The 10 Best Indoor Grow Kits
This wiki has been updated 19 times since it was first published in April of 2020. Growing your own food and greens can be extremely rewarding, but hard if you don't own land or if your soil doesn't lend itself to planting. With indoor plant growing kits and systems, you can turn unused space in your home into a garden. Our list spans from small lights you can use for single pot setups to large grow tents, which allow you to cultivate species all the way from seed to fruit. When users buy our independently chosen editorial selections, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.
1. Bloomgrow Tent Kit
2. Aerogarden Bounty
3. Topogrow Grow Tent
Editor's Notes
May 01, 2020:
Growing indoors is a rewarding activity that has only recently become available in the consumer market. Lately, it has become even more accessible due to advancements in technology making it more affordable, and with the advent of LED lamps the energy consumption has come down as well. Growing inside can be much easier than erecting an entire greenhouse, or paying for a spot in your community garden.
If you are looking to cultivate plants inside all year round it's good to know the basics of how traditional growing works. It's important to understand how the sun, nitrates in the soil, carbon dioxide, and water combine to help grow the plant. This will help give you a better understanding as you mimic these conditions in an artificial setting.
Indoor grow kits can range anywhere from affordable to extremely pricey, and you'll want to do some research on what kind of kit your desired plant demands. If you are growing lettuce, then it will be easier to go with a lower budget kit, as this plant is hardier and less prone to disease. If you want to grow something like tomatoes, then you are going to want to make sure you have the proper nutrients, netting for growth, and light cycles to produce a worthwhile yield.
For those with children out there, it's great to start with the Window Garden So Much Fun. You can set this right on the window sill, and it comes with a choice of bean or broccoli seeds.
The Click & Grow Smart Garden and the Aerogarden Bounty are perfect for people that don't want to start a new hobby but would enjoy some fresh herbs and greens every once and while. The kits are self contained and fit anywhere there's enough space, like the kitchen or living room.
Finally, people who are serious about indoor growing should check out the Bloomgrow Tent Kit or the Topogrow Grow Tent. Both of these setups include lamps and everything else you will need to get growing.
Special Honors
Sun Hut Big Easy This company is known in the indoor growing community for their quality and prevention of light leakage. There are many sizes to choose from depending on your space, however they only manufacture the tents so you will need to buy complementary components elsewhere. sun-huts.com
4. Atwater Hydropod
5. Click & Grow Smart Garden
6. Topogrow 2-in-1
7. Vivosun Grow Tent
8. Ecolife Conservation ECO-Cycle
9. Ezorkas Grow Light
10. Window Garden So Much Fun
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