Despritt Need Of Help!!!!!!!!!!

I have 4 seedlings potted in medium pots about 4-5 inch dia. and they are sitting in a home made metal with a swinging door.... i recently had it coverd in tin foil and from what iv been reading on the threads tin foil can cause harm to your babies soo... i riped the tinfoil out recently the seedlings are about 4-5 inchs tall and i think i have stretched them a bit, but i moved the light closer to the plant... how much room should be between the light and the tip of the plant... with cfls. ALSO!! the box is : Hight- 16" Width 9"
Depth- 9" and like i said there are 4 pots in it and at the moment i have 1 Sunbeam CFL . How many CFL's should I have in it the box ? please help me out here ALL TIPS WELCOMED!!!! PLZZ!! Thanks..

hello, pics would help. but with CFL's its ok to put the light as close as 1-3 inches away from the TOP. each plant should have 100-150 watts of CFL.. you can use 2 23 watt cfls that emit 100watts of energy on a plant..

goodluck.

If they are really young I would keep them at least 3 inches away.

4-5 inches? sounds like they stretched, if they start to look lanky or droppy just slit a straw down the middle and put around the stem, like a splint, use for support.

good idea, would that effect the lighting?

It should int I mean I have had some cases were i have used to straw and my plant has died but most of the time it dosen't affect the plant in a negative way, positive if anything

well i wouldnt want to risk that, ( i love my babies :] )

pics dude..

u can place cfl's as close as possible .. heres an easy way ,,, get all ur lights set up about 6 inches above ur tops ,, then stack up CD cases under your pots for height control ,, while the lights are on ,keep a little fan on ... my method is ,,, if you can fit your finger between the tops & the bulb ,, thay are too far away ,, .. insert another CD case ,, make sure they dont touch the bulb they will burn if left touching bulb for a hour or two... with close CFL's it will lead to very tight internodal spacing which is a good thing ...