MisterBlah
Well-Known Member
This analysis is here to show you the costs of buying Cultured Solutions vs using the dry constituents. That is, you will personally be making the UC Roots mixture, Veg A/B, etc. I posted it in the Nutrient forum, but realized this is probably a better place for this information.
To see the dry blends for all of Cultured Solutions, please visit my other thread: https://www.rollitup.org/t/reverse-engineering-everyones-nutrients.893906/
or my website that has it all listed as well: http://www.open-salt.com/fertilizer-database/current-culture/
The spreadsheet attached represents a 100 gallon recirculating deep water culture system. This information can be extrapolated to smaller AND larger systems. So, if your's isn't the same size, just do some math. I made it based off 100 gallon systems for a reason. I'll have a more useful spreadsheet in the future so you can enter your own system size.
The top section has all the cost information.
Cultured solutions costs are based on buying their largest 275 gallon tanks. I know you guys don't buy that much, but I think you'll be surprised by what you'd save even if you do that. Regardless, if you're buying 1 gallon or 5 gallons, you'd just be saving a lot more.
The costs of the DIY dry mix, that is, the raw fertilizers you use to recreate the Cultured Solutions products are based on costs I've found from local fertilizer shops and I also include the costs of the containers and labor in mixing. There's no sense in telling yourself that you work for free.
Section 2 has the usage requirements.
Section 3 has the Cultured Solutions costs.
Section 4 has the DIY dry mix costs.
Section 5 has a direct week to week comparison of costs.
Section 6 is the NPV and year over year cash flows. The cash flow numbers represent 4x of everything. Based on a setup that has 3x the flowering lights as veg lights, so 4 total hydroponic systems, each one is 100 gallons.
For those that do not want to open the PDF, here's the highlights:
For the full 13 week growth period that CC's nutrient calculator shows, the cost of nutrients for a 100 gallon RDWC setup will be $164.17 if you buy from Cultured Solutions, and that's a minimum. It depends on you buying 275 gallons of nutrients from Current Culture.
If you mix your own, it will be $41.47. It can be a lot cheaper than $41.47 as well, as that depends on your cost of the dry blend. It won't likely be more than that. It will cheaper if you reuse containers, if you get 50lb bags from a local fertilizer company, etc.
I've included a $200 price tag on the scales you will need to make this all happen as well. Two scales. I go into more detail in my Reverse Engineering thread that I linked above.
I'm working on other companies blends as we speak. So, look for those in the future.
To see the dry blends for all of Cultured Solutions, please visit my other thread: https://www.rollitup.org/t/reverse-engineering-everyones-nutrients.893906/
or my website that has it all listed as well: http://www.open-salt.com/fertilizer-database/current-culture/
The spreadsheet attached represents a 100 gallon recirculating deep water culture system. This information can be extrapolated to smaller AND larger systems. So, if your's isn't the same size, just do some math. I made it based off 100 gallon systems for a reason. I'll have a more useful spreadsheet in the future so you can enter your own system size.
The top section has all the cost information.
Cultured solutions costs are based on buying their largest 275 gallon tanks. I know you guys don't buy that much, but I think you'll be surprised by what you'd save even if you do that. Regardless, if you're buying 1 gallon or 5 gallons, you'd just be saving a lot more.
The costs of the DIY dry mix, that is, the raw fertilizers you use to recreate the Cultured Solutions products are based on costs I've found from local fertilizer shops and I also include the costs of the containers and labor in mixing. There's no sense in telling yourself that you work for free.
Section 2 has the usage requirements.
Section 3 has the Cultured Solutions costs.
Section 4 has the DIY dry mix costs.
Section 5 has a direct week to week comparison of costs.
Section 6 is the NPV and year over year cash flows. The cash flow numbers represent 4x of everything. Based on a setup that has 3x the flowering lights as veg lights, so 4 total hydroponic systems, each one is 100 gallons.
For those that do not want to open the PDF, here's the highlights:
For the full 13 week growth period that CC's nutrient calculator shows, the cost of nutrients for a 100 gallon RDWC setup will be $164.17 if you buy from Cultured Solutions, and that's a minimum. It depends on you buying 275 gallons of nutrients from Current Culture.
If you mix your own, it will be $41.47. It can be a lot cheaper than $41.47 as well, as that depends on your cost of the dry blend. It won't likely be more than that. It will cheaper if you reuse containers, if you get 50lb bags from a local fertilizer company, etc.
I've included a $200 price tag on the scales you will need to make this all happen as well. Two scales. I go into more detail in my Reverse Engineering thread that I linked above.
I'm working on other companies blends as we speak. So, look for those in the future.
