Thanks for the reply's. I was afraid they were stretching. I moved the the light to within 2 inches. I am using two 36 inch 40w bulbs. One is a cool white and the other is a grow lux. TBH I have had the CFl's for a while in my garage so I don't have the boxes. I looked for the K rating on the bulb but i couldn't find one. I was afraid that the bulbs were incorrect, and they very well may be. was just trying as an experiment, but I think i may just throw them under the 600w soon and trasnplant them into the fox farms ocean forest. The rapid rooters seem to be a fairly decent investment, but I may just try some peat or rock wool next time. aparently the rapid rooters are mad out of organic composted tree bark and they promote your beneficial bacterias.

EDIT: honestly I just realized that CFL means compact. I am sorry for posting this thread about CFL. I am using a normal flourecent lamp. disregard this thread or delete it. I must have just had a huge brain fart. those normal lamps must not even be close to enough.