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Native to North America, the Jerusalem artichoke ( Helianthus tuberosus ) first became a staple food for Indigenous peoples before being introduced to European gardens. The 'White Ordinary' variety, with its pale tubers, perpetuates this long-standing presence in our gardens.

In the garden, it forms tall, upright stems with ample green foliage, reminiscent of a small field of wild sunflowers. In late summer, its yellow flowers brighten the corner of the vegetable garden and attract a host of pollinators. Beneath this airy presence lies a veritable reservoir of life: fleshy, irregular tubers, harvested in autumn and early winter, which contribute to the garden's cycle by nourishing both the soil and the table.

It is a reliable, hardy plant that returns year after year where the soil is welcoming. It naturally finds its place in a harmonious garden, in the background of cultivated beds, like a living, edible hedge that one learns to guide rather than completely control.

Good air circulation accounts for 80% of successful sowing, particularly by preventing damping-off. Therefore, purchasing a fan isn't really an expense: by reducing losses and achieving better harvests, you'll recoup your investment in the first year!

• A clip-on model that easily attaches to a table or tablet.
• Clamp opening of 1 1/8 in (2.86 cm)
• The pliers jaws are equipped with rubber protectors.
• 6-inch diameter fan with plastic grille
• 2 speeds

Advantages of ventilation:

• Stems that are much more robust and less brittle.
• Acclimating to the outdoors is much easier and faster.
• More resistant plants that adapt better to external conditions with an almost zero mortality rate.
• Faster establishment in the vegetable garden for an earlier harvest.
• Ventilation during the early stages of development generally results in more productive plants.

These compost pots offer a simple, practical, and eco-friendly solution to replace the plastic or peat pots traditionally used in plant production. Furthermore, they are certified organic by Ecocert Canada!

• For the ecological production of strong and healthy plants!
• Made with cow manure compost using a proprietary, environmentally friendly process.
• Biodegradable material that nourishes the soil as it decomposes.
• Retains its rigidity and shape for approximately 12 weeks in a greenhouse.
• The nitrogen contained in cow manure promotes the natural decomposition of CowPots .
• Once in the ground, the CowPots gradually disappear before the end of the season.
• Porous texture that facilitates root infiltration.
• Better aeration at soil level for a denser and more vigorous root system.
• Ideal for the hilling method of sowing plants that tolerate transplantation poorly or not at all.
• Square pots offered in 3 sizes: 3 in (7.5 cm), 4 in (10 cm) and 6 in (15 cm).
• Packs of 20 and 42 (3-inch jars) , 15 and 30 (4-inch jars) and 6 (6-inch jars).
• Certified organic by EcoCert Canada.

Thanks to this thermostat, you can select the desired temperature for the production of your seedlings and the growth of your young plants according to the needs of each species.

• Water-resistant stainless steel probe
• Highly accurate digital temperature display between 68°F and 108°F (20°C and 42°C)
• Reading in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, as you prefer
• Sustainable LED lighting
• 120V 3-pin grounded electrical plug.
• Can be used with all Jump Start and Hydrofarm heated mats.
• Maximum current: 8.3 A/1000W
• 1-year limited warranty by Hydrofarm.
  
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Discover this gourmet mushroom with its incomparable taste. Advanced level!

This kit makes growing gourmet mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds incredibly easy. It's as simple as opening, watering, and harvesting. Developed with respect for the environment and human health, our kits are free of fertilizers and pesticides.

• Shiitake growing kits offer rapid and abundant fruiting.
• Within 20 days of opening a bag, a first batch of delicious Shiitake mushrooms will be ready to be picked and enjoyed.
• After harvesting, it is advisable to submerge the kit in cold water for about twelve hours to revive the mycelium and you're good to go!

A Mushroom Home Grow Mycelium Kit can produce up to 1.5 pounds of fresh mushrooms during its two months of production, then seed up to 5 times its mass ad vitam æternam.

The growing kits are handcrafted in the heart of Montreal. The raw materials used are sourced within a 2 km radius of the production site, with a focus on minimizing our environmental footprint. Our Mushroom Home Grow Kits utilize a technique that stimulates the mycelium's immune system, ensuring they reach you healthy and able to withstand environmental pests.

Elm Mushroom – Home Mushroom Growing Kit

Discover this gourmet mushroom, one of the most accessible and easiest to grow. A classic companion plant in the vegetable garden, it's a great partner for cucurbits (squash, cucumber, melon, etc.).

This kit makes it easy to grow gourmet mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds. It's as simple as opening, watering, and harvesting. Developed with respect for the environment and human health, our kits are free of fertilizers and pesticides.

