Quote Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
1) Keep the cfl lamps close to the plants. 2" -3"

2) Watering plants makes them brittle and will snap the stems (of course, you can bend them immediately after watering as it takes time for the plant to absorbe water). Think of fresh celery stalks, if you bend them they snap. If they start to dry out (like a plant that needs watering) the bend willingly.

Shov
1) agree 100% , fluorescent should always be as close as possible to the plants without the plants actually touching the bulbs.

2) I understand what you're saying and agree, however you shouldn't be bending the stalks or stems hard enough to "snap" anything. This is why it's called Low stress training and not high stress training.
Simply, be gentle!