Cost of growing and setup

Hey everyone. My medical card should be coming in soon and I've been trying to figure out how much it will cost me to do indoors and outdoors growing. I'm trying to get a breakdown on the cost of setup, the season expense(eg. electricity, nutrient, water)

Trying to figure out which route to take for my meds.

Any info would be great!

you should read a lot more before you start. you have to be more specific than that. electricity depends on your lights, what kind of set up (pumps , fans, etc) first you have to figure out how many plants you want then work on lighting, what system your going to use etc. and you might as well throw some plants outdoors as well if you can with your card. tis the season.

outdoor is cheaper than indoor... especially if you are getting into more lights and trying to cover the smell or adding co2. Outdoor is typically a little less desirable to most people than indoor, but if outdoor is done correctly there shouldn't be much of a difference other than getting huge yields outdoor vs. indoor. It's always worth paying a little more for good proven genetics when it comes to seeds or clones. If i lived somewhere that was legal, i would start my plants indoor around the beginning of the year just vegging with one light and then transplant outdoor in spring. If you are doing outdoor, look into getting some sort of canopy/ cover for the garden for the later part of flowering to stop weather from beating up your plants. If you want to watch a good learning example of an outdoor season.... watch this thread https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/327271-fdd2blk-2010-outdoor-grow-thread.html

Also would floros be the best route to go? They seem to be good cause they are a broad spectrum of light plus they don't generate much heat. I know they are low power consumers because I was raised in the Fiji islands and we produced our own power and monitored everything. Our main source of light at night was floros

floros could work but if i was you i would go with cfls

Why cfls? And i was thinking of only having 3 indoors but now that I think about it why not do 2 outside aswell. What about cost for nutrients? A ball park range is all I'm looking for.

Flourescent and Compact Flourescent are essentially the same thing and they do work. I'm a fan of HID lighting myself though. Most lights have the full spectrum like you're saying but they peak at a certain temperature. For example, lights with a color temperature of 6000k are ideal for vegging. If you are doing multiple lights, you can buy some lower temp and some higher to get dual spectrum. You don't need to do this though.

chowdan said:

Why cfls? And i was thinking of only having 3 indoors but now that I think about it why not do 2 outside aswell. What about cost for nutrients? A ball park range is all I'm looking for.

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nutrients aren't that expensive so cost is a little irrelevant especially with only 5 plants.... You should be more concerned with whether you are going to go organic or use chemicals.

What about cost on nutrients? Or how much do you use per grow?

I'd prefer organic. I've grown veggies and always went organic. So much nicer in the end

As a range, i would say between 20 and 150 dollars depending on the nutrients you use. As far as chemicals go, I've used everything from dyna-gro and lucas formula for hydro to jack's classic dynamic duo and fox farms lineup for soil. For organics, you can use liquid concentrates or amend your soil and use compost teas. The prices vary a lot depending on the brands and lineups of nutrients you use.

Edit: if you prefer organic then take a look at subcool's super soil mix for potted plants. If you are doing a garden in the ground you can mix in the same amendments and then start mixing up some compost teas for flower. Organic is the way to go. If you want some good aerobic compost tea recipes, i put mine in a thread here... https://www.rollitup.org/organics/330388-making-aacts-recipe-question.html

i also prefer hid but it seems as if yur not tryng to spent to much to i would go wih cfls, about nutes i use fox farms trio and they go for a bout $35 a gallon so about $110

soil is also roughly aother $40 bucks for (2)fox farms happy frog

chowdan you really need to do a little research. look up different nutrients websites or go to a hydro store and find out the cost. it says right on the nutes how much to use. you are asking questions that could easily be found. cost shouldnt be a factor you have a legal permit to grow for god sake. most of the cost is intitial (one time) anyways so you might as well get some quality stuff.

I am doing an organic grow right now!

I have 2 plants, mostly sativa (probably even 100% sativa)
Both are from bagseed.

I intend to carry on vegetative growth indoors. My setup is basic:
Cardboard box
Light fixtures
CFL bulbs 24 Watt x 3
Mylar (I used gift wrap foil, which is thin printed mylar)
Plastic disposable cups
Home made CO2 pump
Personally mixed organic soil blend.

The total cost at this point, utility bills excluded (water and electrical bills) has come to roughly $17 US (at current exchange rate)

I plan to move my plants outdoors for the flowering cycle as my location provides adequate photoperiod ETC

I am using an organic, liquid based fertiliser - NPK - 10,10,25.
This is used in moderation (once so far) and will be used for the entire grow.

Not all that expensive in my opinion, and once flowering starts, my costs will drop even more!

If you want more details on what I am doing, check out my journal!

Click here to check it out!

Indoor perpetual setup (4000 watts HPS, CO2, Split AC, with a veg room and T5's+400 or 600 watt veg) in California runs ~12-15k.