Hey sweetie
I've ran through your thread real quick and read it all...
Here's the Bottom line,,the lights you are using are :
1) Too small,what will you do when you enter 12's and the stretch takes place?
It will be massive with such low amount of Lumens.
2) The space between the light source and the foilage is too far.
those cfl's in that current configuration will only suffice for the 1st
week.
You really need to dig deep and see if you can scratch up enough loot
to buy at the very least a 400 watt ballast and bulb with a hood.
This is such a big difference,you'll see growth like you do in the movies!!!
I swear!!!
Try Ebay and definitely go with 1000 bulbs.com for the bulbs...they have
for example these Plus rite 400 watt meta Halides and HPS for about $7
a bulb and they are A ok I bought some to try and compare to some
Sylvania and Eye ,,,guess what? same quality and the specs are listed at
the site.... these same bulbs by sylvania are sold at Home depot for $25-29
Fuggin Crooks .....
That's my advice to you in a nutshell...and avoid ordering any lighting or
supplies from any online hydro store,,,that's a risk nobody needs to take.