stretching?

[passmethebigofatty]

This is my first grow but i have been reading these forums for about three months now. this plant is about a week old from seed and is it just me or is it stretching? im running just one cfl on it 24/7 cept at night i turn off the light for an hour to let it cool down (not sure if i need to do that but i do anyways):D

[passmethebigofatty]

oh and sorry for the picture quality. il be using the digital camera soon this is from my phone

[John Doe]

Id say get more light bro

[mountainman]

You need to get the CFL directly on the seedling, only 1-2 inches away. That will suffice till it has a couple nodes, then either add more high wattage cfls, use flourescent tubes, or give it high intensity discharge lighting.

Good luck!

[passmethebigofatty]

thanks ya'll

[passmethebigofatty]

oh and one more question where could i pick up either a hps or hid light? i looked at home depot and didnt find either only cfl's

[SeedlessOne]

Bettergrowhydro.com

[LIP]

What ever you get make sure its quick mate cos that plant looks like its ready to fall and die any minute.

Get the CFL within 1 inch of the top. I would say put a fan on it too, but its so stretched it might just fall over and die.

[busteruk7]

What ever you get make sure its quick mate cos that plant looks like its ready to fall and die any minute.

Get the CFL within 1 inch of the top. I would say put a fan on it too, but its so stretched it might just fall over and die.
yeah i agree lip
a fan could do more damage than good ,it could just blow it straight over
anyways good luck sorting it out
one other thing i would try ,is repotting it and get that stem burried a bit more which in time will turn to root support
cheers all :)

[mountainman]

transplant it and get it deeper, it'll do fine, just be careful

[Garden Knowm]

WOW

LOL

that is some serious stretching.. looks like a giraffe...

How many watts is the CFL that you are using... get that CFL 1 inch or less from your lady.. your tall LADY..

:)
cheers

[passmethebigofatty]

k so that plant died lol. but i have two others one was stretching but not as bad. i had room around the top of the container so i filled that with soil and its not too bad. lets have some optimism people haha thanks for the help

[Chaos]

when u put the light on the plant since there cfl's stick the light right by the plant....maybe 1 inch away l-----------l about that far...if u stick the light right by the soil and then when it pops out it will stay short.....remember keep the light close....also try to get more light....more light the better....

[GaGrown]

Dude home depot has 400 watt MH and HPS. 21.00.If ya don't wanna ask where they are to a depot worker,then ask me. I'll lead ya right to them from the board,here! Just say.

Holla!
Ga Grown

[GaGrown]

Bulb sales just went through the roof! I'm having a map sale,ya'll lemme know if'n ya buy 1! LOL. STONED AS HELL! Yup! We do it like that! Round here anyway!

Holla!
Ga Grown

[cmorbud]

www.buylighting.com

[Garden Knowm]

cmorebud....hmmmmm ?