What I Use

Grow Gear

The grow-tent gear I actually use, the kind that doesn't need a promo code. Meters, jars, trimming tools, and the small stuff that makes a home grow easier. Curated on Amazon.

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Tents, Kits & Automation

Tents, Kits & Automation

AC Infinity AI Grow System 2x2 (1-Plant Kit)

A complete 2x2 tent, light, and self-learning AI controller kit for a single-plant grow.

Tents, Kits & Automation

AC Infinity AI Grow System 4x4 (4-Plant Kit)

A complete 4x4 tent, light, and self-learning AI controller kit for a full four-plant run.

Tents, Kits & Automation

AC Infinity UIS Control Plug

An outlet adapter that brings any standard device onto the UIS smart-controller ecosystem.

Lighting

AC Infinity IONBEAM S16 LED Bars

Full-spectrum supplemental LED bars for filling light gaps and side-lighting the canopy.

Climate, Air & CO2

Climate, Air & CO2

AC Infinity CLOUDFORGE T7 Humidifier (15L)

A large 15L humidifier with VPD control for keeping RH up in veg and propagation.

Climate, Air & CO2

AC Infinity CLOUDFORGE T3 Humidifier (4.5L)

A compact 4.5L humidifier with VPD control for smaller tents.

Climate, Air & CO2

hOmeLabs Wi-Fi Dehumidifier

A Wi-Fi dehumidifier for pulling humidity down in flower and during the dry.

Climate, Air & CO2

1/4" CO2 Tubing, 25 ft

Drilled CO2 tubing for distributing enrichment evenly across a grow-room injection system.

Climate, Air & CO2

AC Infinity Noise Reduction Clamp (6")

A padded duct coupler that cuts the whoosh and rattle where your inline fan meets ducting.

Climate, Air & CO2

VIVOSUN Heat Mat Thermostat Controller

A thermostat for seedling and clone heat mats, holding the root zone in the right window.

Measurement & Monitoring

Measurement & Monitoring

AC Infinity Hydroponic Meter PRO (pH Pen)

A high-precision digital pH pen kit for dialing in water and runoff pH.

Measurement & Monitoring

ECOWITT WH52 Soil Meter (3-in-1)

A Wi-Fi soil sensor tracking moisture, temperature, and EC at the root zone.

Measurement & Monitoring

ECOWITT GW1206 Soil Moisture Kit

A Wi-Fi gateway and soil-moisture sensor kit for logging root-zone conditions.

Measurement & Monitoring

Skybasic Wireless Digital Microscope (50-1000x)

A WiFi handheld microscope for checking trichome color so you can nail the harvest window.

Measurement & Monitoring

JARLINK Jeweler's Loupe (30x/60x, Lighted)

A cheap lighted loupe for eyeballing trichomes when you don't want to grab the microscope.

Measurement & Monitoring

Govee Bluetooth Hygrometer (3-Pack)

Bluetooth temp and humidity sensors with app logging, one each for the tent, dry space, and cure.

Measurement & Monitoring

Mini Hygrometers (6-Pack)

Cheap mini digital hygrometers for dropping one in every cure jar.

Propagation & Genetics

Propagation & Genetics

AC Infinity CLOUDLAB Propagation Tent

A dedicated 2000D propagation tent for clones and seedlings, with tighter control than a corner of the main tent.

Propagation & Genetics

VIVOSUN Seedling Heat Mats (2-Pack)

Waterproof heat mats that keep clone and seedling trays warm for faster rooting.

Propagation & Genetics

General Hydroponics Rapid Rooter Plugs (50 ct)

Starter plugs that root clones and seedlings cleanly before transplant.

Propagation & Genetics

FOOP Clone Gel

A rooting gel and cloning solution in one for taking cuttings.

Propagation & Genetics

Silver Thiosulfate (STS) Feminizing Spray Kit

STS spray for reversing a female plant to produce feminized pollen and make your own seeds.

