thanks for the welcome I just left western ma I lived in Hadley right outside of Northampton now I'm south of boston wink wink is hippie slang for smoke session just incase my mom reads my post hello all this is my first post ok I'm a filthy old hippie with more tye-dyes than neck ties for the first time in my life I decided to try to grow indoors I had just totally avoid it for years do to the set up cost the cost of running lights air. Conditioners humidifiers dehumidifiers fans intake and air scrubbers the odor etc etc yes I talked myself right out of it.. ive had a few very sweet outdoor grows but I decided it was time ok my location had a lot to do with it I'm in new England BRRRRR yeah man 6 months out of the year were praying for sunshine so now its always 73% and sunny lol with a humidity of around 50% yes I'm referring to my garden I started with CFL,S and they do work ya just gotta watch your plants like a hawk because you need the lights very close to your girls I kept my lights within 6 inch's and closer so I admit I burned a few leaves..well I watched about a bazillion youtube videos and did some research and was very interested in leds so I found a marys hydro 300 wt on amazon for 63 bucks I jumped on it and used the little 300 with around 16 cfls bulbs on splitter and in little round hoods and with tinfoil I poured as much light as I could onto my girls well I only grew two plants they were blue dream atuo unknow genetics grown in a 5 gallon buckets with foxfarm ocean forest technaflora nutes I got 44 grams of dryed buds very good pot well I was so happy with the cfls and the little 300 that I bought a 144 reflector series led from mars hydro for 300 now I can get another 144 which they call the 188 for $261 plus I found a discount coupon so the light is down to $251 bucks so in a nutshell I'm a believer now ill be pushing two nice 144,s in my main veg and flower room and ill use the 300 in a separate clone seedling room so hats of to leds no heat issues 1/3 the cost to run and the new marys pros are crazy folks are going to be able to dial in the right light settings for what ever strain there growing but the one light took two early miss autos from crop king from start to finish same soil and nutes no dry weight yet but top notch smoke ok ive rambled enough for two post so all good things to all keep on growing I poseted much of this in the wrong place earlier and folks I had no idea that folks from everywhere would be on here ive been on a few sights and 99% usa so forgive my post for being so specific to the usa shit I'm stoned