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Must-Have Gardening Tools
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items Explore the essential tools that every gardener should have in their toolkit. These items will help you grow your food efficiently and effectively.
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Starter Pack
Seeds
Climate Control
Irrigation (Watering)
Lighting
Medium
Starter Pack
A great starting place!
LetPot® indoor Garden, Hydroponic Smart Planter with App ...
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The next step for people looking to become self sufficient.
Barrina - #1 in T5 & T8 LED Fixtures, Grow Lights & Shop Lights
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Best micro seeds in Canada!
Mumm's Sprouting Seeds | Delicious. Organic. Non GMO.
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Heat and humidity are critical to a successful germination.
Super Sprouter | Seedling Heat Mat
Canadian Nutrients
GreenPlanet Nutrients USA - View our award-winning nutrients
Humidity control is important for a healthy plant and successful grow!
Hydroponics & Growers - HUMIDITY - Humidifiers - AC Infinity
The next step to growing is learning about how to grow your own. Estate Greens can help with that!
Estate Greens l Grow Systems & Microgreens
Affordable and user friendly for growing larger plants and for more climate controls and variability.
The Best Indoor Grow Tent for Hydroponics - Vivosun
Simple but effective, there is a reason this is the go to nutrients for hydroponics. Understand the numbers and why they are important!
General Hydroponics Flora Series 1 Litre
Seeds
Great for microgreens, sprouts, and bulk seed orders. CANADIAN!
Mumm's Sprouting Seeds | Delicious. Organic. Non GMO.
Great for variety seeds both edidble and beautiful. CANADIAN brand with reputable seed quality.
McKenzie Seeds | Non-GMO Fresh Vegetable Flower Herb ...
Lettuce seeds can be expensive so buy the cheapest or best looking variety and try them out. They seem to be the most varied and easiest growing if picked for regionality. Its ok to get an off brand just make sure you buy varieties!
Lettuce Seeds - Organic Blends & Mixes - Burpee
Climate Control
Too many options to tell you whats the best… Size it out appropriately and make sure you reach the instructions some do not make great grow space providers. RO water is always a safe bet when using a humidifier.
The 6 Best Humidifiers of 2025 | Reviews by Wirecutter
Suprisingly great and effecient for the size! I have one in my garage is it works amazing!
Pro Breeze Mini Dehumidifier, 2200 Cu Ft
Large dehumifiers for when full growth of plants is important as they will respire greatly if growing!
Dehumidifiers - The Home Depot
Automate your climate controls to spend more time growing!
Inline Fan Systems - HVAC & Home Ventilation - AC Infinity
Irrigation (Watering)
Automated watering allows for larger grows with controls over how they grow. Once you start growing more, it can be a task to keep up with the watering. Automating the watering is the next step!
Small scale hydroponics with history. Start small but you will out size the table top system quickly.
LetPot® indoor Garden, Hydroponic Smart Planter with App ...
Autopot is the go to gravity fed irrigation system. Can help with larger plants with a developed root system. A step up from the standard Kratky growing system! Useful for everything from Tomatoes to Cannabis!
All Products - AutoPot Watering Systems USA
Having your irrigation seperated and contained is great for redundancy and spills; they will happen.
VGrow Smart Grow Box - Vivosun
Grow Trays and Flood Tables are a must for containment. They have ridges and designated holes for drainage and plant support. Not required to start growing but make it a lot easier if you plan on containing to grow. Just wash, and repeat!
Grow Trays & Flood Tables - Hydrobuilder.com
Single auto water pot, because sometimes they need to be a loner….
AC Infinity Self-Watering Fabric Pot Base 4-Pack
Intro to self watering trays, great for harder to react places and places where a reservoir does not fit. Give it a try without spending too much!
4 Pcs Self-Watering Plant Saucers for Indoors
Large reservoir for when you do not have time to monitor or if you need to feed more plants than usual. Auto watering systems will turn a black thumb into a green thumb take a load off.
Spider Farmer Auto Drip Irrigation Kit 13Gal
This compact machine has the smarts and the simplicity to get you started. Use the app to set your schedules and then run some drip lines to your plants, fill a reservoir bucket and watch them thrive!
