there is no need to start over. stetch is inevitable. during flower there is what's knows as the 40/60 phenomena. basically it states that a plant in flower will spend the first 40 percent of it's time stretching and the last 60 percent filling out.

also, if you started over you wouldn't gain any experince.

a good rule of thumb for fluroescents is to keep them within 1-4" of you plants. if you do add the MH then a good measure of thumb is to put your hand under the light and you should be able to keep your hand there for 5 seconds before it gets too hot. back the light off just a tad from here.

also, if you do install the MH(s) then you mine as well use the fluros for clones.


-shake
headshake Reviewed by headshake on . Plant Stretching It's been about a week and I have two plants growing around 4" but I had to brace them up against a small wooden pole. My question is how well do plants recover from stretching, or is there a method to help take care of this problem after it occurs? I don't want to give up on them because I'd like to learn as much as possible from each grow. Any input would be wonderful. Rating: 5