mand wrote : The last crop I grew produced the most seeds I have ever had, two of the plants produced around a dozen seeds between them and I am absolutely positive that there were no male flowers anywhere, I may be wrong but I don't think so.
I think that may be a sign that someone else in your 'hood has a few boys around. Pollen is both wind and insect borne, so if there is a little boy plant anywhere in the area, nature will find a way...

and yeah, we love ya mand, i esp like your chicken/egg analogy :-), since our girls produce "eggs" as well ( but are called an Ovule in a plant ) http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/seedformation.html

Anyway, I digress... on the original lighting question, I went with a Tek-light High Output system, which seems to be doing a decent job, even tho is only 96 watts.The entire set up was about $170. I know its still over your stated budget now, weedboy, but using turtles advice, you can get a start.