CFL's !!!!!!

[ganjadude11]

How close should i keep my cfl to my seedlings , my understanding is to have them fairly close.

[Cole]

I put my CFLs about a inch from the top of the plant :)

[harvester]

yes just a couple of inches is fine cfl's dont burn hot so your babys should be fine

[allgrownup]

as close as possible without burning them. 1" sounds bout right.

[johnnybuds]

If your Flos are the T5's you might want to start at 6" away. my T5's Burn hotter then my T12 ever could.:D

[mal_crane]

As close as you can get without burning them. I have seen cfl's burn plants, but most won't. My suggestion would be keeping cfl's about 2" away and tube flo's .5-1" away.

Mal C
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[isthatjohnstamos]

yeah your good at about an inch or 2 the dont get that hot. the only time i ever had cfls burn is when they grew into them on a day and actually touched the bulb

[Cole]

Tubes ussaly produce more heat than CFLs in my opionion :)

[mal_crane]

Tubes ussaly produce more heat than CFLs in my opionion :)

Never had tubes burn my plants, even when they were touching unless it was for an extended period of time. I've had a 42w cfl burn a plant from 4 inches above. Really depends on the bulb I suppose.

Mal C
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[johnnybuds]

Never had tubes burn my plants, even when they were touching unless it was for an extended period of time. I've had a 42w cfl burn a plant from 4 inches above. Really depends on the bulb I suppose.


My T5's 54 watt,6, 4 footers do run hot

[mal_crane]

My T5's 54 watt,6, 4 footers do run hot

I ran a shop light with 4 tube floro's over my seedlings for two years because they were the coolest running lights I own ...

Mal C
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[annscrib]

i use them cfl's too mine are 100w,,,,, and what ive learn from them is to keep them about 2" to 3" away from the top( when im not there),,,, but now you are going to have to watch it,,, i know there has been a couple times ive came home from work and the plant would have a growth spurt and be all in my lights,,,,,, poor tips would be burnt,,,,,but this is what ive gone thru with these

[johnnybuds]

I ran a shop light with 4 tube floro's over my seedlings for two years because they were the coolest running lights I own ...

Mal C
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the shop lights are not T5's. T5's are very thin compared to the shop T12 Or T8's.If i put the heat censor just under the light it hits high 80's no problem.

[isthatjohnstamos]

ok so i actuaaly just had a little burn on my plants heres a few pics of about how close you can get

[mal_crane]

the shop lights are not T5's. T5's are very thin compared to the shop T12 Or T8's.If i put the heat censor just under the light it hits high 80's no problem.

Never said anything about T5's, we were talking about tube flo's and cfl's ...

[mal_crane]

ok so i actuaaly just had a little burn on my plants heres a few pics of about how close you can get

Those are some beauties you got there!

[johnnybuds]

Never said anything about T5's, we were talking about tube flo's and cfl's ...


Sorry. I call what i have"tubes"

[mal_crane]

It's no problem man, they really are tubes just a different type ...