The Most Reviewed Indoor Gardening Equipment
Buying products online can be risky. At least in the store you could hold the box in your hands, maybe open the flap to peek inside. You could feel the material or compare two products side-by-side. Not so much online. That’s why product reviews carry so much weight with buyers. Somebody else evaluated the product for you.
Since reviews carry so much weight with online shoppers, I’ve curated a list of indoor garden products with the most reviews in their category.
See the Criteria for Inclusion section of this article for an explanation for how I selected products listed below.
The article lists many products, and the list will grow over time as I find more highly-reviewed products to add. I use only text links to reduce page load time. Product links take you to Amazon.com, where you can see images and investigate the product further.
Let’s see what indoor garden products are the best of the best!
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Hydroponic Growing Systems
A Hydroponic Growing System is a “garden in a box”. All but the largest units or vertical towers fit on a kitchen countertop. The combination of the hydroponic technique and LED technology almost guarantee you a successful garden.
Based upon the number of ratings received by these Hydroponic Growing Systems, these products stand out as the most popular on the market.
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6 pods, 20-watt LED, convenient control panel, 12″ plant height, and it comes with herb seeds ready to grow. Available in stainless steel, sage, and platinum. The manufacturer sells pre-seeded pods containing seeds for a wide variety of plants. |
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9 pods, powerful 30-watt LED, 24″ plant height, vacation mode, trellis, and it comes with seeds ready to grow. With the Basic model, you get a powerful LED and 9 pod capacity without the extra conveniences. The manufacturer sells pre-seeded pods containing seeds for a wide variety of plants. |
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3 pods, 10-watt LED, 10″ plant height, and it comes with 3 herb seed pods. Available in black and white. The Sprout works best for small plants and fits in small spaces, like a dorm room or RV. The manufacturer sells pre-seeded pods containing seeds for a wide variety of plants. |
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12 pods, 22-watt LED, 11″ plant height, built-in fan, and two grow modes for the grow light. The 4.5L (liter) water tank expands the time between waterings. Light modes options are vegetable or fruit and flowers. Available in black and white. No seeds included. |
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3 pods, 14″ plant height. Three basil pods included. Click & Grow promotes their pods as being superior to “regular” grow pods. Available in gray, white, and beige. The manufacturer sells pre-seeded pods containing seeds for a wide variety of plants. |
Self-Watering Containers
The self-watering container differs from an old-fashioned flower pot in that the self-watering container includes a built-in water reservoir below the soil compartment that allows water to wick up into the grow medium to the roots of the plant.
A self-watering container when combined with a powerful grow LED makes a Self-Watering Container System, an indoor raised bed garden. (See the companion article, A Raised Bed Garden Indoors? Bring It On!) You can grow so many different plants indoors in a Self-Watering Container System.
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Self-watering container raised up on legs with a shelf below. Holds more than twelve gallons of soil. Allot about a yard by a foot and a half of floor space. Great design for indoor garden. Built-in water level indicator. |
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Three small self-watering containers. Well-suited for herbs, radishes, and shallow-rooted plants. Uses a cotton rope wick. Clear section of container shows water level. Fill water through opening in corner. Looks nice. |
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Three small self-watering containers. Well-suited for herbs, radishes, and shallow-rooted plants. Uses a cotton rope wick. Clear section of container shows water level. Fill water through opening in corner. Looks nice. |
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Present your indoor garden as a decoration with these superb self-watering containers. High-end planters show gardening can be stylish. Comes in slate and white. 12″ x 12″ x 12″ |
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Present your indoor garden as a decoration with these superb self-watering containers. High-end planters show gardening can be stylish. Comes in slate and white. 15″ x 15″ x 15″ |
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The self-watering container allows water to seep into the soil and wick up to the roots of the plant. You can grow a small plant. Simple design. |
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Seed Pod Refills
Your Hydroponic Growing System will last you many years, providing many crops. Each crop needs new grow sponges. You may also need to replenish your supply of pod labels and pods. Check out these popular refill kits.
