Stretched Plants

Well, I guess I started my seedlings to far away from the flourescent lights and they stretched. After getting advise earlier, I supported the 5" plants using paperclips straighted out and I have moved them under a 400W HPS.

Am I wasting my time, or as 1 responder suggested should I start over and put them at 1" under the flourescents at the start?

Thanks.

can you get pictures?

As requested...poor things.

You could pile some more soil up around the base of the stem to help support them..try and keep light as close as possible and they should thicken up. do you have a fan blowing on them?

I do have a fan on them 24/7. The 400W HPS is about 20" above them so they don't get too hot...should they be closer to this light?

Good! 20 inches sounds good, be careful not to burn them.

TALL LANKY MO FOS!!! LOL

YO... 20 inches is fine.. keep the fan blowing up towards the light.. thus blowing the heat up and away from your plants...

Put your hand at the top of your plants and leave it there for 30 seconds...

If the heat is ok for your hand, then it is ok for your plants... Lower the light 1 inch every day untill you suspect it is to hot for your plants...

exception.. You may not need to lower the light.... because your plants, if healthy... are about to explode!!

iloveyou

nice pictures!!
cheers

i usually start with flourecent then switch to hps after my plants like 5-6 inches. but yea 20in. is fine make sure the fans breeze is strong enough to get the stems movin a bit to make thm thicker.