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Originally Posted by xchadx167
I have 2 4ft Fluoro's but only using 1 atm both bulbs in fixture blue spectrum. got rid of the red for now for room reasons. plants are about 2" under the light in the closet but like i said when im not working during the day sometimes i take them out for a lil while and put them in sunlight. 24/0 light schedule. i have 2 more that look like they might die. if you like i could snap a couple pics and have them posted for ya. i think i may buy some plastic party cups and put them in there... not liking the peat pots really. dries out way too fast. how often did you water when you used peat pots?
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Don't take them out of the closet is my suggestion, because sunlight through the window isn't as good as direct light in the right spectrum from your bulb. Also, the difference in quality/amount of light might be stressing them. Definitely move the peat pots into another container (I'd recommend against a proper transplant, if only because you won't want to put your sprouts into shock), and start leaving them in the closet all the time. Make sure you poke drainage holes in the bottom of the cups first, of course.
Other ideas, depending on how powerful your fan is it may not be good to have it blowing directly on such fragile young plants. And I don't know where your thermometer is, but it's best to have it near the plants so you can get the temperature where the plants are (light bulbs diffuse heat a lot over distance, but are much hotter closer to the bulb).
Aside from those basic changes, I'll echo the advise from biologymajor, which is not to mess with your sprouts too much, they're still just getting established. So once you've made whatever adjustments you choose, you'll just have to hope for your plants. For more opinions, it might be a good idea to take new pictures and ask about them in the sick plant thread, I've had lots of luck with getting timely and accurate advice on emergency problems there.
P.S. I water my plants every three days or so, but how often you water depends on how much soil you have and how well it drains, the only way to know for sure is to check for dryness.