Quote Originally Posted by jarrod
hya everyone hope sum 1 can help?
im currently growing 1 plant(sex undetermined as yet)grown in normal compost
watered with all purpose miracle grow
using 1 cool and 1 warm cfl
my plants approx 1 and a half mnths old
and was topped out about 2 wks ago
my question is-shud 1 have my bulbs close up or not?
because im getting told 2 difrent things on the net
i originally had them right up but my leaves got scorched and i lost a couple low down
im planning on gettin a few more cfls asap
ive enclosed sum pics-does my plant look ok and has anybody got any suggestions please?thankyou in advance:thumbsup:
hi guy, with CFL's you want the bulbs as close as you can get them
without burning them. use the back of your hand to test it, meaning,
move your hand closer and closer to the lights until it feels hot to your
hand. that's your limit. if it's too hot for your hand, it's too hot for your
plants. it should be about 2 -3 inchs.

during the vegetative stage you want mostly blue light (5000K and up)
while in flowering you want mostly red light (2700K and under) and not
in a 1 to 1 ratio. during veg you want about a 3 to 1 ratio blue to red
and in flower you want about a 2 to 1 ratio red to blue.

btw, i hope you were able to clone the part you cut off when you topped?

good luck man, have some fun

come check out my garden to see a CFL grow