This is the Complete Kit I send all of my clients when starting an Edible Garden. I promise you will use every product listed below and every product will together help your chances of growing success! These materials have been curated over the years to know which product works best on what. For example: there’s so many organic pesticides out there, and while many use Neem as an “End All”, it’s only most effective against small bodied insects like mites and aphids as well as a light fungicide.
Order the Essentials:
Green Sand - provides variety of micronutrients and Potassium.
Azomite - Trace minerals for soil nutrition.
Veggie Fertilizer - you will want to mix this in as soon as soil is in.
Super Tea Blend - Beneficial Bacteria, Kelp Meal and Bamboo Silica to add Life to your Soil. Works in conjunction with fertilizers. Use Discount Code INSTAR for 20% off
Bubbler, Stone and Tubing - to activate Super Tea Blend in a 5 gallon bucket. Aerate for 15 minutes.
Mychorrhizae - use during transplanting to increase nutrient and water absorption with beneficial bacterium inoculation
Sprayer - I use these to save money on concentrates but also it takes the guesswork out of mixing chemicals, albeit organic, which if too strong, can burn plants.
Sluggo - Use soil dwelling insects like cutworms, earwigs, snails, slugs and roly poly’s.
BT - Use for caterpillars. They will come along with disease so having these materials on hand is crucial to nipping it in the bud when you find them.
Pyrethrin - Use for stinkbugs and beetles.
Zerotol - Use for fungal infections and preventive spraying, but you can also sterilize just about anything with this! It's hydrogen peroxide based.
Neem Oil - Use on soft bodied insects like mites and aphids. Acts as a gentle fungicide.
Diatomaceous Earth - Use for soil dwelling sects, ants and vine borer prevention. To treat ant piles, disturb the pile carefully with a stick, sprinkler DE. Repeat again and reapply if it gets wet. For vine borer prevention, dust stems of all Cucurbits (squash, pumpkin, melons, etc.) weekly.
Pointy Pruners - Best way to get in there and get detail clipping.
Hydrogen Peroxide, Vinegar, Clean Washcloths - Sterilize your tools or anything else in the house! You should sterilize my tools after every use. At the end of the growing season, I sterilize my trellises as well by spraying down with Zerotol, drying, then wiping off with alcohol wipes.
Hoops - to use for insect netting as prevention and/or frost protection blankets.
Trellises
Cucumber Trellis - Can be used for beans, peas, squashes, cucumbers and more! It also provides shade for growing veggies like lettuce underneath during the hot summer months.
Tomato Cages- Can also be used for Pole Beans and other short, vining veggies.
Pepper/Eggplant Cages - adjustable depending on regular or dwarf varieties.
Bonus Products:
Subpod - feed your plants directly with a secure worm bin that goes straight into your beds! Use Discount Code INSTAR!
Worm Bin - hands down the best, most convenient way to compost and get the benefits of homemade fertilizer and worm castings!
Worm Blanket - Keep the environmental dark, cool and ideal for worms
Coco Coir - Initial bedding for worm bin. You will need this for Worm bin and Subpod.
Live Worms - These should be added to your starting Worm Bin, Subpod or new veggie beds. 2000 should be good for 2 beds. Only order when you’re ready to put into their new home.
Hose - Unless you have one already, I'm a big fan of this Hose! It's so easy to maneuver and is extremely durable! Will outlast any other hose. Use code INSTAR10 for $10 off your purchase!
You will want to make sure these products are out of the elements and locked away so as not to attract rodents! Any sealed container will do. Granular products are not as susceptible to heat as liquids are due to potential of combustion.