Does This Plant Look Healthy(1 Week)

Kerovan

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Far too tall and skinny. You need a lot more light, it's going to collapse under it's own weight.
 

Biggrow420

New Member
Far too tall and skinny. You need a lot more light, it's going to collapse under it's own weight.
I started it on 24 hours of light and the light was about a foot and a half away from the seedlings at 300w led.
whats your recommended distance for 2x 100w equalevent cfl?
 

Kerovan

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I started it on 24 hours of light and the light was about a foot and a half away from the seedlings at 300w led.
whats your recommended distance for 2x 100w equalevent cfl?
Sorry, I don't have much good experience with led but I can say 2 x 23W cfl is worthless. For my newborns I use 8 x 40W flourescents in a reflective box with the light about 4 inches from them. Never farther than that, with flourescents they can even be closer. Then I switch to a 400W metal halide about 14 inches away when they are about 2-3 weeks old
 
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Biggrow420

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Sorry, I don't have much good experience with led but I can say 2 x 23W cfl is worthless. For my newborns I use 8 x 40W flourescents in a reflective box with the light about 4 inches from them. Never farther than that, with flourescents they can even be closer. Then I switch to a 400W metal halide about 14 inches away when they are about 2-3 weeks old
How many lumens are your fluorescents? Cause each of my cfl are equilvent 100 w fluorescent and have 1600 lumens each.
 

Kerovan

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How many lumens are your fluorescents? Cause each of my cfl are equilvent 100 w fluorescent and have 1600 lumens each.
2900 Lumens each, so a total of 23,000 lumens, and I only use them for a couple of weeks when they are small. CFL's are worthless for growing.
 

Kerovan

Well-Known Member
How many lumens are your fluorescents? Cause each of my cfl are equilvent 100 w fluorescent and have 1600 lumens each.
btw, I just read your statement again. Your cfl's are not equivalent to 100w fluorescents, they are equivalent in brightness to standard 100w incandescent bulbs.
 

Biggrow420

New Member
btw, I just read your statement again. Your cfl's are not equivalent to 100w fluorescents, they are equivalent in brightness to standard 100w incandescent bulbs.
My bad didnt read the box that much... I just made sure it had a 6500k spectrum.
 
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