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Old February 6, 2018   #26
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Originally Posted by loulac View Post
When I see the lenght of the stems I think more light would be welcome, with the same looming problem : how to add light without raising the temperature. Of course if you transplant the seedlings quickly and bury half the stem things will be improved. I'm happy when the stems of my seedlings are short, thick, dark green.
That is why I use concentrated 100 equivalent watt CFL lamps.
No long stems and I can raise the lights up even farther.
About 1200 watts of light in a 3 x 4 area.
100 watts per square foot.
But only using 324 watts drawing 2.7 amps.

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