What Light Should I Use?

[Omerta]

I have a 125w CFL grow light that's in use 24/7. my plant is 5 weeks and a day old. I topped and took clones yesterday. According to others it looks healthy, but I'm wondering when I should put in my t5 4x4' light. And I have either blue or red t5s and when should plug those in.
For my clones i have a CFL 23w 5000k bulb and a 19w 5000k 24in led strip light.
I have 2 x 4' 54w 5000k duel led shop lights. When should I put them in the mix?

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Omerta

 

[Omerta]

And for those who dont believe a 17$ shop light at Walmart works to grow vegg...

 

[MIMedGrower]

And for those who dont believe a 17$ shop light at Walmart works to grow vegg...

They used to use those for even commercial indoor grows round my way. Of course metal halide and hps took over for flowering.

Only reason t-5’s are better is they can be mounted even closer together.

 

[Omerta]

Well I'm glad to hear I'm not far off on my light selection.

 

[Omerta]

Thank you all by the way for your help and insight.

 

[Jimster]

You will want to use more blues during veg growth...something around 5000K or above is usually sufficient to add the blue colors that they use more of. Once you switch to flowering, swap a couple of the blues out for reds (below 2500K if you can find them) and you should be good. Blues for growth, reds for flowering, although a mix is best, IMHO. I think I get better results when using mostly reds with a little blue during flowering, the opposite during growth.

 

[Deadstill]

You will want to use more blues during veg growth...something around 5000K or above is usually sufficient to add the blue colors that they use more of. Once you switch to flowering, swap a couple of the blues out for reds (below 2500K if you can find them) and you should be good. Blues for growth, reds for flowering, although a mix is best, IMHO. I think I get better results when using mostly reds with a little blue during flowering, the opposite during growth.

Be careful, though. Too much blue in flower is a great way to get hermies

 

[Homesteader]

Interesting mix of fauna in your grow room. Why are you growing dandelions though? Just curious. I see Garlic , an onion and plantango major.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Be careful, though. Too much blue in flower is a great way to get hermies

First time I ever heard this one. :-)

 

[hillbil]

Under counter LED lights and LED shop light replacements are over 100 lumens per watt and I am sure some will be flowering with several together.

 

[Omerta]

Interesting mix of fauna in your grow room. Why are you growing dandelions though? Just curious. I see Garlic , an onion and plantango major.

Gives me something to do. Also I harvest the seeds through the winter to spread them in the spring, I was growing them for tea and salads but they are a resource suck... I'm going to be ripping them out after these last bloom out though. Need room for medecine plants! Lol.

 

[Omerta]

Interesting mix of fauna in your grow room. Why are you growing dandelions though? Just curious. I see Garlic , an onion and plantango major.

I also have Jalapeno peppers and yarrow and sedum, rosemary, parsley and something I'm not sure about... I pulled it in to identify... but it isn't maturing and I cant identify... I'm not willing to put it in a bigger pot of soil cuz I have clones to put in soil next week... if they root. So I water it and it live on. Lol. Maybe somebody can ID it.

 

[Buzzer777]

Gives me something to do. Also I harvest the seeds through the winter to spread them in the spring, I was growing them for tea and salads but they are a resource suck... I'm going to be ripping them out after these last bloom out though. Need room for medecine plants! Lol.

Soooooo..You're the one responsible for all that yellow crap growing in my spring lawn every year!!!!:badboy:
LMAO

 

[Omerta]

Soooooo..You're the one responsible for all that yellow crap growing in my spring lawn every year!!!!:badboy:
LMAO

Lol, Hey they are a super food, the English brought them over with them to America because it is a valuable plant.

 

[Omerta]

Can you ID?

 

[Buzzer777]

Lol, Hey they are a super food, the English brought them over with them to America because it is a valuable plant.

I was just joking a bit..but comes spring..they are so super..they are very hard to kill! The only successful killing was done my a new puppy last year..LOL

 

[Omerta]

Ya I believe short of puppy's and chemicals, they have to be dug out or the ground sterilized through a 2 year plastic ground cover... process... they are a force to be reckoned with if you dont want them.

 

[Homesteader]

Can you ID?

Where did you dig it up? What part of the country are you in? Looks similar to broad leaf parsley. Does the crushed leaf smell like anything?

 

[Deadstill]

First time I ever heard this one. :)

When I first started growing I had some flourescent shop lights I threw in to supplement my plants. The branches that were only getting light from the flourescents started to herm. I could be wrong but as soon as I pulled them out they stopped producing seeds on those branches. It may have been due to light depravation not getting enough light, but yeah.

 

[UncleRomulus]

Be careful, though. Too much blue in flower is a great way to get hermies

I don’t agree.. but I’m open minded. Genetics play the biggest part as far as herm tendencies.. next would be light leaks/light schedule f&@k ups IMO. I know guys who use 10000k finishing bulbs for last week or two.. never tried that, but I love some blue in my flower and am considering a 6500k for finishing and 5000k during stretch. I run mh/hps/ghetto led/Cfls. If there s evidence to back what your saying I’m sure open to read it. Post it up. Haven’t had any herms since I stopped growing bag seed years ago, but I’m always down to take extra precautions.