• Elm oyster mushroom growing kits offer rapid and abundant fruiting.
• Within 15 days of opening a bag, a first batch of delicious elm oyster mushrooms will be ready to be picked and enjoyed.
• After harvesting, it is advisable to submerge the kit in cold water for about twelve hours to revive the mycelium, and then you're good to go!

A Mushroom Home Grow Mycelium Kit can produce up to 1.5 pounds of fresh mushrooms during its two months of production, then seed up to 5 times its mass ad vitam æternam.

The growing kits are handcrafted in the heart of Montreal. The raw materials used are sourced within a 2 km radius of the production site, with a focus on minimizing our environmental footprint. Our Mushroom Home Grow Kits utilize a technique that stimulates the mycelium's immune system, ensuring they reach you healthy and able to withstand environmental pests.

Fish hydrolysate is a cold-processed, living, and nutrient-rich fertilizer. It is 100% natural and is not sterilized at high temperatures like an emulsion.

• Helps to revitalize soil microorganisms destroyed by the use of synthetic products (pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc.).
• Excellent food source for probiotics and mycorrhizae that help roots absorb nutrients.
• Excellent food source for worms which contribute to organic matter in the soil.
• Improves seed germination and root development.
• Contributes to a healthy nitrogen level.
• Contains calcium, essential for increasing the Brix level (sugar content) of plants.
• Contains iron, essential for improving and stabilizing chlorophyll production.
• Contains a wide range of trace elements.
• For more information, see the product sheet .

The SMART POT is the original geotextile container! Also perfect for planting trees and shrubs that you can transplant elsewhere in a few years.

See the " Choosing the right format " guide.

Smart Pots technology lies in the porosity of the material, a thick geotextile that ensures optimal root development and therefore plant growth. Smart Pots promote excellent root development because the fabric allows for aeration of the potting soil and the root system, a fundamental principle of gardening. Aeration prevents root spiraling, which hinders healthy plant growth. Furthermore, air circulation prevents overheating, which is harmful to roots and soil microorganisms.

Smart Pots are simple to use and easy to clean. They are washable and collapsible for storage. They are made of lightweight and durable material (7 to 10 years). They are unbreakable.

You can add a saucer (to prevent water from running out) or raise the Smart Pots slightly off the ground (on wooden slats for example) to ensure greater aeration for the plants.

See the " Choosing the right format " guide.
You will find information on the volume of substrate (potting soil and compost) and the number of plants that can be planted in each Smart Pot size.

High-performing

• Maximum ventilation
• No root spiraling
• Denser root system = more efficient
• Excellent drainage
• No overheating like in traditional pots

Versatile

• Available in all formats
• For all places: large production, nurseries, greenhouses, balconies, rooftop vegetable gardens, cultivable areas, walls, railings, etc.
• For all crops: vegetables, flowers, herbs, small fruits, trees, etc.

Easy to use

• They can be left outside in winter.
• Unbreakable, lifespan of 5 to 10 years

Avantages :

• Fertilisant passe-partout pour les potagers, les fleurs, les arbres, fruitiers ou les haies
• Riche en chitine, augmente la résistance aux pathogènes et parasites
• Favorise une croissance et rigidité des plants
• Aide à stimuler l'enracinement
• Ne tache pas
• * Produit approuvé et conforme pour l’agriculture biologique par Québec Vrai

Ingrédients :

• Frass de ténébrion
• Algues marines

Mode d'emploi :

Taux d'application

• Dilution recommandée pour un résultat optimal.
• Diluer 5 ml (1 c. à thé) par litre d'eau. Couverture 0,5 l de solution/m2 (10,76 pi2).
• Appliquer au sol ou vaporiser le feuillage: l'arrosage au sol procuera plus de bénéfices que la vaporisation du feuillage.
• Répéter au semaine.

This lamp offers a higher quality light output than the original T5HO fluorescent lamps. It also has the advantage of an extended lifespan of approximately 35,000 hours, which is 3.5 times longer than our traditional fluorescent lamps.

• Improved lighting spectrum and efficiency.
• It gives off less heat, which reduces operating costs.
• Instantly converts SunBlaster fluorescent strip lights into high-quality LED light in seconds.
• 100% compatible with all SunBlaster T5HO light strips and most popular electronic luminaires with T5HO ballasts.*
  Better for the environment, as it does not contain mercury.
• Security upgrade.
• 2-year limited warranty by Sunblaster.
  Consult the manufacturer's instructions.
  Consult the manufacturer's information sheet.

