How many square feet will your plants take up?

um...as much room as it takes to get this done. I currently use a shelf based system thats 4 ABOUT 24 inch wide shelves.
have looked at all the the lighting sites till I am dizzy

I do not want o be a light expert..just get a rig going thats going to work.

Thinking for buying these bulbs..
and this light fixture Bristol county elect supply will sell him the fixture that he can wire 4 or so of them to a board for about 27.00 bucks a fixture.

Opinions. the bulbs from them are 12 a 2 pack,

Here is a link that might be useful: these bulbs

You need to determine how many square feet your grow is going to take up before you start buying bulbs and fixtures. I assume you're growing in plug trays in flats. How many plants per tray?

The shelving I have in mind is 5 ft wide 5 feet deep and about 6 feet tall. The last light will have to be hung from the ceiling. ( the shelves are about 3 feet apart plan on sing chains to raise lights. with 3 shelves per unit I can get probably 6 of these shelves.

I do not have an area per say...I'll put them anywhere but the kids bedrooms to get this started lol.. So I guess I need to rephrase my question what kind of lights do i need for this shelf system?

I have about 40 pks of veggies and Herbs to start from seed under lights

I am trying to raise 10,000 dollars for Children hospital Boston.

The shelving I have in mind is 5 ft wide 5 feet deep and about 6 feet tall. The last light will have to be hung from the ceiling. ( the shelves are about 3 feet apart plan on sing chains to raise lights. with 3 shelves per unit I can get probably 6 of these shelves.

I do not have an area per say...I'll put them anywhere but the kids bedrooms to get this started lol.. So I guess I need to rephrase my question what kind of lights do i need for this shelf system?

I have about 40 pks of veggies and Herbs to start from seed under lights

I am trying to raise 10,000 dollars for Children hospital Boston.

Okay, there we go -- you finally gave us an area: 5ft by 5ft. :) So you have 25 square feet. I'd say go with around ~400W of HPS/MH, ~450W of fluorescent, or ~200W of LED.

I'm an LED gal myself, but to each their own.

Sorry to frustrate you lol... Thanks for sticking with me.

IS that per Shelf..I'm am guessing it is..but...can't be to careful.

How about these?

Here is a link that might be useful: shop lights t3

No -- that's halogen. You'd need more like 1 to 1 1/2 kW of halogen, and the heat load would burn your plants.

Thanks!

this better?

Here is a link that might be useful: lights on CL

The questions to ask:

* How many watts?
* Magnetic or electronic ballast?

You'll want electronic. But yes, MH and LPS lights are both well-respected ways to grow plants indoors.

I have uploaded the pics that the seller sent me of the lights.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pics of grow lights from seller

Are your posts a joke or what???

Raise $10,000 from at most 800 seeds? You did say you will be growing herbs and the only herb I know of that will fetch more than $10 per plant is illegal to grow. Veggies tend to sell for - at most - $5.00 per plant and that's hoping there are enough fools around to pay that price, considering lots of places offer seedlings for a buck each, $2.50 for a large plant in a 3" container.

I raised a bunch of seedlings this winter/spring - at one time I had about 1000 of them growing in a 100 square foot area. Most of the lighting came from 105 watt CFL bulbs. With reflective material like Mylar or white walls, each bulb would provide enough light for a 30" x 30" area, though I needed to rotate the plants.

Mike

Nope no joke. Did I say I was growing every single thing myself.. No..
Did I say it was all coming from seed no.. Did I say I was done buying seeds no.
And No its not Pot.

The money is for Childrens hospital. I was getting 5 bucks for a Tom,in a keg cup,3 for herbs 4 for perennials and 3 for annuals this yr Made 3300.00.
2 growers on the Tom forum helped me when I starts fell to Damping off.

Here is a link that might be useful: seeds

Oh, and I just noticed I wrote:

"But yes, MH and LPS lights are both well-respected ways to grow plants indoors."

That should read:

"But yes, MH and HPS lights are both well-respected ways to grow plants indoors."

You don't want to be growing plants with LPS ;)