my friend is gonna pick me up to go to ACE soon. my quesiton is :
If i use my credit card for a HID light will i get in trouble? just the light, and possibly soil?? THanks
Also:
HOw do i know if the light will fit in my lamp? i have a desk lamp im gonan start with because its easie.r what size is a normal bulb considered? it must fit it for now

for HID lights you need a ballast, you can't just screw it into a socket.
It sounds like you need to do a bit more research.

As for the soil do not get soil that has nutrients in it already. You can use top soil/cow compost and some peat moss and perlite.

a ballast huh, thx. thats to bad. i guess il go with cfl for now then. THXX BRA

you can buy a 150 watt hps security light, that has a ballast in it already. But buy it online they are pretty cheap like $20.
You need to slow down before you buy stuff you don't need.
Do some research and do it properly

thx on the info guys. Well i went to get a cfl light 42w screw in, then the dude at Home depot said why do that when they have lights specifically made for growing plants! so i got a phillips Agro-lite 75w plant light. it says its made for indoor growing and he also told me it has "uv" which is same as the same, it had blue paint on it and looks MAD bright hahah.
EDIT: no credit cards used i also ended up buying a 25 pack of Refill recharger relleno. its those little circle soil packages that grow with water. Wish me luck

Trust me, those lights suck. And as for the people who work in the lighting department at Lowes, they do too. I'm no expert on lights by any means, but I went there hoping they could educate me, and I ended up educating them.

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Originally Posted by CrackerJaxWelcome to the nanny state where strangers profess to know ur family better than you.....

I hope you saved the receipt because that's not the correct light. Those lights are incandescent, you can't grow anything with them.
You need a daylight cfl for veg and soft white for flowering.

I'll say it one more time, you need to read up!
Check out the grow faq, top right...

thats so sucky 2 hear!!
why would they sell me a light that doesnt grow things. jerks....... that should be illegal to sell a bulb for growing plants when it doesnt grow plants

It's just a marketing ploy, it happens all the time.

bummmerz haha. will it work for a few weeks? im gonna put them outside ne wayz