1) What exactly is the cost of growing? Is it cheaper than buying reefer on a fairly regular basis?

thatā??s totally up to you. One guy on here built a sweet grow box out of Tupper bins and it cost like 80$.
And yes it is cheaper than buying (thatā??s how people make big money off growing)


-What about electric costs? Iā??ve heard some outlandish figures.
Not large for a small grow like say 5 plants. If you use CFL's it'll be like having one normal 100W light bulb on. Mine is like 25$ a month

you can just do the math, find how much you pay for a KW Hour find out how much your grow will use and there you go.

(how many watts you use)/1000 x (# of hours) x rate per KWHour = cost

You read about these big ass figures from big ass grow ops. like the ones with 10 1000W bulbs.


-Reassure/ give me tips on security.

You could get caught by:
Smell (carbon filters, or Odor neutralizing CFLā??s see link later)
Light (gotta seal that shit in)
Electricity(I wouldnā??t worry unless your way above 2000Watts but this is just speculation)
heat (not if small with CFLs),
when you purchase stuff (use cash)
when you are selling (you just gotta be safe)
(ya i probably missed some)

I just confronted each variable and did the research and spent the money. If you are willing to buy the right shit you'll be well off.

BTW- I find smell the hardest to kill. But i just read about odor neutralizing CFL's so thatā??s sweet for small grows.

Product: http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=9135
Discussion: http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=82628

-Do I really need such advanced set-ups?


Man you need what you want (just make sure you cover the safety bases so you dont get caught) I spent a grand to deck out a closet 2ft x 6ft x 8ft, but it's a good investment. Most people spend less than 200 (the cost on an oz)

Check out the Tupper thing i talked about several of my friends are going to grow in their dorms using this method
link:
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=80747

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