CFL STARTER KITS
Over
the
past
few
years,
Hydroponics
for
Dummies
has tried to find the
perfect Indoor Gardening Starter Kit. We wanted one
that had
everything you needed for a successful first grow and that
was easy to
use and as foolproof as possible. We tried a lot of
hydroponic
starter kits on the market and found them all lacking, so we
decided to
build our own. This is our Entry
Level,
CFL
Starter
Kit.
$475
This basic, no frills
approach to
hydroponics is designed to do one thing, and do it well:
grow great
crops! Its utter simplicity with no moving parts means
there is
nothing to break, nothing to maintain, other than replacing
a burnt out
bulb on occasion. And because CFL lamps put out very
little heat,
you don't need ventilation or cooling fans. Cleanup is
a breeze,
just dump out the soil from your hydro pots, replace with
fresh soil
and your ready to grow again.
The
CFL
Starter Kit comes with three 85W CFL bulbs and lamp cords
with bulb
sockets in them. We don't supply reflectors for
obvious reasons
(see photo on the left) which saves you considerable money
on unnecessary equipment. Since you need to keep raising
your grow lights
as the
plants get bigger, you need some easy way to accomplish
this.
What I do is loop the light cord over the pole then clamp in
place with
a clothespin. We also supply a yo-yo light mount kit
to
accomplish the same thing.
This kit is easy to setup; it takes less than an hour -- no tools required. We include six hydro grow pots which are plenty to enjoy bountiful harvests. And of course the supplied grow tent is 48" x 23" x 60"h taking up just eight square feet of floor space while supplying over 40 cubic feet of growing area.
Total cost for complete CFL Starter Kit with three CFL bulbs, three cords with light sockets, extension cords to tie your three CFL lights into one plug, digital timer for maintaining your lighting cycles and six months of nutrients costs just $475 including shipping. Based on pharmacy prices, you'll easily break even on your very first grow. After that, you pay practically nothing for each succeeding harvest.
The
CFL
Starter Kit comes with three 85W CFL bulbs and lamp cords
with bulb
sockets in them. We don't supply reflectors for
obvious reasons
(see photo on the left) which saves you considerable money
on unnecessary equipment. Since you need to keep raising
your grow lights
as the
plants get bigger, you need some easy way to accomplish
this.
What I do is loop the light cord over the pole then clamp in
place with
a clothespin. We also supply a yo-yo light mount kit
to
accomplish the same thing.This kit is easy to setup; it takes less than an hour -- no tools required. We include six hydro grow pots which are plenty to enjoy bountiful harvests. And of course the supplied grow tent is 48" x 23" x 60"h taking up just eight square feet of floor space while supplying over 40 cubic feet of growing area.
Total cost for complete CFL Starter Kit with three CFL bulbs, three cords with light sockets, extension cords to tie your three CFL lights into one plug, digital timer for maintaining your lighting cycles and six months of nutrients costs just $475 including shipping. Based on pharmacy prices, you'll easily break even on your very first grow. After that, you pay practically nothing for each succeeding harvest.
