Indoor HID and profitable?

Is there any plants besides mary that are viable to grow on a somewhat large scale under multiple HID lamps, that would be worth the cost output? I really love indoor gardening and love all of the new technology that is starting to come of age, and also I live in a cool climate so a large portion of the year outdoor gardening is out of the question. Just wondering if anyone knows of something I can have fun with and spend lots of money and time on without purely throwing money away.

whats wrong with MJ ?

I would really love to get to the point where I'm running like a 6-8k room, just so I have an excuse to buy all the fancy toys, and I have no interest in any of the risk associated with growing mj on that scale.

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Amazing reply sir. I haven't had time to really sort through any of that, nothing I'm familiar with, but I'm willing to put in the research.

Judging from the 122 views and 1 answer, I'm guessing the true answer is no. Guess I'll just have to wait til things are suitably legal.

I don't see why you couldn't produce things like tomatoes, peppers, onions... etc... in enough quantity to supply yourself and a few people around you. Wouldn't be something you could make a living on but you might be able to pay for the gear and have your closet grow at "no-cost"

do you think it's feasible to spend 10-15k on 1k lamps and all the goodies for tomatoes and onions? If it is I'm totally fine with that, it just seems like you would have to be producing a hell of a lot of tomatoes to warrant the fun things like, co2 set ups and atmospheric controls. Hopefully you are right, cuz i'ld be willing to get on that sooner than later.

Hey Saffron might be something yo, Saffron purchased at retail is monstrously expensive: around $44 for a quarter-ounce

Not really man =/

You would be growing for pure hobby (which most of us would all agree, still can be VERY fun). It just all depends how much $$$$ you want to drop on your hobby.


On a side note, if there were legal plants to make money off of an indoor grow, everyone would be doing it unfortunately..

I know people that make some bank off of heirloom tomatoes...

There are countless ways to make money, not everyone does it
the same way, just because not everyone is doing it doesn't mean
there isn't a market for indoor agriculture, it's there dude,

My advice, build a greenhouse

heirloom tomatoes, alpine strawberries(or heirloom berries) those go for about 5-6 bucks a pint in season, out of season the sky is the limit. but I agree greenhouse.

also if u wanted to make money why not build huge diy aero systems or something outside and let mother nature pay the elec bill

I agree .. If it's possible (i don't know if it is) but saffron is a HIGH price herb. If your looking to profit from vegetables or herbs .. saffron is the pricest one by far.

I'm not obsessed with profit in this venture, was just wondering if there was anything that would make this hobby worth my investment. I'm far from rich so I can't afford to have a hobby that costs me thousands, unfortunately. Greenhouses are great, but the whole point here is to have fun with the technology of indoor growing, and also I live in an environment with seasons, so I can't rely on the sun to do the work of lamps for me during most of the year. Thanks for the help so far guys. Also I'm a city boy so open land for a greenhouse is not impossible, but very difficult and expensive to come by, I may be moving out to the country in the next couple years, and then I'll start in on lots of fun gardening adventures, but for now, it's all sidewalks, and pollution for me.

yeah you could get it to pay for its self/ break even if you grow not readily available fruits or vegetables and sell them at farmers markets.
http://www.fraisesdesbois.com/index.htm

Don trule out fig trees you can grow and sell up to 20 dollars a plant (when around 1foot, be sure to keep afew in your yard to one of the best fruits ever

oh and the price almost doubles for every extra foot your put on em.

Why not grow fruits, veggies, herbs and consume it yourself if you aren't terribly concerned about making money? You'll be saving money by not having to purchase those things and you'll get them fresher. And you grew them, so you know what nutrients/chemicals were used.

Not making a profit, but fresh fruits and veggies = better health, and better health is certainly worth your investment, right? Just imagine the variety of food you can produce for yourself...tomatoes, peppers, onions, squash, potatoes, peas, berries etc. I don't know how well those things grow indoors, but it wouldn't be hard to google and find out!

If you don't want to make money but also don't want to just give it to the electric company for nothing, grow fresh food!

How much space do you have?

ive thought this too and if i were to do it id try orchids and rare orchids . finding buyers is the hardest parts , they go for 20$ a plant in grocerie stores