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>>27864120
startup costs can be $1 depending on equipment.
Dirt, water, and a double-container with holes in one for drainage.
If you wanna see if you can grow things, buy a dollar bag of lentils from walmart. Soak them for like 4 hours and plant them.
Can be done literally anywhere and inside is even better because you don't have all those outside factors. Just make sure it gets some airflow because mold is a bitch.
Indirect sunlight is actually good for the plants at this age. More light means faster growth though.
I use a bottom watering method once the seeds get their roots because if you just put water in the bottom and the dirt will suck up the water through capillary action. Plant leaves don't suck up water, just the roots.
But if you wanna get a production going, you can buy a $70 rack, and then probably $20-50 of 10x20 trays depending on the quality. Bootstrapfarmer has big-dick trays but also cost the most.
Can get $50 worth of LED shop lights. Spectrum really doesn't matter much for the growth stages you'll be doing, so no need for fancy grow lights. Your substrate can vary here. Some like hydro, some like coco coir. I like to do it like mother nature's been doing it and just use dirt. Simple as

>>27864441
It's harvesting any veggie like 10-14 days after you plant it. Previous picture is just peas. "Microgreen" is just a pretentious term and I fucking blast the competition because they genuinely don't understand the science and just act like stupid salespeople. People really like honesty around here.