wats the difference between a heat light and a grow light or if cfl lights are good
dude read up... i had no idea what i was doing either... CFL's work depending on what ur space is you might need a LOT AND LOTS of them.... 6500K for veg. 2700K for flower.... if you don't know what that means look up the indoor growing section, CFL's...
heat lamps generate heat, grow lamps generate light that is usable for plants...
dont buy a halogen light for 40 bucks at home depot... they don't work....
i use CFL's cuz they don't heat up as much but if you live in a cool area look into HID (high pressure sodium, metal halide) systems... they heat up like the sun, so ventilation is key.... read read and read...
and before you buy anything read up, i didn't and made plenty of mistakes, now i have it sort of down...
the first thing you need is smething to determine PH... the PH of soil is very important, i didn't get one till the other day, i'm deep into flower, and by adjusting the ph my buds got plumper and lots more trichomes formed in a matter of 3 hours.... if i wouldve been on top of that since day 1 my plants would be much bigger/bushier, and i would be getting a lot more yield...
get the ph drops for the water/nute solution, and get a ph tester for the soil you will be using... and read up on how to adjust it...
i can't stress it enough, PH is important, i'm on my first grow, so i'm a newbie too, and didn't realize till yesterday how important it really is.... keep it a lil bit acidic and your plants will loook great... my plant is from bagseed and it looks like some dank ass bud just by adjusting the PH, they changed from regular looking buds, to really good looking buds in 3 hours.......
Good Luck!!!