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Old 05-04-2011, 06:53 PM
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Although I do understand that not everyone is comfortable building their own hydroponic systems, I do agree with hydrophotobio, it would considerably cut costs to build your own. Depending on your design, amount of plants, and type of plants grown in each system, you can build many systems for growing quite a lot of plants for $500.

A few examples:
(1) Here is a system I built for growing small plants like lettuce or strawberry's that only cost about $20-$30, and is an easily expandable design. http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/for....html#post4303

(2) Here is a system I built for growing larger plants like peas, green beans, and peppers. It only cost about $60 (not including the storage tote for the reservoir that you can get for about $5, and the wood to make the stand). This system is also easily expandable. Each tube holding the plants cost a total of about $20 to create, and can be put together in series for growing more plants, and using the same pump (the most expensive part of the system). http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/for....html#post3364

(3) Here is a system I built for growing large plants like broccoli, squash or tomato's. I built this complete system for about $80 including the pump (the most expensive part), even including the growing medium. This system is again easily expandable to grow as many plants as you want. Each bucket for holding the plants only cost about $5 to create. I have even created a pdf. file with complete directions on how to build this system that I can send you via e-mail if anyone wishes. Just send me a private message asking about it, and give me an e-mail address to sent it to. http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/for....html#post3238

These are just a few ideas, but you could build all three and expand them to grow more plants for much less than $500-$600. And/or similar setups.
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