increasing light levels on grow stand

[Ross]

Originally Posted by ladyslipper

Hi Ken, sorrry. I just read your reply regarding the T5 lights requiring a special ballast. My grow area is really small and I could not have the plants more than maybe 1 or 1.5 ft below the light. If I had 2 tubes, that woudl obviously reduce the amount of light so maybe my phals wouldn't fry?

here is a picture of my grow station from lee valley tools
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...,44716&p=10549

I thought I might be able to remove the lights that came with the unit and put the fixture the T5's required?

mary

I would think you could do this with 24" 4-tube t5 fixtures (at least when I looked at your photos I said to self "I could do this ")