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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.
Zip ties, s hooks, power brick, timer for power brick/lights
We buy our propogation trays at our co op, but these are the same dimensions and seem to be similar to what we use:
10” x 20” x 2.25” bottom tray/72/humidity dome
deep 6: 5” x 7” 3”D = 36 plugs in one tray
7” humidity domes for cuttings from greenhouse megastore or from Amazon
Potting soil and seed starter: we use Sungro horticultural products from our local growers co op. They also make retail products (Black Gold) you will recognize and can purchase outside of a co op.
We get all of our 4 x 4 x 5 pots (one quart) from our local growers co op. They are from East Jordan plastics.
Oscillating fans used to keep PM (powdery mildew) down and to strengthen stems of new seedlings.
We spray GrowSafe bio-pesticide for PM in our basement grow area.
Super awesome electric sprayer for GrowSafe
Fungus gnat control: gnatrol
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
Cold weather shipping materials:
Reflectix thermal bubble wrap at Menards
shipping boxes (we used 12x12x12) These were nice, study boxes.
72 hour heat packs for shipping to farther destinations, or cold destinations.
We reused brown kraft paper to stuff around our package, but it’s basically like this product which we also use to bundle our flowers in season.
Scale for shipping
Thermal shipping labels to use with our rollo printer and label holder
Do Not Freeze labels
Temperature data loggers used for shipping pilots
Other
Geobins used around the yard (near neighbors) to cleanly and aesthetically compost yard waste
Floral food and preservative used with cut flower bundles
Brown kraft paper we use for our 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.
We have use Milstop in the field to keep down pests and PM.
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