Sad Does A Budget Grow: Entire Grow Under $150 USD

[TheSadBadMadGrower]

I wanted to create a journal for a budget grow. I want to show others that you don't need to spend a fortune to get some quality smoke. My plans are to keep this journal as simple and basic as possible. I'll provide everything I plan on using for the grow and their costs. I'll also include links to where each item can be purchased from. This grow will contain 2 different strains ONLY. I will be doing the entire grow from seed to harvest. Remember, this grow isn't to accomplish the best harvest ever. My goal is to ultimately keep the price under $150 for everything used besides power and water while still having a quality smoke in the end. If you are reading this, thank you for stopping in.

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I want to start off with the area I will be using. I built a 3ft L x 3ft W by 4 and a half ft T grow box. I just used some 2x4's and plywood I had laying around. If you don't have any wood, Pallets could also be used to put something together. Call the right places and you can get them for free. I could get away with 2 properly trained plants in the area or just one bigger plant. Normally I use this box for clones and seedlings. Works wonders for me. So now that we got the area built, I want to name the materials that I will be using for this. I am sure I can cut a few costs if I really wanted but this is what I am using.

I will be using the same light throughout the entire grow. I wanted the light to be the most costly item on this list. If you searched places like Craigslist, OfferUp and Letgo, you may get lucky and find a used HPS set-up for cheaper then the LED I will be using. You'll be growing a plant that takes a couple months, it doesn't hurt to look around and see what's out there. The light I picked for this grow is a Morsen 1000w LED full spectrum LED. For the price of only $45, I personally can't complain about the light too much. I do not own a meter to test the draw at the wall. $49.99

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Morsen-M-1000W ... SwHShdRbH-

Since I am only doing a total of 2 plants, I don't need too much soil for the grow. I am a personal fan of Fox Farm Ocean Forest and that is what I will be using for this grow as well. I will be doing this grow in 1 gallon fabric pots and starting off in a 16 oz Solo cup. Fox Farms sells a bag on Ebay or Amazon in the $17 price range. I will only need the 12 quart bag for the grow. $16.66

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FoxFarm-FX1405 ... Sw3Nxdb7PX

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Moving onto the nutrients of the grow, I stick to what I know and what's been working. I do all my shopping on Amazon or Ebay so everything is an online order away. Anyways, I will be using the Fox Farm trio along with Cal-Mag from General Hydroponics. I am sure you can find a different combo of nutrients if you looked around as well. $25 & $17

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fox-Farm-Soil- ... Sw6lRaWS11

https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Hydrop ... SwRWZcR~Bt

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Since I have the most important things of the grow out, let's take a look at the other items I'll need and what can make life easier for me in the grow. Now if you are handy, you can take an old pair of jeans and cut the legs off. Close those holes by sewing and you would have free pots to grow in. ( Just an option ) but I am not handy so I will be using 2 plastic pots from Dollar Tree instead of the fabrics. Fabric pots work much better to grow in but I want to keep this as cheap as possible. You can buy fabrics online though pretty cheap. Here's 10 for under $10. $2


https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pack-Round- ... 69bbb55c74


Now unless you sit home all day, every day 24-7, I suggest you get a timer for your light. This just makes life a little easier so you don't need to worry about turning your lights on and off. $7

https://www.ebay.com/itm/iPower-24-Hour ... 20004109e6

I should have added this into the first post because it is important. Now if you have fans laying around AWESOME. If not, bummer. My grow rooms are dialed in but I will need to add a fan for this grow. So on to the list she goes. Air movement is very important. Specially when we get to flower. I don't like moldy buds....I am sure you don't either. Check Craigslist and so on again to see if you can save in this area. If not, no biggy, you don't need a tornado. I personally never used this fan before but if it blows air.....it should be more then enough

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Fan-R ... 4Nm9QfD_gQ

[TheSadBadMadGrower]

This should be putting me in the $130 range so far...

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….This is where the magic will happen over the next couple months.

[TheSadBadMadGrower]

Hello Sad, lovely idea for a journal. More power to you mate, have subscribed.

Thank you for stopping in. This is just a little side project I am doing outside of my normal grows. Figured it could be a great way to help new growers with ideas and such.

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The 2 strains I have picked for the grow are as follows: Glue Cookies and Sour Diesel.

https://new420guyseeds.org/product/seed ... okies-bx1/


https://new420guyseeds.org/product/seed ... feminized/

Both have an identical flowering time. Paul the owner of this bank is very spot on with his strain descriptions.

[TheSadBadMadGrower]

Yep following.

[TheSadBadMadGrower]

Yep following.

Thanks for stopping in. I was planning to wait to start a journal. Idle hands though LOL.