I’ve never really priced out a bare bones grow set up. I’ve haphazardly pieced together my set up and spent an arm and a leg while managing to buy stuff I don’t need or it works poorly. I wish there was a “parts list for beginners”
Let’s see
3x3 vivosun tent $105
AC Infinity S6 with filter $145 (using promo code “growcast15”)
Used lumatek 400w or 600w ballast $50-60 (eBay or Craigslist)
Cool tube hood $50-75 (eBay)
Flexible ducting $25
4 Fabric pots, elevators and trays $50 (I use BGHydro dot com)
FF Soil $50
Power strip and timer $20
MH bulb…?
HPS Bulb…?
Nutes? Users choice. I know a bunch of growers on here have some great budget nutes. I’m not sure what they are. I spend way too much on nutes
That’s the best I could come up with off the top of my head.