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Indoor grow set up:
Lights used for growing seedlings, dahlias, cuttings: we daisy chain garage lights.
Shelving used for growing indoors: We use Seville shelving, most of which was purchased a long time ago for my art room… Most of our shelves are 60” long, but we have other sizes as well.
Potting soil and seed starter: we use Sungro horticultural products from our local growers co op. They also make retail products you will recognize and can purchase outside of a co op.
We get all of our trays and 4 x 4 x 5 pots from our local growers co op. They are from East Jordan plastics. I believe we used to buy them from Greenhouse Megastore, but found them cheaper on Amazon.
Oscillating fans used to keep PM (powdery mildew) down and to strengthen stems of new seedlings.
Dahlias: dividing tubers, taking cuttings
Floral snips used to divide dahlias: Cyrus brand and Garden Guru Bonsai tree trimmers
Garden markers We also used grease pencils. Do not use sharpies on surfaces that will be weathered. We do use sharpies to write on tubers.
Potting tray: Garden tidy
Digital thermometers to monitor temps in dahlia storage areas: Govee
Other
Geobins used around the yard (near neighbors) to cleanly and aesthetically compost yard waste
Floral food and preservative used with cut flower bundles
Temperature data loggers used for pilots
Landscape fabric used as weed barriers and to kill areas using occultation (lack of sun) for new beds. We do not solarize because it kills the microbiome.
Molasses used in 2025 to improve Brix Scores. Also horticultural dry molasses. In 2026, we will add farm made probiotic/fermented amendments.
Information for cover cropping: check Johnny seeds. We use stock peas, wheat or oats, and dutch clover in the early spring. We add buckwheat in the summer. The fall before we went no-till, we sowed mustard which is a natural anti fungal and helped us get our fields ready.
Pollination tents for summer growing
Orchard valley supply company bee fabric
The best place to buy flies for pollinating: your local bait shop. Buy maggots cheaply. 18 days to mature flies. Works like a charm.
Books:
All things dahia: growing, cutting, etc.
Excellent source for what to harvest for cut flowers, all year long: Floret Year in Flowers
Permaculture and no-till: Living Soil and Regenerative Grower’s Guide
Information on no-till gardening
Information on brix scores