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nicougrik

nicougrik

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what would be the minimum cost of a small gro op of 4-6 plants ?
yes the cost for ALL the material
 
Gastanker

Gastanker

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What do you want to yield/spend? You can do a 6 plant CFL grow for under $50... If you want a 600w - 1000w vented light system in a tent with filter and all that jazz it's around $600 - $700.

Here is my tent and the cost to make one from scratch -



Lets see.

Ballast and sealed cooled reflector here for $280 with free shipping http://www.urbansunshine.com/index.p...ducts_id=18512

Tent here for $95 free shipping http://cgi.ebay.com/Hydroponic-Mylar...item2eb480f6f5

Bulb here for $65 + $10 shipping http://www.ezhydroshop.com/products/...tput-Bulb.html

Fan and filter combo $121 + $23 shipping http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-Gro...lter-Combo.asp

Smart pots are around $3.50 a piece x 6, happy frog is $9 a bag, same nutes would run you $20 total and ducing + tape another $20.

That's $657.00 without the side lighting.

Here a $50 CFL grow. Yielded a zip each from 6 plants with this set-up.


 
Gastanker

Gastanker

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Green Inferno said:
What's the total (actual) wattage of all those CFLs? That looks like a pretty decent CFL set up.
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Those are 23w CFLs and 68w CFLs. I had great results using the big bulbs sunken below the canopy and the 23w bulbs covering the upper canopy. You can find the whole thread here - https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/165396-first-cfl-grow-help-appreciated.html

I started the plants under 1 23w bulb, bumped that to 4, then added the rest as they grew. At the end I was running 388w of CFL (8x23w and 3x68w). If you really want to go cheap get one of these vanity fixtures for $4 instead of the separate sockets.

 
Green Inferno

Green Inferno

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Gastanker said:
Those are 23w CFLs and 68w CFLs. I had great results using the big bulbs sunken below the canopy and the 23w bulbs covering the upper canopy. You can find the whole thread here - https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/165396-first-cfl-grow-help-appreciated.html

I started the plants under 1 23w bulb, bumped that to 4, then added the rest as they grew. At the end I was running 388w of CFL (8x23w and 3x68w). If you really want to go cheap get one of these vanity fixtures for $4 instead of the separate sockets.
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I have a 148 watt CFL grow going right now, and a 90 watt LED, and starting a 250 watt HPS w/ hydro when I get my inline fan (in shipment now)

I am happy with my CFL grow, it is 27 watt x 4 (2700k), and 20 watt x 2 (6500k), plants are doing well. I got all those lights for like $11. I harvested
my first plant from that a few days ago. My first indoor harvest ever. :D

I want to do 1 more CFL grow in addition to the one I have now, I have four 2 x 2 x 3.5 cabs, 3 in use with the above mentioned, the 4th has
all the ducting and a spot for the fan for the 250 HPS, + storage for my supplies. I also have a 40"d x 72"w x 41"t crawlspace, I want to set up something
in there. Similar to what you have in your CFL pic. Somewhere between 300 and 400 watts.
 
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