T5's are ideal for fluorescents, but you'll never reach the plant's potential for growth.
I ONLY use fluorescents for seedlings, and I haven't even done that for a while.
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lostinbq
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: 81renaissance]
#658079 - 02/08/13 06:46 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Oo, its only a 2 bulb 4ft light. In the 65k spectrum. The applacation I was going to use it for was to start seeds for a garden and possably to get clones going. Was just wondering if a t8 bulb would work for any aplacations in cultivation. Might as well use what I have around if I got it right.
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Everyone are you ready for doom,
Because I've blackened the sun,
And I've bloodied the moon.
I bring gloom when I step in the room,
With the fumes of a tomb.
flowers bloom when Im taken away
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 Hawksresurrection
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658083 - 02/08/13 07:23 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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It will work just fine. I keep my mothers under the exact same thing, except I use plant specific bulbs in it. Which are inexpensive at Fred Meyers and the like.
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lostinbq
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: 81renaissance]
#658102 - 02/08/13 08:48 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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What kind of bulbs shoulsd I look into hawk? Tax season is here and I wil have some cash to play with.
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Everyone are you ready for doom,
Because I've blackened the sun,
And I've bloodied the moon.
I bring gloom when I step in the room,
With the fumes of a tomb.
flowers bloom when Im taken away
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658104 - 02/08/13 08:55 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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If all you are using that for is seedlings and clones then I would just go down to Fred Meyers and get the plant and aquarium bulb they have for that type of fixture. I clone under it and keep my mothers under it as well. No need to spend a ton of money on lighting for cloning and the like.
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lostinbq
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I'll have to search to see if that place is around me or not. Or check their site to see if thay ship.
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I bring gloom when I step in the room,
With the fumes of a tomb.
flowers bloom when Im taken away
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658109 - 02/08/13 09:11 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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They'd have em at walmart etc. Any store like that
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
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lostinbq
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Word, I actually got the fixture from wallyworld. But I thought a mother needed A light in the 65k spectrum? Thatink is showing a 34k light tho.
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Everyone are you ready for doom,
Because I've blackened the sun,
And I've bloodied the moon.
I bring gloom when I step in the room,
With the fumes of a tomb.
flowers bloom when Im taken away
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658112 - 02/08/13 09:38 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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They can use all sorts of different spectrums.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
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lostinbq
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Word ill check wallsmart next time I'm their b4 I spend extra on s&h.
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Everyone are you ready for doom,
Because I've blackened the sun,
And I've bloodied the moon.
I bring gloom when I step in the room,
With the fumes of a tomb.
flowers bloom when Im taken away
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81renaissance
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658114 - 02/08/13 10:38 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
lostinbq said:
Will it work for VEGING plants?
Hawk, I get that you can use the fluorescents for cloning and mothers, but are you also recommending that he use a 6"x48" fixture to veg his plants? I don't see it going so well.
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"So it goes."
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BlueBerry_Swisher said:I want French fries. No, I want a penis French. Thank you. I'm so excited. I can not contain myself. Now I eat chocolate. It is so good. I'm trying to rub it all over myself. And then lick. Now I need a hot shower. The end.
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658121 - 02/09/13 12:07 AM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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No, I recommended it for mothers and cloning.
Quote:
lostinbq said:
Oo, its only a 2 bulb 4ft light. In the 65k spectrum. The applacation I was going to use it for was to start seeds for a garden and possably to get clones going. Was just wondering if a t8 bulb would work for any aplacations in cultivation. Might as well use what I have around if I got it right.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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81renaissance
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Just making sure the message is coming across loud and clear.
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"So it goes."
-Kurt Vonnegut
BlueBerry_Swisher said:I want French fries. No, I want a penis French. Thank you. I'm so excited. I can not contain myself. Now I eat chocolate. It is so good. I'm trying to rub it all over myself. And then lick. Now I need a hot shower. The end.
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lostinbq
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: 81renaissance]
#658202 - 02/09/13 02:25 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Message received loud and clear rubber duckey.....
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Everyone are you ready for doom,
Because I've blackened the sun,
And I've bloodied the moon.
I bring gloom when I step in the room,
With the fumes of a tomb.
flowers bloom when Im taken away
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Re: a question about a light i have [Re: lostinbq]
#658612 - 02/11/13 01:08 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Great thread.
I have a bank of four T-8 with some seedlings turning into mothers.
They look this OP:
Your T-5 should do better...esp. if you use hang-ups that allow you
to control the height of your lights. (I intend to add these)
....but the structure is not too bad:
(if I could lose a few inches of that long bottom of the stem ;0)
I will be veg'ing these plants under just the T-8s, but only to take
clones from them. This might not be optimal, but I am in a one-tent
situation.
Good luck OP!
JD
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