fluorescent ballasts???

High i'm looking to start veging and cloning for this upcoming outdoor season. I want to get started now and get some good moms and practice cloning. I want to use 48 in bulbs and i think i might build a frame and hang them from chains. I want to be able to 40-50 plants so I'm thinking maybe 3-4 ballasts with 2 bulbs each idk. Anyway can someone point me in the direction of this equipment. i know where to get the bulbs but I havnt really found the exact ballasts i want or maybe I'm just not recognizing them to be what i need when I see them . Thanks people for any help. Direct links to websites that have these would be great thanks or just a link to the site would work. :o :) :stoned: :smokin:

a ballast for those?

go to homedepot they have tons of portable 4 foot fixtures prewired just add 2 tubes and plug her in :)

hehe cool i was just looking at some online and comparing them to the ones ive seen in grow logs and they didnt really look the same but yeah i'm gonna do that. its funny last time i went i was trying to get a halide bulb and fixture and i started talking to the guy and he was like what do you need this for? lol i was like oh my dad and the garage and uhhh yeah. anyway im gonna build a frame from 2x4's and stick it in my spare bedroom and start rowing with some extra seeds.

Use the T8 4ft fixtures with the 4ft T6 bulbs and you will get more lumen output than by just using the T8 bulbs.
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thanks bluebear thats what i needed to hear im gonna check those out