LST using CFL lights

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stonedream

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So, today I just bought a 23W Daylight 5000k CFL for my seedling. I come and check 30 minutes after, it completely ignored my old light (i don't know what it is but it was sold to as being good for growing veggies) and it's leaves are now almost solely aiming at the CFL (the stem also kinda bended towards the light like a hook).

So, now I ask, is it possible to LST a plant by using and moving around CFLs.
 
giggles26

giggles26

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No your baby is reaching towards the light. Wherever the light is she's trying to go. She is stretching for light.

Get some more lights on her. You want at least 100 actual watts per plant. Remember more light is better.

Good luck
 
giggles26

giggles26

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And to build you some bad ass beer can reflectors for you cfls... :D Damn you super skunk making me forget shit. lol
 
giggles26

giggles26

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stonedream said:
So, today I just bought a 23W Daylight 5000k CFL for my seedling. I come and check 30 minutes after, it completely ignored my old light (i don't know what it is but it was sold to as being good for growing veggies) and it's leaves are now almost solely aiming at the CFL (the stem also kinda bended towards the light like a hook).

So, now I ask, is it possible to LST a plant by using and moving around CFLs.
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Build you one of these little bad boys then you wont have no LSTing with your cfl ;)
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stonedream

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yeah i got 4 daylight and 4 2700k (but i only using 1 atm the seedling is small, its actually been having problems growing hence why i bought these)

but i only have 4 sockets so i guess it's fine 4x 23 close enough to 100W.

I have no reflectors other than white walls (but the room is big) so the plant was reaching directly for the CFL and maybe i could use multiple cfls to direct growths of different branches like LST.
 
giggles26

giggles26

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stonedream said:
yeah i got 4 daylight and 4 2700k (but i only using 1 atm the seedling is small, its actually been having problems growing hence why i bought these)

but i only have 4 sockets so i guess it's fine 4x 23 close enough to 100W.

I have no reflectors other than white walls (but the room is big) so the plant was reaching directly for the CFL and maybe i could use multiple cfls to direct growths of different branches like LST.
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Yes that's what the reflectors are for to disperse the light evenly across the canopy of the light. With cfls you want to stay as close as you can get. 1" is optimal but you dont really want to go anything more than 3".

When using cfls you basically want a cfl within 1" all around the canopy.
 
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