Grow room plan still have ???

I'm Going With CFLs for My Veg 3 42w 2700k for my mothers with maybe 6 26w for my clones? 400hps for flowering I got a real good deal 400w with a friends help its possible to get another but I wanted to try using the cfls for my first grow. I definetly going with some white widow Skunk #1 maybe and ak-47 I want to keep 1 mother from each strain . I can't quite decide to go soil or do a dwc. whats easy for a sometime short memory guy like me

soil is easiest, one mistake and you can kill all of your plants with hydro

I had all 8 of my plants growing in soil. It was a task to keep up with the watering, testing etc. the growth was slow going but that was on me as that was the 1st try. I took two clones and tossed them each in a waterfarm. I was nervous about killing them with chem so I went 1/2 strength for the first month. One thing I noticed was the clones grew so fast and so bushy it was crazy. The 8 plants started from seed took about 2 1/2 months to hit about 2 feet high. The clones hit that mark in about 3 weeks after the roots took hold (1 week).
My new grow is going to be CFL in 8 water farms.

does my lighting setup sound Alright

AGbags said:

does my lighting setup sound Alright

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AGbags said:

CFLs for My Veg 3 42w 2700k for my mothers with maybe 6 26w for my clones

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No this is not correct. You do not want 2700k. You want more, around the 5000 to 6000k range for veg. The 2700k is for flowering.
I currently am setting up my CFL grow and have 20 100w 6000k
n:vision 27 Watt Daylight Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL), 1 Pack - 5M82755K at The Home Depot

There are 5 blubs per plant. 1 on top and 4 on the sides spidered off of 1 with a y spliter. 18 hours on, 6 hours off.
Keep in mind this is my first CFL grow and I'm no expert but from what I have read, you need less K in the flowering process to mimic the less sun the plants would receive in the wild.

My flowering set up will be the same, but the blubs will be.
n:vision 23 Watt Soft White Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL), 2 Pack - 5M8232 at The Home Depot

12 on 12 off.

All main plants (veging, and flowering) will be grown in water farms. Clones will be grown in a home made drip system.

Vegging will be in the attic, flowering the basement.

Also keep in mind you do not need to go with 20 lights. From what I read people have done it with as little as 3 lights per plant. I just want to flood my plants all over, so this is why I went with 5 per plant.

When looking at these types of lights at any store. Looking for the K # can be a pain. The number is on the back of the package, in the upper left corner. Very small writing but it's there.