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Originally Posted by greenthumbomaha
Drew, I have some assorted T5's too, very pleased I switched from shop lights for tomato/pepper transplants but the basils are still puny and sparse till they move out in some real sun.
On your VHO T5's, is that 7200 lumens per bulb? I think my regular 4ft T5 is around 2000 lumen. Does that sound right?
-L.
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Yes and no, correct on VHO and I have a 4 bulb fixture You can buy 6 and 8 bulb fixtures too. You can buy 5000 lumen t-5 HO bulbs. With Halide the bulbs put out 140 thousand lumens! I have not looked at LED yet.
Put light as close as possible. I guess all we need is to get it through the winter. I'm looking for something else as the VHO runs way too hot. Without a fan on it, it would burn the plants. Maybe LED would work better for me? I have to look into it.