2600 dollars indoor

1000 outdoor. I'd rather buy a pound of the good good.

 

The space you actually need is determined by the lighting you have for flower, it's strength and how much or many you have. Lighting is the most important component of an indoor grow if you want to get the most bang for your buck, and lighting is always your biggest expense. We run 1000 watt HPS fixtures and I flower 2 plants under each. We get between 3.5 and 4 oz per plant most of the time after harvest and cure on a 10 week flowering cycle. You can throw down $2,600 in a heartbeat when talking lighting but getting it right is the only way you'll ever get these plants to produce anything when grown inside as compared to a plant grown outside with the sun as the light source. TWW

 

Depends on your space...and if you need to do any renovations to the space (electrical, ventilation, etc).

I recently spent about $2k creating a room in the back of my garage with electrical, heat, insulation, venting, thermostats, etc to accommodate a 4x4 tent with 600w air cooled hood setup. My goal is 4 plants with a 10+oz total yield. I'm a hobby grower so one grow per year is perfect. The next few years' of growing should cost almost nothing comparatively.

The reality is...$$ neither determines nor guarantees any results...it's how you grow the plants. Money provides you the means for your ideal setup, but if you don't already have in your mind what the ideal set up is, an infinite amount of money won't grow you anything.

 

2600 can stretch if you go bare bones you could do a 4 light room, if you buy everything used. Or could get a nice 1-2 light set up. I dropped 20k on a 4 light room years ago.
Construction on a 10x10 room will run you $500-1000.
You can spend $100-400 on a single 1000 watt. I dropped $1400 on 1, 400 watt led.
Ac is $1000-2000
One run of nutrients for 4 lights will cost around $500.
I'm in about 8k on my room right now.

Listen to what everyone is saying. It's not all about plant count, lighting is the most important thing in a garden. You can pull the same weight with 1 plant under 1000 watt, as you can with 10 plants under a 1000 watt. The concerning factor would be time in veg.

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Forget the tents bro. You need to think bigger. Are you renting? Are you in a legal state?

 

Buy two 5x5x6.5 grow tents - $260 (10%)

Buy two 1000 watt hps & mh lights
- $520 (20%)

Buy two inline exhaust fans and duct work. Also buy 2 stand up fans, and carbon filters.
- $520 (20%)

Buy feminized seed online from seed banks like Nirvana. 20 seeds should be good for planting 12 total. You can get 4 different strains too by buying 20.
- $260 (10%)

Humidifier and dehumidifier, depending where you live, what month, etc.
- $260 (10%)

Soil, nutrients, ph tester, ph up and down, ppm reader, Twelve 4-5 gallon buckets, temp and humidity gauges. Timers for lights. Magnifier x60 or more. Dry rack. Curing jars. The list goes on and on.
- $520 (20%)

The final $260 (10%) of your funds can be used for electricity and any unexpected expenses.

12 plants at 6-8 oz each maybe?

5lbs would be nice.


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This is actually a pretty rock solid plan.


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Also true.


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Maybe you could move some expenses around or even use that final $260 for some additional lighting.


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Ok. That's fair. How about the humidity control? That was a proposed $260 for a humidifier and dehumidifier. Is that something you need for sure? I know it's pretty soggy over there across the pond. This colonial cousin lives in a dry place so humidity isn't an issue.


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Never mentioned leds, and hids upfront cost is far lower

 

I love that I get more with simple MarsHydro 300's than you do with 1,000w HPS.