cfl distance from plants

[qdavid]

This is not a question but an observation. Suggestiuons certainly welcome though.
I have read I should get my sprouts close to the cfls, They can even touch. One of my sprouts actually was touching a "cool" 6500k one day. It scorched the leaf tip. My sprouts were looking a little stressed lately. I had 6 - 26w "cool" cfls going. Even with the cab door open and a desk fan blowin', the bottom of the pots was 85F. I also put a thermometer on the dirt next to a sprout. It measured 95F! So I shut down 4 of the cfls, watered with aged tap with a drop of superthrive in about 2 qts. of water (but I gave each sprout only about 8 oz. each). Anyway, I'm not so sure about cfl being so cool. They're definitily cooler than HPS or Halides, but they still get warm. Close is good but you've gotta be real careful.

qdavid Reviewed by qdavid on 10-05-2006. cfl distance from plants This is not a question but an observation. Suggestiuons certainly welcome though. I have read I should get my sprouts close to the cfls, They can even touch. One of my sprouts actually was touching a "cool" 6500k one day. It scorched the leaf tip. My sprouts were looking a little stressed lately. I had 6 - 26w "cool" cfls going. Even with the cab door open and a desk fan blowin', the bottom of the pots was 85F. I also put a thermometer on the dirt next to a sprout. It measured 95F! So I shut Rating: 5

[qdavid]

I guess I should have posted this in the "indoor" section. Oops, crap. Sorry.