I took my stretched plant and planted it in soil up the cotyl's(Thx KP). Been doing great since that. If you do that you can also put a fan on it to toughen it up a bit. I have seen a big difference since planting mine up to the cotyl's
Maybe somebody else will chime in about the outlet.
As for hours I think it's all personal preference to be honest.
Some use 24/7, some use 20/4, and some will use 18/6
disclaimer-I'm just guessing by what I have gathered on here, and I could be way wrong so...![]()
excuse my ignorance... what are cotyl's??? i'm guessing the bottom small leaves>