How much have you all invested in growing supplies and equipment? Does anyone have like a cost breakdown of pots, nutrients, soil, etc needed for an initial setup?
Depends on how big you want your grow space. I grow in a 2x4 closet in my garage. - lights $200-300 - fan and filter $200 - peat moss $30, for several grows - perlite $30 or vermiculite $75, for several grows - nutrients $60, several grows - insulation $50 (gets cold in my garage) - pots $20 - panda film $10 - timers $20 - heater $20 - power cords $20 - other random shit $50 - tent $0, I built my own closet with stuff lying around the house
4×8 tent $500 Lighting $1700 Carbon filter and exhaust $550 Ocelation fans $40 Ducting,flanges,sticky tape $200 Timers, cords, $30 Water holding container, air bubbler $70 Coco and perlite $100 Plastic pots $40 fertalizer $200 Seeds $100 Trellis net $10 And the list goes on....but buying a starter kit from ebay with tent, led light, exhaust fan and filter and you can almost start straight away for a couple hundred bucks.
TO get started without a tent if you have a small room or closet 1 600 watt HPS dual bulb fixture 130 bucks, 2 fans decent ones 60 bucks , 3, 5 gallon pots 40 bucks ,soil and additives EWC,perlite ETC, 75 bucks, a small heater for lights out 35 bucks, 1 timer 15 bucks tiger bloom qt. 30 bucks so bare bones about 400 bucks not counting your seeds or clones
My 4x4 cost around 1000$ to get started, I plan to add another light even tho its not really needed so that'll bring it up to about 1200$. Everything I bought was good quality but not overpriced. If you insist on going with gorilla tents,hlg lighting,etc you could probably double the cost. You could also save quite a bit if you're handy.
That was about my outlay after I got up and running. I started out in an under-stairwell with two 100watt Spider Farmer LED lights that I replaced with a 4x4 tent and 500watt HLG LED after I figured out 100W lights and the space were WAY to SMALL. So I’m not counting the cost of the first two lights. You can avoid that expense (undersized lights) by getting the appropriate size lights and space to start. Find a grow shop in your area and the pots, trays and risers are pretty cheap.
Oh initial like 500 to 1k. I was a buy good stuff one piece at a time Sent from my SM-N960U using Grasscity Forum mobile app