I was about to buy more cheap 4' shop fixtures to accomodate the amazing explosion of spinach from our indoor garden, and Mark was wise enough to initiate "CFL Experiment #1".
This is a key factor. Mark has been using a cheap light meter off of eBay to measure the "Lux" at the plant. He's determined a logarithmic relationship such that if you reposition the light, the light amount available EXPLODED. The CFLs give you more Lux and Lumens at the leaf thank the 4' shop lights. These plants are getting more light for less bucks... they're just REACHING for the lights. We are amazed at the results. The CFL bulbs are available at the grocery store, and the clamp on light fixtures (clamp removed) were 7 or 8 bucks at our local hardware store.
Mark is on the verge of something huge.... CFLs kick butt!
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