Just to add here a little bit, it can be expensive to set up. I just spent maybe 400 bucks to set up a system using the Kratky method, tent, LED light, medium, nutes, seeds, containers and net pots. Granted, the veggies you can grow in there are somewhat limited, but will be a good supplement to what I saved from the summer. I should mention, in that seed order are my summer seeds also and they are unusual heirloom varieties, so could have been cheaper. Check your local nurseries for leftover seeds from this year on sale.
imo $400 is extremely reasonable for all that. i’ve seen grow lights that are well over $1k by themselves (see BlackDog lights). I found out last winter that green beans do great under inexpensive “burple” lights. I have a few Vivospectra lights that cost ~$130 and beans grew to normal outdoor size under them in just the soil nutes, no additional fertilizer, i was so impressed.
Just to add here a little bit, it can be expensive to set up. I just spent maybe 400 bucks to set up a system using the Kratky method, tent, LED light, medium, nutes, seeds, containers and net pots. Granted, the veggies you can grow in there are somewhat limited, but will be a good supplement to what I saved from the summer. I should mention, in that seed order are my summer seeds also and they are unusual heirloom varieties, so could have been cheaper. Check your local nurseries for leftover seeds from this year on sale.
imo $400 is extremely reasonable for all that. i’ve seen grow lights that are well over $1k by themselves (see BlackDog lights). I found out last winter that green beans do great under inexpensive “burple” lights. I have a few Vivospectra lights that cost ~$130 and beans grew to normal outdoor size under them in just the soil nutes, no additional fertilizer, i was so impressed.