Oky doky ! I was really trying to avoid a confrontation but you seem to be begging for it and mods are letting you blather on like a rabid animal so here goes...POW!
I must now done my shining armor and come to the rescue of fair maid. A horse! A horse! Or stick a saddle on yon braying jack ass!
I interpret the contest
guidelines to mean that one may not use t-5 for the duration of the contest. Who would even want to? As Sara pointed out using t-5 would be to great disadvantage when competing with any Mars light. You admit that t-5 makes a difference . THat was my argument as well but only for cloning, not vegging or budding. Some forum gurus claim success cloning under mars lights. I shall explore this further.
Over the last 2000 plus pages I have seen folks with your mentality come and go. It's great that you feel self righteous etc about rules and such but it does border sociopathic narcissistic behavior. I feel like I had to say something. Unless I am mistaken, I am the only one that cloned with T-5 so far in this contest. I was actually cloning with t-5 before I decided to join contest as the timing was right. I could give a rats ass about winning but I really enjoy the forum. As far as you know the mother plant could have been cloned under t-5 as well. I have proposed that a plant is not officially in the contest till it is out of the clone dome or properly up potted from seed or established in some sort of hydro system. OK who makes the rules and why can't they change the rules if they want to? Are there rules about making rules? How many times do you have to repeat yourself . Go troll some where else. Vamose! Skedaddle! Chill and pop a seed Bruh. I love Mars lights. I do not love trolls. Peace out!