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Growing Supplies: Start Here

Find lights, growing media, nutrients and practical equipment for growing food at home.

Leafy plants growing under an indoor grow light.
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Leafy plants growing under an indoor grow light.
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Grow Lights & Climate

Choose lighting and manage a growing space.

Textured botanical illustration of terracotta clay pebbles, a pale fibrous rockwool cube and a brown coco coir mound.
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Soil, Compost & Growing Media

Compare growing media and learn to make worm castings.

Editorial still life of an unbranded nutrient bottle, an unnumbered mixing vessel and a hydroponic plant with suspended roots; no measurements, ratios or recipes.
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Nutrients & Feeding

Understand nutrient choices and feeding basics.

Lush balcony container garden with vegetables and herbs
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Watering & Irrigation

Start with rainwater harvesting for a small garden.

Lush garden with perennial vegetables like asparagus and rhubarb
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Greenhouses & Season Extension

Learn how to use a cold frame to extend the growing season.

A tray of fresh microgreens growing on a kitchen counter
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Trays, Tools & Accessories

Find practical equipment for sowing and growing.

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