I've seen pictures with varying heights, some looking like a full foot. I'm trying to keep mine as close as I can without causing the side-most plants to be deprived of light. The farther you have them, the more the plants get light, but the weaker that light becomes. I'm keeping the light (standerd T8) about 4 in. above the plants on average.
Out of curiosity, how far do you keep your lights? Also, please specify what kind of light it is as there are different distance requirements with different types of lights.
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It looks like the closest you can without cooking your plants is best.
What do you think about having the lights higher up so that you will have weaker light, but it will be consistent over all of the plants. When you have a lot of seedlings (as most of you certainly know ), the ones near the outside tend to receive less light than the ones right in the middle.
What do you think about having the lights higher up so that you will have weaker light, but it will be consistent over all of the plants. When you have a lot of seedlings (as most of you certainly know ), the ones near the outside tend to receive less light than the ones right in the middle.
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