cfl lighting distance

how far from plant during veg/flowering

roughly 10ft

well i won't flower with cfls but this a other topic for now...

for veg you should keep them CLOSE i keep my in a range from 1/2" to max 2" to prevent stretching. with my first grows i finished the seedlings indoors with cfls before putting them outsides in the soil and on my first attempt i kept the lights to far of, about 4-5" if i recall it right and the stretched shit-less. i ended up with 4" single leave-set plants after a week, that is BAD! so learn from my mistake and keep them close, and watch out that they don't touch those bulb since this will burn them!! cfls get hot after an hour or so!

I keep it 1" away from the leafs at all times. Streching is bad... 10ft... is that a joke? lol

leafwrapper said:

roughly 10ft

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stop shitting noobs you funny head don't make their lives more miserable then they are already

so stop it

ok. thanks a lot. i was having some streach issues for sure.

this noob could have just ran a search on his title and found everything he needed and more. so nice job keepin em lazy

david shelden said:

ok. thanks a lot. i was having some streach issues for sure.

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if you were growing already and got stretching now dig them out carefully and bury them that deep that only a 1" shows and give them a new chance to do better

leafwrapper said:

this noob could have just ran a search on his title and found everything he needed and more. so nice job keepin em lazy

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sure leaf, but also we older guys had to learn it all the hard way and if i can help some noob a bit quick then is that fine with me. if they come along and pick my brains to bad, i also tell them to fuck off and do a bit studying on their own first.

leafwrapper said:

this noob could have just ran a search on his title and found everything he needed and more. so nice job keepin em lazy

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you present a good point lol. the title is the perfect google search terms lol.

but then again that would have been less work actually I think he just didnt think to search.

Plus I know I always have more confidence in what im doing it if I hear it from a couple of board members or read it in threads, than I do reading an article or something I found by searching google.

green_nobody said:

sure leaf, but also we older guys had to learn it all the hard way and if i can help some noob a bit quick then is that fine with me. if they come along and pick my brains to bad, i also tell them to fuck off and do a bit studying on their own first.

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right on bro u the man.....

i thought of a google search, but as brokenhope says, i'd rather hear it from people who i seem to be pretty knowledgeable, rather than sifting through 10 shitty websites made up by 14 year olds.

Brokenhope420 said:

you present a good point lol. the title is the perfect google search terms lol.

but then again that would have been less work actually I think he just didnt think to search.

Plus I know I always have more confidence in what im doing it if I hear it from a couple of board members or read it in threads, than I do reading an article or something I found by searching google.

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beleive what u read over what random people say, 70% of what u hear is bull shit.

I wouldnt say 70%, you may get some bs responses but I dont always go off the first, usually someone will point out wrong info. Especially with things about the basics. you just go by the majority. your atleast getting info from people who your posting to and can get follow up questions answered... where as an article your left wondering, or sifting through google.

your right its not as much pure bull shit but rather noobs trying to educate noobs.