keep them about an inch away from the plants rotate them daily and make sure u have fresh air constantly circulating the grow space(fresh air in from the bottom used air out towards the top)you'll be fine for time being when moving into flowering stage you'll want to add more light for better yeild pay attention to the kelvins 2700k is red spectrum cfls for flowering 5000k and up is blue spectrum for veging...good luck
BkSkillz Reviewed by BkSkillz on . CFL Closet Grow. Alright me and a friend are attempting a closet grow using CFL light bulbs. The closet is 30in wide 24in deep and the box is going to be 4ft high. Initially we plan to grow 5-10 plants at least until flowering stage to distinguish which are male and female then weed them out depending on space. My question is as far as the lighting goes how many watts are necessary for such a small growing space. Right now we have two CFL bulbs one being 20w(1200 lumens) and the other 26w(1600 lumens). We were Rating: 5