🌱 Kickstart Your Garden with Ease! 🌱 This list has everything you need to start seeds —from the perfect trays to grow lights. These essentials will set you up for success. Happy growing! 🌿✨
Sections
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Garden Planning
Soil Blocking/Trays
Soil- DIY Mix Ingredients
Direct Sowing
Indoor setup
Seeds
Garden Planning
A garden journal is great to have to plan and organize when you need to start seeds
Grow Garden Planner and Journal
Soil Blocking/Trays
Soil blocking is a great alternative rather than using trays or pots for seed starting. All you need is soil/mix and the soil blocker
Great for starting smaller seeds/ slow growing seeds
Soil Block Maker - Micro 20
Great for putting soil blocks on. These aren't the largest trays so may want to get larger ones.
Trays for soil blocks
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Larger soil Blockers
Hand-held Soil Blocker 2 Inch Seed Makers
These trays makes it so easy to pop out the seedlings once ready to transplant
Burpee SuperSeed Seed Starting Tray |
Another Tray option
72 Cell Self-Watering Ultimate Growing System
Larger Tray
SuperSeed Seed Starting Tray, 16 XL Cell
A great cheap option potting up seedlings. Was my go to for years
Solo Cups!
Soil- DIY Mix Ingredients
My DIY mix: 3 part coconut coir - 1 part perlite - 1 part vermiculite - 1 part compost
Base for DIY seed starting mix
Coco Bliss (10lbs) - Organic Coco Coir for Plants
Used for DIY Mix
Organic Vermiculite
Use in DIY Mix
Perlite
I have had great success with this seed starting mix
Espoma Organic Seed Starter Potting Soil
Compost! Use in DIY mix
Ribbon Organics OMRI Organic Compost 7.9 Gal
Use for fertilizing seedlings every week once they get a set of ‘true leaves’ FYI this smells so bad
Neptune's Harvest Fish & Seaweed Fertilizer
Like this one because is finer
Burpee Vermiculite
Direct Sowing
Square foot gardening seed guide for direct sowing
Seeding Square - Seed Spacer Tool
Love this for quicker direct sowing when planting multiple seeds
Seed Dibber, Multifunctional Seed Spacer Tool
Indoor setup
You do not need all these things to start seeds indoors. previously I just put all my seed trays on the laundry room counter with lights hanging. Some people even use a sunny window. There are various grow light options as well!
Heating pads I use for starting peppers and tomatoes
2 Pack Seedling Heat Mat,
These are Majority of grow lights I use
LBW Full Spectrum Grow Light 2 Pack
Adjustable shelves so you can move them up and down as needed as seedlings grow. especially those that will be indoors longer before transplanting
4-Shelf Heavy Duty Steel Wire Rack
Never used these bulbs but have seen several people have success with them.
