Quote Originally Posted by jolly green giant
seedlings dont really like sodium lamps.too much red.. hence the stretching.
seedlings like blue light like halide or cool blue floros.

get yourself some floros they are quite cheap
and put your floro about an inch from the top of the plant for 18 hours a day.
I agree, ligth = energy, You can get more green mass weigth per foot tall with more ligth, the plant will be shorter but with more or biger leaves.