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Meet the new light: 300 watt (equivalent) compact fluorescent bulb 4200 lumen output "2700K" printed on the box. This appears to be a kelvin rating. I considered getting a HPS light, but these CFL bulbs run about $15 a pop, and the fixtures are another $5, so for the price of a HPS lamp I...

cfls like the regular sized light bulbs? That makes sense, maybe two bulbs per plant or something like that. Do I need to be worried about the ranges that they cover in the light spectrum? I know there's reds and blues and UV and such, and that incandescent bulbs provide a mix that makes the...

hm, I think I get it now. A 15 watt standard florescent bulb will be OK for the very early stages, but I'm going to need something more like a 400 watt MH bulb per plant at the cheapest. Damn, that's gonna be expensive. In up front cost as well as electricity. Assuming I don't have like $300 to...

I'd been reading some guides, etc, and was excited to see that with LST I could grow plants well enough in the relatively small place I have available to do so. I wrote down all I would need from home depot (neglecting the proper wattage of the lamp I would need), then went out and got it all...