Jimster
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I hear you with the costs and the wife! My current costs are for the electricity (5-6 cents per KWH... pretty cheap!), $50/grow for Promix and misc supplies, and a dollar or two for water. The ballasts are 35+ yrs old and still buzzing along, I usually replace the bulbs every few cycles, so that might add a hundred bucks every few years... but that's about it. Everything is reused that can be reused. I just grow for myself, and I'm getting quite an excess since I'm enjoying the grow of some newer strains just for the variety. I'm having problem finding seeds, however. The previous site that I used has stopped taking VISA/MC, and I'm having trouble searching the seeds on this site without going thru a somewhat long process (seed search doesn't seem to be working correctly). I had a bunch of newer strains that I picked out, but they required Bitcoin and the headaches associated with setting it up... at least for this old dog.I grew it natural for 3 years with my roommate, we had a 2 bedroom house with large backyard. When I got married at 21 I moved into a 3 bedroom apartment. I had an 8' long double door closet I could call my grow room. I picked up 2 250 w medal halites from an apartment building I was working converting them to condos. They were replacing the lighting in the parking lot and my lights were free. Grew for a couple years year round but was spending more then just buying a pound every 6 months so I went back to natural. Between the lights, fan, humidifier and a/c running 24/7 6-8 months of the year it just cost too much. I know all the changes that have come along in the last 40 years but I'm old and enjoy what I'm doing. And worse, my wife would kill me if spent that much money for a system.