LETPOT Wi-Fi App Controlled Drip Irrigation
Lighting
The go to for cost effective lighting solutions that are low consumption and easy to install. Plug and play options with direct wiring! My go to for starting and continuing plants indoors.
Barrina - #1 in T5 & T8 LED Fixtures, Grow Lights & Shop Lights
Varied grow lights for specific growing conditions. Either directed lighting or timed lighting can help those plats get that little extra bit of energy to grow quicker and more beautiful. Lighting is a must if you want professional results at home! M...
Grow Lights
Led light with Integrated Fan!
VIVOSUN Smart Grow System w/ AeroLight A100SE 100W LED & GrowHub Controller
Higher output lights can make a difference, sometimes spending a little more can make a big difference.
VIPARSPECTRA XS1500 Pro LED Grow Light 150W
Two of these in a 4x4 grow tent will produce monster plants!
Spider Farmer SF2000 LED Grow Light Samsung LM301H EVO
Medium
The next stage after seedling stage, great media for ebb and flood, deep water culture, kratky, or other water immersion growing.
LiaFlor Hydroton Clay Pebbles 2.3 LB
Simple coco for a great starter media to understand what is actually needed in growing.
Grow!T JSCPB Coco Coir Mix Brick Set of 3
Great for starting almost any type of plant. Helps retain moisture and provide some time grace when germinating.
Jiffy-7 Peat Pellets Seed Starter 100 Pack
Simple starter soil if you can't make it to the local hardware store. Keep in mind not all soils are made the same!
Plantation Ferry Jiffy Seed Starting Mix 12qt
Great for plants that require well draining soil. Contains a mixture of products to ensure the proper drainage. Ideal for monsteras and other tropicals!
Miracle-Gro Tropical Potting Mix - 8.8 L
Shpagnum moss is an amazing moisture retention tool without drowning your plants roots. Ideal for moss poles and soil cover for large specialty plants or expensive varieties.
Kapecute Sphagnum Moss 34QT Orchid Mix 10oz
Accessories
A must have for cleaning and pruning your plants. Do not stab yourself they are sharp! (Learned experience…)
VIVOSUN 6.5 Inch Gardening Pruner Shear
Starter ph pen for learning how to dose nutrients and measure the water you are feeding your plants. Sometimes its the water that is give you that black thumb, lets rule that out by making sure the perameters are correct!
2025 High Accuracy pH Meter for Water - Digital Tester with UL Cert & 3 Calibration Powders
Commercial grade testing should you need that next step and more accurate testing. Blue labs is the go to brand for water testing tools!
Bluelab pH Pen Meter & Probe Care Kit
The middle of the road for testing your water. Sometimes its worth that small upgrade to have the peace of mind for longevity and accuracy.
GuDoQi 5-in-1 Digital PH & Water Tester
Fabric pots are great for overwatering issues or for autopot systems. Plants need air in their roots as well. These pots help air prune your roots and encourage healthy growth. Keep in mind watering will need to be more frequent unless using auto-wat...
VIVOSUN 5-Pack 15 Gallon Heavy Duty Grow Bags
Nutrients
The go to base nutrient to be added to everything from cannabis to tomatos. I have been using a lot of this lately and it helps with the early growth stage allowing for simple watering in the beginning.
Gaia Green Organic 4-4-4 Fertilizer 2kg
The best granular nutrients can be made into a doseable feeding solution or for direct add to soil for delayed release. I use this for almost all of my plants!
Gecko Grow Masterblend Tomato 3 Part Kit
A must when repotting. This white powder is like crack for roots. The better the roots the better the flowers. Start your plants strong and they will do all the work!
DYNOMYCO Mycorrhizal Inoculant 100g
I don't like to spend money on things that aren't needed but this … is worth every penny. Biggest tomatoes from a solo cup i have ever rooted. This is an amazing product and paired with some mycorrhizae you will be growing monsters!
Bokashi Pro-GRO Fermented Fertilizer, 1.5 Kg