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How Much Does It Cost To Grow An Ounce Of High Quality Cannabis? By Mathew On October 30, 2014 · Add Comment
Currently there are 23 States that have laws regarding the legal use of cannabis for either medical or recreational use. Of those states, only these 15 will allow you to grow your own cannabis at home – everyone else must buy through a state sanctioned dispensary. Varying laws in these states mean that there are multiple cannabis markets and pricing can fluctuate dramatically between purchasing recreational cannabis, medical cannabis, or from the black market. According to ThePriceOfWeed.com, an ounce of high-grade cannabis can run you as little as $233 in Washington state to as much as $393 in North Dakota when buying on the black market. Legal and medicinal cannabis can be substantially less expensive…in the $200 per ounce range. No matter what your source is, buying your own supply gets expensive very quickly – especially for medicinal users on a limited budget. Though the up-front costs may be substantial, the savings open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com
come very quickly if you are able to grow your own. Typical home growers see a positive return on their investment in just a couple of grow cycles.
Grow Supplies Needed – Up Front Costs Here is an example grow setup for a small-scale home grower that wants to get at least one dry ounce of cannabis. In this example, the grow space should measure no more than 2×2 feet and can accommodate 1 to as many as 4 plants depending on grow technique. Keep in mind that your results will vary depending on growing conditions, strain selection, and your abilities as a grower.
Lighting Of course we recommend growing cannabis with LED Grow Lights. For the purpose of this article, our TL120 would be a perfect fit. While veteran growers can grow in excess of 2-3 ounces with this light, newbies can expect an ounce or more … just check out our growing advice. Cost: $399
Soil & Nutrients Ideal 420 Soil has been getting many positive reviews both for its effectiveness and its simplicity. This specially formulated soil/nutrient mixture contains everything your cannabis plants need from seed or clone to harvest. All you need to do is add water. Their 0.5 cu ft bag is enough soil for a 5 gallon bucket or multiple smaller containers – capable of supporting 1 to 4 plants for one grow cycle. Cost: $32
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Cannabis Seeds There are many reputable online sources for cannabis seeds: Royal Queen, Gorilla Seeds, Attitude Seedbank, just to name a few. My recommendation is to pick feminized seeds that are photoperiod (non-autoflowering). This way you know you end up with female plants and you can control how long you keep them in the vegetative stage. Also be sure to pick an indoor friendly strain that doesn’t grow too tall and has a reasonable flowering time (7-10 weeks). Seeds will run you about $5-10 each. Cost: $30-$50
Miscellaneous Supplies There are a few more items that you need in order to round out your grow room…containers, light timer, circulation fan. Cost: $30 The total up front costs here to set up a small space to grow your own cannabis supply is under $500 with the lighting taking up a majority of that cost.
Electricity Costs Depending on your location, electricity costs can vary greatly from $0.10 to $0.25 per kilowatt-hour. You can head over to our Electricity Cost Calculator to find our exactly how much it will cost you to run your lights compared to HID. In a typical grow cycle, lights would be on for 18 hours a day for 30 days during the vegetative growth stage and 12 hours daily for about 65 days during flowering. That is a total of 1320 hours…the cost below is based on an average kilowatt-hour cost of $0.12. open in browser PRO version
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Cost: $19 So after one growing cycle using the setup as outlined above, a new grower could expect at least one ounce of dry yield. A veteran grower should be able to have a positive return on investment after one cycle, growing two ounces or more. The only ongoing costs here are for soil/nutrients and for electricity – running about $50 per cycle. That is much better than $200-$400 per ounce, don’t you think? TAGGED WITH →
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