You need to do a LOT more reading before you begin, no offense. First of all, where did you get the fact that the plants need 80,000 lumens? The sun gives off 10,000 lumens sq/ft. Also, your math in your original post is horribly wrong. Just follow this math a little. You will be using 9 bulbs for vegging, and will undoubtedly need to buy more for flowering, since they use different spectrums. So here is some math:

- 9 bulbs running at 26 watts each = 234 watts
- 9 bulbs costs around $3.25 + 3 power strips which cost $6 each + the adapters which cost say $1.50 each = $60.75 This of course is before you HAVE to buy even more bulbs for flowering, running at 2700K instead of 6500k. So you can probably add another 30-40 dollars on top of this as well as increase the watts used to run the whole setup.
- 9 bulbs running at 1600 lumens each = 14400 lumens
- Say your space is 4 sq ft, which is a 2ft by 2ft space, you will be running around 3600 lumens/sq ft, which is under the minimum of 5000 lumens a square ft, but would still work.

OR

Buy 1 250w HPS which would cost around $135 shipped to you, runs 33,000 lumens and uses around the same amount of energy that you would be using with your "efficient" CFL's. You would be running 8250 lumens/sq ft, which would increase your yields a SHIT TON over CFLs and make the buds dense.

You probably wont decide to go with the HPS, even though its a MUCH better idea, as CFL's are a waste of time unless you are trying to grow in a teacup, but seriously, before you dive in, you need to do a TON more reading.

i have been reading about how to grow from THIS site for a long time now. CFL'S DO have a EQUIVALENT wattage to regular bulbs. i did not know if this meant that a 26w CFL should be considered as a 100 watt or just a 26 watt. thank you that has now been cleared up for me. also, buying ANYTHING over the net is stupid. you get jacked, pieces are missing most of the time, its broken, or something else comes in the mail. iv tried before and got jacked $150 so i gave up. now Im trying again, and as i said in my first grow..." Yield does not matter to me, just as long as it grows" im very sry that i did not get my math right, happens to everyone all the time...i asked for help on a setup for lighting, apparently CFL'S are not cutting it... so i have decided to go with the tubes, what kind should i get and at what wattages... thank you.

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Try shrooms.. they can grow in the dark.