will 150w grow light be enough?

ok i am thinking about gettin a 150w grow light to put my clones under for a couple of weeks to get them big enough and strong enough to go outside. will that be enough light?

That will be enough.

for 15 plants?

Hmm, I am not too sure.. How big would the clones be? Maybe, but I would put some extra light or something.

well i want to grow them up to 1 foot before going outside they will most likely be in 1gal bags or 2 liter bottles until they go outsideso they will be in close poroximity

You should get 2 , So ur plants get all the light they need , i have a 200 cfl under a ballast and its only good for 2 x 1 foot plants.

maybe ill get a 400 w light then htgsupply has one on sale with built in ballast

Thats good

I would usually never suggest this, but you should get CFLs for this. You will save a bunch of money and the plants will grow MUCH faster and be MUCH more compact and healthy than using an HPS. Go get about 6 6500k 26w CFL bulbs, and 6 reflector thingies, and you will be running about 150w of lights, but getting a LOT more out of it. HPS can be used for veg growth, but its far from ideal.

This is the reflector BTW, walmart and home depot carry them:

http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/product/646969_front200.jpg

OMG what has this site fallen to. Dude Muyoso is full of shit. Any amount of research would tell u that Hps is a far supeior light to Cfls. Not only in power efficiency but in any expression of efficiency whether it would be lux, lumens or par. Dude first of all ur clones need to be under flouresents at the beginning as too intense light will harm them after they get past there first nodes i would put them under an hps. Its not the amount of plants u have to worry about. its the square footage of the area ur growing in so that u can have the most optimum reflectivity and light usage. Read more dude this not only a science but an art.

Herball, please go do some research before you spout lies on here. HPS cannot hold a CANDLE to CFL's or MH for vegging. During flowering, HPS is king. CFL's will CRUSH an HPS for vegging though. HPS bulbs produce stretching plants with much fewer nodes than a CFL will over the same amount of time vegging. Any experienced grower would confirm this outright. Frankly, its you who is full of shit on this issue. Its like you didnt even read what this poster wanted to accomplish, but instead came up with a rant about HPS bulbs. He doesnt want to flower indoors, he wants to veg them and then plant them outdoors. Why the hell would he spend all the money for an HPS which is mainly for flowering? Why the HELL would you suggest he not get a MH instead, if you are deadset on an HID lamp. It sounds like YOU need to do some reading on the subject.

ok well i dont want a bunch of cfls so i might get a mh lamp if they have one at a decent price because HTGsupply has a hps with built in ballast into the reflector for 95 dollars.i did veg my indoor with hps and they are great and i have heard mh is better for veg so if i cant get a mh for decent price i will go with hps .and my clones are past first node

hps works fine for vegging. plants can get a little stretchy, but not bad. mh is ideal, but I have been using hps and it works just fine. way more lumens per watt than cfls.