cfl lights

now with cfl lights i know they dont give off alot of heat so whats the clossed you can put them to your plant and for one plant whats the most i should have for it?

A good distance to keep plants from CFL's is around 1-2". Air circulation is a must! to keep the heat off the canopy.

CFLs don't get as hot as one HID light but you still have to be careful; they DO get hot. Try touching a 20W CFL after it's been on for a few minutes.

Don't go closer than 2" until you hear from one of the veterans.

There's something called "lumen burn" so you might post the type and wattage of your CFLs. And also post how old your plants or seedlings are.

Yes, 1-2inches is as close as you can get, but you must have a fan blowing on the plant. If you don't, get one! ;) Or keep them about 4-5inches away from the tops. good luck.

everybody on the money...1-2" w/small fan...and they will burn up a leaf if you don't watch them, but not as bad as HID burns...

Actually you can get a CFL within a centimeter of the plant.

Given the proper wind, you can place your bulb right on the top....

Of course....you might have to raise it every 8 hours or so to accomodate the growth.... :)

I've left my girls unattended for 48 hours. I moved the CFL's from 1" to a little under 5" before leaving. It's the only time the CFL's are not 1" or less from the plant tops. If a leaf tips touches a CFL, it will brown and curl away just at the point of impact. No other damage.

ok well i went and got 2 100 watt cfls 800 lumens apeice now you guys told me before just to get rid of the flood light right? then if so how close to you think i can put these 100 watt ones as close as the smaller watt ones........well thanks for the pic...man the one good thing about your first grow is that your first one might not come out very good or what ever.... cause you might not have the monie at the time to get all the right lighting but ill tell you what my next grow is gonna go perfect well i hope.......and my plant is about 5 months old now......and i just put it into flowering(and for you out there wondering why its so old and im just starting flowering)thats cause i thought it did it all on its own.....but now im good and now i gotta wait a million years to smoke the shit!!!!!!......thanks for the help everybody and ill keep you posted on how well its going with the baby.......

I don't know about what was said about your flood light.

But go with what Harddon says.

With your fan keeping your leaves fluttering you can bring
your CFLs down close. To about 3/8" or a centimeter.

With CFL'S you want the plant as close as possible to the bulbs but not touching the actualy bulb.

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