New Indoor Grow Advice

[Sthaper]

Hi all,

Im a novice grower who has had some success doing outdoor grows. As winter approaches I think Im ready for my first indoor setup.

Can anyone advise me on what I would need to produce 200-500g of high quality produce on a monthly basis?

Maybe if you could recommend all the equipment I would need at three different pricepoints......

- entry level
- mid range
- top of the range

Thanks in advance!

[smoorman]

The list is long. So is the length of time you'll be researching this if you want to do it right.

[SoOrbudgal]

Good luck and do come back with what you've decided with what works for your space. We like all other growers researched what would work best for our space and compiled a list of what was needed, what we thought were good for beginning indoor growing. Pick something a light, soil, coco, DWC before you buy ask others about their thoughts then. It's like smoorman said...……...it's a long list.

[golfnrl]

Hi Sthaper...if you haven't already, check out this link. https://www.growweedeasy.com/basics. The info there helped me when I was putting together my first set up.

What SoOrbudgal said. I'm pretty new at this but have discovered that your set up will be determined by what medium you choose to grow in soil, DWC etc., your individual grow space limitations, and how much money you want to spend. If you're like me your set up will evolve as you become more comfortable with what you're doing and how much you can afford. I'm a hobby grower, sounds like you want to have a perpetual harvest, that would make for a bigger operation than what works for me, and a different equipment list. Good luck with everything...let us know what you decide.

[Rwise]

For a perpetual harvest I would suggest autos, however there are to many for me to be specific, depends on your needs (pain relief, stress, whatever, just get high THC, or CDB). Some autos take as little as 56 days from sprout to finish, others can take 120+ days to finish (and make larger harvests). Choose your auto, plant for the first harvest, in 30 days plant your second harvest, plant again every 30 days. I would also say chose strains that have the same or near the same finish time, or plant a pair of 120 day strains and know they will not be done when the short finish strain/s are. And my biggest mistake was coffee grounds, coffee has caffeine and that is an herbicide, it did not kill them, but it made the 65 day plants take 120 days (ouch makes the cost go up!). With autos you can skip the timer and run them 24/0, or get a timer and run then 18/6 to save a tad on electric.
One thing with autos is they do not clone well, photoperiod plants can certainly be manipulated in ways an auto cannot. I make my own soil that can do the entire grow with nothing but water if I dont have the funds for nutes, or if we are locked in at home (this year). One can veg them little (3 weeks or less) and into flower to help keep them short under lights. Tie em down break em over, top em, LST and training methods, lots of options. (My brother ties weights to them to make them spread out) A timer would be a must have.
Way to much to to put into one post, soil vs hydro, organic soil is less maintenance (can be as easy as watering it and no flushing required), hydro is constant with PH fluctuations etc. etc. Choose your grow medium, I have not used hydro, I understand you get larger yields..
Lights are constantly evolving and what is state of the art today is outdated tomorrow. Get all you can (the best) for the money you have to spend. I started with CFLs and now use LED, many like the high pressure lights better, for me they are to much heat. (many threads on lighting). Want to spend a ton of money, check out Black Dogs.
Heat/AC air circulation (in out and about), carbon filters (for odder control), tent/s, nutes,
The more you can spend on quality equipment the better the grow should be. (once you learn how to use it all) And dont forget to put in the budget funds for bug , mildew, mold control, these things are costly, some are natural and said to be safe to harvest. (did I say they can be costly?)
time for me to head to the garden,

[Sthaper]

Hey, thanks so much for taking the time and effort to respond at such great length....it is very much appreciated🙏