eastghost
02-11-2009, 09:14 PM
After reading Dr. Bud's threads, and seeing some of the results, im considering throwing together a stealth mini T5 cab, and using the rewards for making bubble. I'm coming from a high wattage hydro cab, and ive got a couple questions, if you all dont' mind.
Firstly, in Dr. buds method he restricts root mass to keep size minimal, is there any downside to using coco and not soil? I realize that he believes any system that introduces nutrients when watering to be hydro, but it would seem to me that dwc and coco/peat have major differences in the amount of water uptake and therefore the water swollen cells created in his example may not hold true for peat/coco, and i have tons of it laying around which would be convieniant to use for this.
I also have a 2' mini 4 bulb 125W HO T5 light from a bonsai mother room which is not in use currently. I was considering supplimenting this further with a 2' 24W HO t5 strip, and piggybacking them together for 150W of t5. What are the differences in PAR between CFLs and T5s? I was envisioning almost a solid ceiling in the grow box of t5 bulbs, seemed like something that might work with this SOG method.
Any thoughts?
Firstly, in Dr. buds method he restricts root mass to keep size minimal, is there any downside to using coco and not soil? I realize that he believes any system that introduces nutrients when watering to be hydro, but it would seem to me that dwc and coco/peat have major differences in the amount of water uptake and therefore the water swollen cells created in his example may not hold true for peat/coco, and i have tons of it laying around which would be convieniant to use for this.
I also have a 2' mini 4 bulb 125W HO T5 light from a bonsai mother room which is not in use currently. I was considering supplimenting this further with a 2' 24W HO t5 strip, and piggybacking them together for 150W of t5. What are the differences in PAR between CFLs and T5s? I was envisioning almost a solid ceiling in the grow box of t5 bulbs, seemed like something that might work with this SOG method.
Any thoughts?