Sprouting Lights

Im going to be growing in the next month and need to sprout my seeds for 2-3 weeks somewhere before transplanting them outside. I will probably end up putting the under my bed where I have about 30cm of clearance.

What are the best(preferably cheap) lights to use here and how close can they go to the seedlings.

Seedlings are easy becauase they dont require a lot of light.
The cheapest would be to put them in a dome in a front a window for a couple weeks

Horticultural T5 (high output fluorescent) lighting works well for seedlings and small plants. The fixtures are typically only a couple inches, and the bulbs themselves are quite slim. They do produce some heat but you should be able to put the plants within an inch of the light; keep them within a few inches soon after they sprout through the soil for the most compact growth.

OK, so i have three more questions, first I'm going to be using some seedling soil mix from canadian tire for 15$ and just wanted to make sure this would be fine. Second, im using red/white drinking cups to put germinated seeds in, is this ok and do I have to cut holes in the cup. And thirdly, should i be using a 18-6 or 24hr light cycle for these babies, and if im transplanting outside, does that mean I will need to plant germinated seeds in the morning so they fall into the outside light cycle? Need to know ASAP, planting just germinated them last night!

Btw, can I also but worm castings in the seedling mix or will that burn them?

Save the worm castings for later in the plant's life. The soil mix sounds fine. You'll need drainage holes in the bottom of the cups and a tray to place cups in to catch run off. If you are using artificial light, keep them on a 24 hour light cycle until the plants are ready to go outside. Once they go outside, leave them in their cups and find a somewhat shady spot for them for a few days to harden the plants off before exposing them to long periods of direct sunlight.

Good luck and happy harvests...

They germinated and sprouted nicely now, they about 1-2 inch's in height and I just put a thermometer/humidity gauge in the grow box. I have a heating pad under it set to warm(the heating pad works for 2-hours before automatically shutting off, so I turn it on 2-3 times a day(4-6 hours of added heat)which helped a lot during germination), and the gauge reading about 35C and 55 for humidity. is this temperature too high and should i take away the heating pad. Im pretty sure the humidity is fairly decent. Also, will this very hot environment create a lot of stress on the plants when i bring them outside which is in southern Canada in 1-3 weeks( I wont have the ability to put them into the sunlight for short periodes of time, theyre all going out in one go). I plan to use a 1-1-1(or 1-1-.5?) Vitamin b-1 seaweed mix to help them in transplanting. Any help on using that or alternatives, btw the hydro store in my city dosent have a huge selection for fertilizer/nutes.