Quote Originally Posted by headshake
you might want to invest in a cheap 400W or 600W HPS light. you're gonna keep buying CFLs and keep buying CFLs to get better and better results and then you'll have spent more than a HPS light
this is so true... there is a small part of me that wishes i had gone MH/HPS, but I am also pretty happy at the same time knowing i can re-use my CFLs around the house later as house bulbs. I'd personally say that CFLs are an excelent way to get started simply because of this fact... if you decide growing is not for you, its not like you have really wasted much money, you can reuse those bulbs for other purposes.

ps. shake... i swear i am not stalking you!