Grow Healthy Food in Your Classroom – Notes

Unless noted, links are to products that I’ve used and can recommend. Tower Garden, LetPot, Anu, and Permaculture Michigan/Canada sales are the only ones where I receive a commission.

Class: Growing Edibles Indoors

PowerPoint Slides: Growing Edibles Indoors

Where to get seeds: Parkseed.com, TrueLeafMarket.com, DriftlessSeeds.com
Purchase rockwool.

Soil-less growing system examples

Hydroponic: LetPot
Aquaponic: Item on Amazon (I haven’t used this system)
Aeroponic: Tower Garden
Anu: Growpods

Growing Micro-greens

Seeds – https://www.trueleafmarket.com/collections/micro-greens-planting-seed
Micro-Mats – https://www.trueleafmarket.com/products/micro-mats-hydroponic-grow-pads

Supplemental lighting

6500K Shop light: https://www.amazon.com/Kihung-Cabinet-Utility-Ceiling-Electric/dp/B07FF7C7KF
Learn more about light needs for plants

Variety of Tomato Plants

Determinate – Bushy plant that doesn’t need staking.
Determinate Cherry Tomato seed Micro Tom from seedsnsuch.com
Cucumber – Kitchen Mini from parkseed.com

Water Filter for well water
Camco TastePURE RV Water Filter

Good book on houseplants
The Complete Guide to Growing Windowsill Plants

Find the Money

Farm Bureau in your county
Grant writer: Sheena Weller of Weller Grant Services

Permaculture – outdoor gardening
Graham Towerton
Permaculture Adventures Michigan
graham@permaculturecanada.world

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