Stinky,

First of all, thank you for your input; you are one of the wisest around here!

Second, I am glad you mention the clamp-lamps, because that's exactly what I'm using!! The only bad thing about them is that actual "cone" that makes up the lamp was a bit small and maybe it was creating too much heat. They were both rated for 60W, so I thought 27W would be no problem.

Third, you bring up a good point: moisture. I did not get the lamps wet at all. The only moisture that could be getting in the lamps is actual water vapor created from the heat of the lamps (but I wouldn't think it would so significant as to "wet" the lamps. I watered the plant but not too much.

What I ended up doing is buying three more clamp-on desk lamps (rated at 27W), and bought (3) 20W CFL's (6500K with a total of ~3450 lumens).

Could you tell me what's the ideal height for a plant that's been growing about 1 week and a half and which is 2" in height? I read somewhere in the forum that 2" away from plant was ideal. To me that seems a bit too close, but that's what I've been doing. Also, does the height away from plant vary as it grow more and more?

Thanks again for your input and am looking forward to your reply.
TheWhiteRider Reviewed by TheWhiteRider on . First grow, CFL burned out in FIRST HOURS!! HELP Hello all, I've been reading a lot in this forum and finally decided to grow some. So I bought two desk-lamp-type fixtures to plug some 27-watt CFLs to. So after the first few hours, BOTH bulbs burned out and they have a little smokey part at the root. I already had started to grow the plant outside, but since it's getting too cold lately I moved it inside. But since the bulbs burned out, I had to put it back outside. Can you say plant stress!? :( I know for a fact the bulbs were Rating: 5