* T5LED18 only works with SunBlaster devices.

Gaia Green's Abundant Flowering is a phosphate-rich fertilizer specially formulated to promote abundant flowering and fruiting. It is also an excellent fertilizer for stimulating root growth.

• NPK 2-8-4
• Contains bone meal, mineralized phosphate, fish bone meal, rock phosphate, potassium sulfate (mine), glacial rock dust, insect excrement, feather meal, basaltic rock dust, kelp meal, humic acid, gypsum, greensand and blood meal.
• This complex mixture, rich in phosphorus and potassium, is suitable for a wide range of flowering and fruiting plants.
• It helps to improve soil quality to support plant growth in a sustainable way.
• Easy to use.
• Approved for use in organic farming by Ecocert Canada
• For more information, consult the Gaia Green product guide.

This handy, fast-reading instrument features a probe for measuring humidity, another for measuring pH, and a light sensor for measuring light intensity.

• Durable and easy to use, both indoors and outdoors.
• For moisture measurement, insert three-quarters of the probe length into the soil.
• Moisture measurement is recorded on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being dry soil and 10 being wet soil.
• Three color zones help you interpret the result, depending on whether the plant prefers rather dry or rather moist soils.
• To measure light, place the light sensor near the plant, pointing it towards the light source.
• A reading between 0 and 500 indicates low brightness while a reading between 700 and 2000 indicates the presence of high brightness.
• To measure pH, take a soil sample and make a slurry by adding distilled water.
• Insert 10-13 cm of the probes into the mixture and hold them there for one minute before noting the measurement.
• Do not use in the rain or in wet conditions, as only the probes are water resistant.

Discover this gourmet mushroom with its incomparable taste. Advanced level!

This kit makes growing gourmet mushrooms outdoors easy. It's as simple as Open, Water, and Harvest. Developed with respect for the environment and human health, our kits are free of fertilizers and pesticides.

• Wine-red Stropharia culture kits – Stropharia rugosoannulata – are our first secondary decomposers offered in store.
• Known for its usefulness in permaculture and urban agriculture, the royal stropharia allows for the revaluation of garden waste – dead leaves, branches, straw, etc. – into a growing substrate.
• Introducing this variety to the garden is highly recommended; it's ideal for autumn gardening!

A Mushroom Home Grow Mycelium Kit can produce up to 1 pound of fresh mushrooms during its two months of production, then seed up to 5 times its mass ad vitam æternam.

The growing kits are handcrafted in the heart of Montreal. The raw materials used are sourced within a 2 km radius of the production site, with a focus on minimizing our environmental footprint. Our Mushroom Home Grow Kits utilize a technique that stimulates the mycelium's immune system, ensuring they reach you healthy and able to withstand environmental pests.

Blue oyster mushroom – Home Mushroom Growing Kit.

Blue oyster mushroom mycelium [ Pleurotus ostreatus var. Columbinus ] cultivated in a circular economy on spent grain, hemp and coffee grounds in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Discover this gourmet mushroom, one of the most accessible and easiest to grow.

This kit makes it easy to grow gourmet mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds. It's as simple as opening, watering, and harvesting. Developed with respect for the environment and human health, these kits are free of fertilizers and pesticides.

• Blue oyster mushroom growing kits offer rapid and abundant fruiting.
• Within 15 days of opening a bag, a first batch of delicious blue oyster mushrooms will be ready to be picked and enjoyed.
• After harvesting, it is advisable to submerge the kit in cold water for about twelve hours to revive the mycelium, and then you're good to go!

A Home Mushrooms growing mycelium kit can produce up to 1.5 pounds of fresh mushrooms during its two months of production, then seed up to 5 times its mass ad vitam æternam.

Fantastic permaculture innovation – oyster mushroom mycelium also allows for the repurposing of many organic household wastes into a food source as a mushroom growing substrate!

The growing kits are handcrafted in the heart of Montreal. The raw materials used are sourced within a 2 km radius of the production site, with a focus on minimizing our environmental footprint. Our Mushroom Home Grow Kits utilize a technique that stimulates the mycelium's immune system, ensuring they reach you healthy and able to withstand environmental pests.

Le topinambour blanc à fuseau  ressemble fortement au tubercule régulier. Sa particularité tient à sa forme allongée et à sa couleur claire. Cette légumineuse indigène gagne à être connue pour son parfum savoureux proche de l'artichaut. Sa floraison très longue et abondante ne gâche rien à l'affaire !

