Are these cfl's too close to this seedling?

Mo9000

Mo9000

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Hi guys I wanted ask your opinions on whether these cfls are too close to my seedling, they all about an inch away, maybe a little closer, haven't had any problems yet and it seems to be doing fine, the bulbs are only 25w so they produce almost no heat, but do you think I may run into problems having them this close this early on, the seedling is about a week old.
Sorry for the photo quality by the way, the cfls mess with my phone camera.
 
chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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a bit close imo, but the plant seems happy. if it doesnt report negatively go for it.
you'll get more bang if you position them horizontally instead.
 
Mo9000

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chemphlegm said:
a bit close imo, but the plant seems happy. if it doesnt report negatively go for it.
you'll get more bang if you position them horizontally instead.
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Yeah I'm watching it very closely now, because when I started the lights were a tad to far away and it stretched a bit. And yeah trying to find a way to position them horizontally ( all my lighting is suspended on strings so its a bit tricky) but hopefully I can find way, thanks a lot.
 
Ghost of Davy Jones

Ghost of Davy Jones

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I try and cover all angles. One light on top and and 4 on the sides. I use the little aluminum shop lamps with the clamps that u buy at the hardware store for $5. They keep the light pointing where i want.
 
Mo9000

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Ghost of Davy Jones said:
I try and cover all angles. One light on top and and 4 on the sides. I use the little aluminum shop lamps with the clamps that u buy at the hardware store for $5. They keep the light pointing where i want.
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Cool, thanks man yeah Im still trying to find the best way to hold my lights in place, doing a cupboard grow so space is limited. But ill try find some thing to clamp them in place.
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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At this stage in your plants life, you could get away with using one of them cfls. Add the others as she grows. Nice avatar!
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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If those are the soft white bulbs which are 2700k -3200k spectrum that will induce stretch for sure.
 
Mo9000

Mo9000

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Rolla J said:
At this stage in your plants life, you could get away with using one of them cfls. Add the others as she grows. Nice avatar!
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Cool thanks, yeah I've moved them back a bit now to give it some room, the seedling was stretching a bit at first and i have to keep it short and bushy since I'm using cfls for the whole grow.
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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nice cfl's, just my 2 cents here, usually when i get a seedling i like to wrap the lights around it, instead of directly on top of it, in one of my grows i grew a seedling with 1 cfl and a 12 bell, then moved to 2 cfls on a splitter same bell and so on, it when it had plenty of leave sets, and transplanted then added more lighting cfl style...i can show you a picture of when i mean if you want....just my 2 cents, nice little one though
 
Ghost of Davy Jones

Ghost of Davy Jones

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BudmanTX said:
nice cfl's, just my 2 cents here, usually when i get a seedling i like to wrap the lights around it, instead of directly on top of it, in one of my grows i grew a seedling with 1 cfl and a 12 bell, then moved to 2 cfls on a splitter same bell and so on, it when it had plenty of leave sets, and transplanted then added more lighting cfl style...i can show you a picture of when i mean if you want....just my 2 cents, nice little one though
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Don't keep us in suspense... Lets see the pic...
 
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