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Products & Accessories
The Gear That Keeps a Grow Running
These are the things nobody puts on a shopping list until the moment they need one. Timers, snips, hangers, trays and cleaning supplies do not make a grow succeed on their own, but a missing timer or a blunt pair of snips will absolutely cost you time and quality at the point it matters most.
Timers. A reliable digital timer is the single most important accessory in an indoor grow, since your photoperiod depends entirely on it. Cheap mechanical timers drift and can shift your lights-on time by an hour over a few weeks, which matters for photoperiod-sensitive crops. A digital timer holds its schedule and keeps it through a short power interruption.
Pruning and harvest. Sharp, clean snips do less damage to plant tissue than blunt ones, and less damage means fewer entry points for pathogens. Drying nets give you the airflow a hanging line cannot, which matters for avoiding grey mould during the dry.
Light hangers and support. Rope ratchets let you adjust light height in seconds as the canopy grows, rather than untying and re-tying. Plant support cages keep heavy flowering branches upright without stem damage.
Cleaning and hygiene. Isopropyl alcohol handles equipment sterilising between cycles and doubles as a spot treatment for mealybugs on contact. Run-off trays catch drainage before it reaches your floor, which matters more than it sounds in a shared living space.
For root zone sterilising and system cleaning between grows, see the Pest and Disease Management range. For reservoirs, tubing and fittings, browse Pumps and Plumbing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I really need a digital timer, or will a mechanical one do?
A mechanical timer works, but they drift. Over a few weeks your lights-on time can shift by an hour, which matters for photoperiod-sensitive crops and for keeping your temperature and humidity cycle predictable. A digital timer holds its schedule and usually keeps it through a brief power cut.
Why does drying net airflow matter?
Because botrytis needs still, humid air and dead or dying plant material to establish, and a dense hanging cluster gives it exactly that. A net spreads material out in a single layer so air moves around all of it.
What can I use isopropyl alcohol for in a grow room?
Sterilising snips between plants, cleaning meters and probes, wiping down equipment between cycles, and spot-treating mealybugs on a cotton swab, where it dissolves their protective wax on contact.
Are run-off trays necessary in a drain to waste setup?
Not strictly, but they save you a lot of mess. In a drain to waste system you are producing 10 to 20 percent runoff at every feed, and that has to go somewhere. A tray contains it and makes measuring runoff EC straightforward.