Il était au menu des peuples amérindiens et a été introduit en France au début du XVII ^e  siècle sous le nom de « truffe du Canada » en raison de la forme de son tubercule. Le fait qu'il soit vivace et qu'il exige peu de soin en a fait une ressource alimentaire fiable durant les Guerres mondiales du début du XX ^e  siècle.

Des tubercules à planter en automne ou au printemps. Parce que les tubercules de topinambour ne passent pas toujours bien l'hiver en entreposage, plusieurs préfèrent mettre en terre cette plante vivace en automne.

Sa culture est facile. Très rustique, il s'adapte à tous les types de sols bien drainés, se cultive au soleil et croît rapidement. Il faut s'en méfier : il peut être envahissant. Chaque tubercule oublié poussera l'année suivante. En fleurs, il culmine à plus de 2 mètres. Il faudra leur tuteurer en zone de grands vents

La récolte se fait tard en octobre, car le goût des tubercules s'améliore avec l'arrivée du froid. Notez que les tubercules sont sensibles au gel lorsqu'ils sont hors terre.

Il se consomme traditionnellement frit, en purée, en vinaigrette ou à la crème, mais aussi en marinade et en lactofermentation.

Plantation : au printemps ou à l'automne
Profondeur de plantation : 10 cm
Espacement des plants: 60 cm
Espacement des rangs (sans interligne): 75 cm

Plantez dès la réception ou conservez les racines au réfrigérateur en attendant la plantation.

• Expédition à partir du mois de mai, selon les conditions météorologiques.

De retour au printemps 2027.

White glazed stoneware dish. Polypropylene germination grid. Phthalate and BPA free.

When in contact with water, the seeds of basil, arugula, cress, flax, yellow and white mustard, chia, perilla, purslane, and camelina develop a gelatinous substance: mucilage. This mucilage makes them unsuitable for germination in a standard sprouting tray and necessitates the use of a germination tray. The result is beautiful, upright, bright green, and crisp sprouts.

Dimensions: 5 inches in diameter x 2 inches in height
Net weight (empty): 400 g

Technical specifications available for download

Photo credit: Germina

The Bio Plus P-30 floating row cover can be installed as soon as the crops are planted. This model is designed for extreme weather conditions, particularly in regions where crops need protection from severe frost or very low temperatures. The cover thus extends the growing season well into the year. It is strongly recommended to install the cover on hoops spaced 1.2 m (4 ft) apart to avoid damaging the plants.

Floating plant covers create an ideal microclimate for plant growth by capturing the sun's heat throughout the day. It is therefore important to install them early so they have time to absorb this heat. They are also permeable, allowing plants access to rainwater.

The P-30 is a floating row cover made of three overlapping layers of non-woven fabric, resulting in a perfectly homogeneous structure. It offers the best thermal protection for crops against the cold available on the market.

The advantages:

• Superior thermal qualities compared to any other floating cover
• Increased weather resistance
• Unparalleled extensibility, favorable to crops with strong vegetative growth
• Easy reuse
• Weight without reinforced edge: (30g/m²) (0.1oz/ft²)

Available format:

• 7.2' x 30' (2.2m x 9.15m)

Avantages :

• Fleurs courtes (30 cm / 12'' et moins)
• Vivaces et annuelles
• Ami des pollinisateurs, crée de la biodiversité
• Facile à semer et à entretenir

Ingrédients :

• 74% annuelles 26% vivaces
• Voir la liste des ingrédients

Mode d'emploi :

Méthode d'ensemencement

• Éliminer tout débris ou amas, puis bêcher le sol à une profondeur de 10 cm (4 po).
• Agiter le sac pour mélanger le contenu avant de l'ouvrir.
• En utilisant un épandeur rotatif, distribuez les semences uniformément dans les deux directions différentes (nord-sud et est-ouest).
• Ajouter une fine couche de terre (maximum 6 mm (1/4 pouce) afin de recouvrir les semences.
• Semer à la volée, puis recouvrir d'une mince couche de terre (1/4 po).
• Arroser régulièrement sans saturer la terre (garder le sol humide en été).
• Couper les tiges à l'automne pour un réensemencement naturel.

Recommandation

• Pour une durabilité accrue, il est recommandé de réensemencer en dormance ou au printemps suivant.

Designed to make the perfect hole for sowing seeds, seedlings, or small bulbs. The Growers & Co. planter also has measurements engraved on its stainless steel body so you can measure the exact depth each hole should reach.

• Made of stainless steel with a brushed finish
• Engraved measurements
• 4" ash wood handle with matte finish
• Hot stamped logo
• 3 mm cord
• Length: 12"

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Photo credit: Growers & Co.