Soil, Medium & Containers

Soil, Medium & Containers

BuildASoil Potting Soil Recipe 3.0

A ready-to-run organic living-soil mix so you can skip building it from scratch.

Soil, Medium & Containers

FoxFarm Coco Loco Potting Mix (2 x 2 cu ft)

A coco-based potting mix that holds moisture longer than straight coco.

Soil, Medium & Containers

Wiggle Worm Worm Castings

Pure, mineral-dense earthworm castings to feed soil biology and top-dress living-soil pots.

Soil, Medium & Containers

BuildASoil Worm Castings

Premium organic earthworm castings for building and re-amending living soil.

Soil, Medium & Containers

Back to the Roots Worm Castings

An organic worm-casting fertilizer for top-dressing and soil building.

Soil, Medium & Containers

The Andersons BioChar DG

A dispersible biochar soil amendment that improves water retention and gives microbes a place to live.

Soil, Medium & Containers

AC Infinity Self-Watering Fabric Pot Base XL (4-Pack)

Fabric-pot bases that hold a water reservoir so pots wick moisture between waterings.

Soil, Medium & Containers

Garden Auger Drill Bit

A drill-attachment auger for mixing amendments and digging planting holes fast.

Nutrients & Additives

Nutrients & Additives

General Hydroponics Flora Trio

The classic three-part FloraMicro / Grow / Bloom base nutrient line.

Nutrients & Additives

General Hydroponics pH Up & Down

The standard liquids for nudging nutrient-solution pH into range.

Nutrients & Additives

BuildASoil Vegan Bloom Booster

A vegan flower fertilizer for feeding through bloom without animal inputs.

Nutrients & Additives

BuildASoil Dry Organic Fertilizer

A dry organic all-purpose amendment for top-dressing pots.

Nutrients & Additives

Mycorrhizal Fungi Root Inoculant

An ultra-concentrated mycorrhizae inoculant that colonizes roots to expand water and nutrient uptake.

Nutrients & Additives

Real Growers Recharge (8 oz)

A mycorrhizae and microbe inoculant you add to waterings to keep soil biology active.

Nutrients & Additives

Purpinator

A specialty additive marketed to enhance color and finish. Treat it as a late-flower experiment, not a proven must-have.

Training & Structure

Training & Structure

AC Infinity Trellis Netting 4x4

Elastic trellis netting for spreading the canopy and supporting heavy colas.

Training & Structure

BudClips LST Clips (20-Pack)

Low-stress training clips for bending and holding branches to open up the canopy.

Training & Structure

AC Infinity Mounting Bars 4x4

Heavy-duty crossbars that add hang points across the top of a 4x4 tent for lights and gear.

Pest Management

Pest Management

Live Ladybugs (750)

Live beneficial predators for knocking down aphids and other soft-bodied pests without spraying the tent.

Pest Management

Gideal Yellow Sticky Traps (20-Pack)

Dual-sided sticky traps for catching and monitoring fungus gnats and other flyers.

Harvest, Dry & Cure

Harvest, Dry & Cure

Cyclemore 1-Gallon Glass Jars (2-Pack)

Wide-mouth 1-gallon glass jars with airtight lids for bulk curing and long-term storage.

Harvest, Dry & Cure

TrimBin Harvest More (Black)

A lap trim tray with a micron screen that catches kief while you trim.

Harvest, Dry & Cure

Dr.Meter Digital Scale (FS01)

A backlit digital scale for weighing dry yield.

Harvest, Dry & Cure

ForPro Nitrile Gloves

Powder-free nitrile gloves for handling sticky flower during trim.

Odds & Ends

RAW Cones (1 1/4 Size, 100-Pack)

Pre-rolled organic cones for the end product.

Where This Gear Shows Up

Discount codes for the brands that have them.

Drying & Curing

The jars, hygrometers, and racks in action.

AC Infinity Videos

The controllers and sensors, set up on video.