WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT DO I NEED?

So now your grow room is up and running. Lights are on, the environment is set, and hopefully your plants are thriving!

At this point not much can go wrong. However, if a few problems were to present themselves-how would you deal with it?

Most growers immediately jump in the car and head straight to the closest garden center or hydroponics shop ready to buy a plethora of different nutrients etc..

But what if you knew a little more before starting?

Hopefully the person you frequent for supplies is on point with providing the entire solution instead of just telling you to buy bottles.

The crew at A-Grade Hydroponics for example do not just sell you a grow kit, lighting and a few bottles, and off you go… They actually tailor a solution that is based around each client’s needs/concerns when growing.



(If the customer is a new grower we generally provide continuous consultation, which includes our recipe for success)

Lets say the customer we are dealing with though has a Grow buddy/grow room already up and running.

The items listed below will almost certainly be needed during a grow and if you’re just starting out you definitely need this stuff so start collecting:

pH pen; A pH pen can be your best friend when growing as sometimes following the instructions on the bottle will not necessarily give you the same pH reading, most growers are checking their pH consistently throughout the week so growing without a pH pen can be quite challenging, so rather than go blind I’d highly recommend you put one in your toolbox.

EC/PPM/CF Pen/Truncheon; An EC/PPM Meter checks the nutrient concentration available to your plants, most nutrients have a recommendation (on the bottle label) as regarding dosages and what the EC should be at that dose, one thing a lot of people are unaware of is that the starting EC of tap water is different in each country, so just like the pH pen an EC pen or truncheon is highly recommended.

Air-Pump & Air-stone backup; Air pumps and air stones generally have a short life span. Having an air stone fail in a system can be fatal to the plant as the nutrient solution becomes toxic and with no extra oxygen present things quickly go downhill – I always have backups for every pot system running.

Water Pump backup & plumbing/irrigation fittings; just like air pumps and air stones the same scenario can happen with water pumps, irrigation fittings and plumbing. Having backups ready to swap out will allow you time to clean the blocked fittings and have them ready for the next change over.

Pipettes, Syringes & Scalpels; pipettes and syringes can be quite handy when trying to accurately dose concentrated additives, scalpels come in handy when pruning and propagating (Never use scissors to clone as they will crush the cell walls)

Hydrogen peroxide (H2o2); A great sterilizing agent! Most commonly used to reset the medium if there is a pythium or bacterial problem. Can be used to sterilize equipment pots, reservoirs, water pumps etc.

H2o2 can be used when flushing the plants, H2o2 is just water with an attached oxygen molecule, so it is completely safe to use with plants. (Note after flushing with H2o2 remember to remove solution and make a fresh nutrient mix up)

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