Thanks Shovelhandle...yea the first 2 weeks i just had it under a desk lamp and outdoors in the sun when I could watch it and that was only about 2-3 hours a day. Then I got a 120 watt incandescent grow light which i found out from others is crap, so today I got a couple of 26w CFLs. We'll see where that goes. I do have a metal halide buld already, I just need to get a ballast before I go plugging it in.:smokin: