CFL HEMPY FLORANOVA please help

wildjoe

Active Member
ok hello everyone ...this is my first grow ...i went with hempy bucket ..now i read alot about growing (ALOT) lol and i still have some question
ok i have a 2x2x6 space for my veg and 4x3x6 for flower (havent use flower yet (cant wait)) but im using 8 23w cfl 6500k and 5000k so thats 3200 lumes per sq foot which i read was about min..but i figure first run ..why not ..ok now my question is im useing flornanova GROW not the 3 seriose the 1 part ...and ppl say use full strenght all that ...some say 1/4 srength and work up ....now these ppl r using 400 and 600w MH HPS ..so for cfl what should i start with ..ppl say 1/4 and work up till u see slight burn ...how quick do u move up like if week one says 1ml a gallon and i do .25 ml/gal and move up some a week like .25 a week by the time i get to 1 ml/g it will be 4 weeks old lol so hows that wqork ...now i got a ppm meter so if u can break it down in that it will be good ..i can use tap water which is good where i live or i can get RO from walmart 50 cent a gallon ..cant beat that
now alos ppl say feed heavy water water feed heavy ...do i need to or will this work ....feed every 2 days( 3gal bucket) usally low at very other dday ...so mon feed wed feed friday feed sunday flush with ph water and drain the water and fill with nutes again and contiune from there...
thanks everone for the responces ahead of time
also might be dumb question but if i made a mistake on timer and it goes 19/5 light schecual will it hurt
grand dady purp
between 75 and 85 temp
ph 5.5-6.0
60 to 65 perc humity
 

Closetgardner

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hi wild joe,i use cfls for veg 273w what you've got will def do i also started out with individual bulbs it got me through my first veg then it was hps for flower.i would feed water water feed and chech for nute burn iwould start with 0.25ml and work up weekly.and your 19/5 light schedual wont do no harm
 

wildjoe

Active Member
thanks u for reply i am also gettting a 400w hps for flower ...ok so say the seed pops up and i just water for a week and start on .25ml and do up .25 a week in a month it will only be at 1ml /gal right and that should be good? and when u say feed water water feed is that feed monday water tue water wednsday and feed thursday or monday-feed tues-skip wed(its usally low by the 2nd day) water and skip thur and water friday skip sat and feed sun? im srry if confusing but DEFFFINNALLLY a newbie lol and my tap water is 70 ppm is that good tap?
 

Closetgardner

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I dont know about ppm's sorry.and yeah feed monday skip tues water wednesday and friday then feed again on saturday 0.25ml a week is good.nothing wrong with being a noob im still fairly new to this as well im on my 5th grow now
 

lilrich11

Active Member
Get a HPS for flower, you wont regret it. You can check out my grows in my sig, I used all cfls for the first now the second i switched to a 400w hps and lst'd my girls looks 100% more amazing.
 
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