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Grow your own seeds using these replacement grow sponges. The kit includes 150 AeroGarden-compatible sponges, 10 plant labels, and tweezers. Other options include kits with fewer sponges with or without grow baskets (pods). |
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Square grow sponges fit some models of iDOO, QYO, and Lyko gardening appliances. Get 50 square sponges and 50 labels for your Hydroponic Growing System. |
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Get 50 sets of sponge and label, plus 12 sets of pods and domes, and plant food. Compatible with AeroGarden devices. Options include the same kit without plant food, just pods and labels only, or a set of 100 sponges and 50 labels. |
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The GardenCube consists of 40 complete plant kits, each with a sponge, basket (pod), dome, and label. The sponges are cone-shaped. One option to this kit includes plant food. |
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In the Tigvio seed pod kit you’ll get 50 sponges and 50 labels, plus 12 pods (baskets) and 12 domes. A set of tweezers for picking up seeds rounds out the kit. The sponges are cone-shaped. Options for this kit includes 50 sponges by themselves or a full set of 30 plant kits with food. |
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Get 50 square sponges and 50 labels along with plant food for compatible iDOO, Lyko, and QYO Hydroponic Growing Systems. One option available provides just grow sponges and plant food. |
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Click and Grow offers pre-seeded pods (not compatible with AeroGarden) for use in their Hydroponic Growing Systems. Basil is one of the most popular. |
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Click and Grow offers pre-seeded pods (not compatible with AeroGarden) for use in their Hydroponic Growing Systems. Strawberry is one of the most reviewed seed pod kits. |
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Click and Grow offers pre-seeded pods (not compatible with AeroGarden) for use in their Hydroponic Growing Systems. Tomatoes are always a popular indoor garden plant and unsurprisingly generated many reviews. |
Seed Starters
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Seed Packets
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Potting Soil
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Fertilizer
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Grow LED
Coming soon. Check back often.
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Microgreens
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Books
Grow your library of reference materials for a bountiful indoor garden. Whether you grow your food indoors or outdoors, the plant is the same. Learn all you can how to provide your indoor plants all they need to thrive.
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The book pertains to growing food in a raised bed outdoors, but the knowledge for growing in a raised bed can be adapted for growing in a Self-Watering Container System. |
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The book topic revolves around growing food outdoors but contains information about vegetables you may find of value as you grow them indoors. |
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Like many gardening books, this book centers on outdoor gardening, including calendars and planting recommendations. However, the book also contains information on vegetables and plants that can help you grow better food indoors. |
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This book geared toward new gardeners is (surprise!) focused on outdoor gardening. As with many gardening books, you are looking to gain knowledge on growing food in general with specifics on each plant type. You may find this book informative. The book is one of four books in a series but the only book in the series that meets the requirements for inclusion on this page. |
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A classic! The information supplied in this encyclopedia goes well beyond a simple garden into full-blown homesteading. If you feel the desire to move beyond your indoor garden, you should find this book valuable. |
Indoor Garden Hydroponic Supplies
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Miscellaneous Indoor Garden Accessories
It’s the little things, or in this case, the accessories, that can make an indoor garden successful. These products refill or replace parts worn out.
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Capillary wick cords in a variety of lengths and thicknesses. Use these cords to draw water from the reservoir in a self-watering container to the grow medium. Most smaller self-watering containers use wicks. Larger self-watering containers may have areas to submerge the grow media in the water, and will not need a wick like these. |
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Capillary wick cords in a variety of lengths and thicknesses. Use these cords to draw water from the reservoir in a self-watering container to the grow medium. Most smaller self-watering containers use wicks. Larger self-watering containers may have areas to submerge the grow media in the water, and will not need a wick like these. |
All product links in this article are affiliate links. Purchases made after you click on a product link may result in me earning a small percentage of the purchase price. This costs you nothing, but helps cover the cost of publishing the website.
Hybrid Indoor Garden Systems
Coming soon. Check back often.
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Criteria for Item Inclusion
Products were included in this list (and will continue to be added to the list as I find more) based upon these criteria.
- This product surpassed the threshold I set for a minimum number of reviews of a product in its category.
- I believed the product would benefit people growing food in their home.
I’ll clarify four aspects of reviews.
- I set the minimum number of reviews for products by the category. Products in one category may require fewer reviews to be included than products in another category. Some product categories simply don’t sell enough products to generate many reviews or the technology changes so quickly new products replace existing products often.
- Some manufacturers group multiple colors of one product under a single set of reviews. If color (or maybe size/capacity) is the only difference, I consider those products to be the same.
- Sometimes a manufacturer groups unique products under a single set of reviews. I attempt to break the group apart to learn the actual number of reviews for each unique product before deciding whether to include any products in this curated list.
- A product may attract activist reviewers—people who have not purchased the product or service—but wish to make their opinions known regarding the product, seller, or manufacturer. I’ll not count activist reviews on either side of an issue if possible, and may choose to include the item based upon the above two criteria alone.
The customer-tested products listed on this page should help you get your indoor garden operational with minimal fuss. Good luck and happy gardening!
Key Takeaways
You can construct a spectacular indoor garden even if you limit yourself to the items presented in this article.
The items listed above can also make “safe” gifts, because you know the products have stood the test of time. You can read enough reviews to decide whether the product matches the needs of your intended recipient.
Don’t reject innovative new products just because they haven’t generated the minimum number of reviews for me to include them here. Wonderful new technologies and techniques come along all the time.
Come back to this article often, as the lists will continue to grow. Good products earn more reviews and as those products meet the minimum number of reviews they’ll be added to these lists.