I dunno why you feel you need HID lighting for seed starting. Its just alot of juice and the lights are too hot to get close to the seedlings where they need to be...Also I've read about T5 lighting. In my opinion and what I've found in growing my own is that the T8's are working just fine. In my four foot T12's right now I have a 6500K daylight and a cool lamp that is in the 2700-3000k range...I know you don't get the lumens out of these bulbs but seedlings don't need it. I'd go with fluorescents unless for some reason you're doing a total indoor grow.
JohnnyV
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