If you can and I know your on a budget. Get the biggest ballast you can. There are some good deals. You can put any size bulb you want in a ballast as long as the ballast is equal or bigger. One bro run a 250hps in a 400 ballast am another runs a 400mh in a 1000 switchable ballast for veg.

Later on if you want to exspand your setup it would be easy to just get a bigger bulb. You will thank yourself and if you want to get rid of it later for some reason I find the bigger lights are easier to sell.

Remember the hotter the sun the more TRICHOMES.
LOC NAR on probation Reviewed by LOC NAR on probation on . Hydro Kit advice I want to start my first hydro grow. Its going to be in a closet and i was wondering if this start up kit would work and if I would have to buy anything else? HYDROPONIC DRIP KIT, HPS GROWLIGHT AND NUTRIENTS PH KIT - eBay (item 150403231665 end time Jan-13-10 09:05:32 PST) I'm on a budget and I would rather not have to build anything as its my first time so a start up kit seems like the best idea. I was also wondering what I could grow with that light. It's only 150W so I'm assuming Rating: 5