That's quite the set up2000$....10x12 veg room diy with 2x4's and panda paper 600w, 3-t5's and 1-t8. Flower room 12x25: 5k watts -3-1ks and 1-2k hps, diy 2x4's panda paper, dehumidifier, 4-high powered fans , 2-230 cfm exhaust for hoods, 400cfm intake for flwr room, 720 cfm exhaust
Agreed, good equipment certainly helps though. I'm hoping to get even more equipment here soon to hold up to 50 plants in one roomFrom start too finish...about $600.00.Small tent, 400w cool tube, booster fan, in-line fan/filter combo, seeds, soil, nutes, smart pots, ph tester, watering can, ph down, ducting, measuring tape, PVC pipe and connectors, a ball of twine, rope ratchets, cable ties, ambient air fan, ducting tape and clamps, electrical cords and adapters, light timer...and a few other odds and ends....
All that said...With the amount of cannabis I go through, it will have paid for itself with my first harvest.
It isn't the amount of money spent that grows great medicine, it is the amount of knowledge learned by the grower.<<<I like that...should have it copywrited.
Anyway, I have seen growz done in cardboard boxes with CFL bulbs, that knocked my socks off. I have also seen $1,000s of dollars spent on hydro tables, drums of nutes, 4 or more 1,000w lights etc etc...fail due to an inexperienced grower who spent more time shopping than learning how to grow. Lesson learned.
Good Luck and Great Growz
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The spending never ends.
I spent $150 on a secondhand 400w hps light with batwing reflector and magnetic ballast(that was 5+ years ago now,)
everything else i've just had lying around...
Over the years i have only spent around 70$ worth of nutrients...\
I also used no money in The current set up i have for the Blue mammoth auto. except for 10$ on the airpump.
Surprisingly electric hasn't been as bad as I expected when I first started growin. I run 3 600w lights two of them for 24 hours and one for flowering and all my other electricity on top of that and Bill looks around $150-200. Soil and nutes is the shit that was really putting dents in my wallet lol totally unexpectedI dunno... but... I started with a store bought tent in Aug 2011 and since then I've sold that and built a small room, 9X5, which I tore down and rebuilt twice...lol
What I do know is that since Aug 2011 I've spent about 18.5k on all kinds of shit, including two Solar Storm 440s that I used once and sold...lol
Finally, for my current grow, I didn't buy anything except dirt and nutes... add electricity to that and this grow should cost less than 1k.
Surprisingly electric hasn't been as bad as I expected when I first started growin. I run 3 600w lights two of them for 24 hours and one for flowering and all my other electricity on top of that and Bill looks around $150-200. Soil and nutes is the shit that was really putting dents in my wallet lol totally unexpected
Thinking about switching to coco coir myself. At least mixing 50% with soil to cut soil costs down. Or just growing 100% coco and reusing.I've spent more on soil then anything, but after about 10 seasons that's bound to happen.