>>2556057>I heard a guy here talk once about his setup using leds and he used very little money per month on his setup, and it was very feasibleLEDs don't make growing free. Really depends on what/where you are growing.
If you live in a moderate to cold climate then you really will spend little if your conservative and dim your lights based on requirements.
Live anywhere where it's hot and humid and most of your power will be in climate control rather than lights.
>anyone want to recommend a beginner set up?Build yourself a stand and amazon often can have some good deals for lights IF you know what to look for
These lights are $60 right now:
https://a.co/d/iDMmnKU they are even app controlled so you don't need a timer and is dimmable. App is a little annoying but it works.
There is also those garage lights that look like pic related which are quite powerful with the one caveat is they are often 6500k color temp which is getting way too blue for my tastes. (It'll keep plants quite short) you wont need much sockets since these lights are on the more powerful side.
Another anon mentioned regular light bulbs which might seem cheap but with how cheap grow lighting has gotten I'm not sure it's the deal it once was. Have to factor in the price of bulbs as well as the sheer amount of sockets and wiring (assuming you don't have some spare romex or unused power cables you can harvest) you'll definitely have to price it all out
I'd shoot for atleast 25 real watts of LED per square foot whatever you do.
