diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index aa0ff39a9..6d9a825cb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gem 'unicorn'                      # http server
 gem "comfortable_mexican_sofa", git: "https://github.com/restarone/comfortable-mexican-sofa.git"
 
 gem 'active_utils'
-gem 'solid_queue'
+gem 'sidekiq'
 
 # Markdown formatting for updates etc
 gem 'bluecloth'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7349cd775..2e44f485d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ GEM
       multi_json
     erb (6.0.4)
     erubi (1.13.1)
-    et-orbi (1.4.0)
-      tzinfo
     execjs (2.10.0)
     factory_bot (6.5.5)
       activesupport (>= 6.1.0)
@@ -301,9 +299,6 @@ GEM
       sassc (>= 1.11)
     friendly_id (5.6.0)
       activerecord (>= 4.0.0)
-    fugit (1.12.1)
-      et-orbi (~> 1.4)
-      raabro (~> 1.4)
     gbifrb (0.2.0)
     geocoder (1.8.6)
       base64 (>= 0.1.0)
@@ -506,7 +501,6 @@ GEM
     puma (8.0.1)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     query_diet (0.7.3)
-    raabro (1.4.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
     rack (2.2.23)
     rack-attack (6.8.0)
@@ -577,6 +571,8 @@ GEM
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
       tsort
     recaptcha (5.21.2)
+    redis-client (0.26.2)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.12.0)
     reline (0.6.3)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
@@ -700,16 +696,15 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 4.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
+    sidekiq (7.3.10)
+      base64
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0, < 3)
+      logger
+      rack (>= 2.2.4, < 3.3)
+      redis-client (>= 0.23.0, < 1)
     simple_po_parser (1.1.6)
     sitemap_generator (6.3.0)
       builder (~> 3.0)
-    solid_queue (1.4.0)
-      activejob (>= 7.1)
-      activerecord (>= 7.1)
-      concurrent-ruby (>= 1.3.1)
-      fugit (~> 1.11)
-      railties (>= 7.1)
-      thor (>= 1.3.1)
     sprockets (3.7.5)
       base64
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -877,8 +872,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   scout_apm
   searchkick
   selenium-webdriver
+  sidekiq
   sitemap_generator
-  solid_queue
   sprockets (< 4)
   terser
   timecop
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index c2c566e8c..528ca4bfb 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb
+web: bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/jobs b/bin/jobs
deleted file mode 100755
index dcf59f309..000000000
--- a/bin/jobs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-require_relative "../config/environment"
-require "solid_queue/cli"
-
-SolidQueue::Cli.start(ARGV)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index fd27de7a9..ae00291b8 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   config.action_controller.action_on_unpermitted_parameters = :raise
 
-  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :solid_queue
+  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :sidekiq
 
   config.after_initialize do
     Bullet.enable = true
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index c82b56be8..81ce8904f 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
                          down_retry_delay:     60 }
 
   # Use a real queuing backend for Active Job (and separate queues per environment)
-  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :solid_queue
+  # config.active_job.queue_adapter     = :resque
   # config.active_job.queue_name_prefix = "growstuff_#{Rails.env}"
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
 
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
     <noscript><p><img alt="Clicky" width="1" height="1" src="//in.getclicky.com/100594260ns.gif" /></p></noscript>
   GET_CLICKY_SCRIPT
 
+  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :sidekiq
   # Use a different logger for distributed setups.
   # require 'syslog/logger'
   # config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(Syslog::Logger.new 'app-name')
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24dcf022e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+
+Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+  config.redis = { url: 'redis://localhost:6379/0' }
+end
+
+Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
+  config.redis = { url: 'redis://localhost:6379/0' }
+end
diff --git a/config/puma.rb b/config/puma.rb
index 8a02f0527..a47b28904 100644
--- a/config/puma.rb
+++ b/config/puma.rb
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ pidfile ENV.fetch("PIDFILE") { "tmp/pids/server.pid" }
 
 # Allow puma to be restarted by `rails restart` command.
 plugin :tmp_restart
-plugin :solid_queue if ENV["SOLID_QUEUE_IN_PUMA"] || Rails.env.development?
diff --git a/config/queue.yml b/config/queue.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eace59c4..000000000
--- a/config/queue.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-default: &default
-  dispatchers:
-    - polling_interval: 1
-      batch_size: 500
-  workers:
-    - queues: "*"
-      threads: 3
-      processes: <%= ENV.fetch("JOB_CONCURRENCY", 1) %>
-      polling_interval: 0.1
-
-development:
-  <<: *default
-
-test:
-  <<: *default
-
-production:
-  <<: *default
diff --git a/config/recurring.yml b/config/recurring.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4207f9b0..000000000
--- a/config/recurring.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# examples:
-#   periodic_cleanup:
-#     class: CleanSoftDeletedRecordsJob
-#     queue: background
-#     args: [ 1000, { batch_size: 500 } ]
-#     schedule: every hour
-#   periodic_cleanup_with_command:
-#     command: "SoftDeletedRecord.due.delete_all"
-#     priority: 2
-#     schedule: at 5am every day
-
-production:
-  clear_solid_queue_finished_jobs:
-    command: "SolidQueue::Job.clear_finished_in_batches(sleep_between_batches: 0.3)"
-    schedule: every hour at minute 12
diff --git a/config/sidekiq.yml b/config/sidekiq.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b68d2e2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sidekiq.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+:concurrency: 1
+:queues:
+  - default
+  - mailers
diff --git a/db/migrate/20260502070819_create_solid_queue_tables.rb b/db/migrate/20260502070819_create_solid_queue_tables.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ab62d6311..000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20260502070819_create_solid_queue_tables.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-class CreateSolidQueueTables < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
-  def up
-    load "db/queue_schema.rb"
-  end
-
-  def down
-    # Drop Solid Queue tables if needed
-    drop_table :solid_queue_blocked_executions
-    drop_table :solid_queue_claimed_executions
-    drop_table :solid_queue_failed_executions
-    drop_table :solid_queue_jobs
-    drop_table :solid_queue_pauses
-    drop_table :solid_queue_processes
-    drop_table :solid_queue_ready_executions
-    drop_table :solid_queue_recurring_executions
-    drop_table :solid_queue_recurring_tasks
-    drop_table :solid_queue_scheduled_executions
-    drop_table :solid_queue_semaphores
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/queue_schema.rb b/db/queue_schema.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 85194b6a8..000000000
--- a/db/queue_schema.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 1) do
-  create_table "solid_queue_blocked_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.string "concurrency_key", null: false
-    t.datetime "expires_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "concurrency_key", "priority", "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_blocked_executions_for_release"
-    t.index [ "expires_at", "concurrency_key" ], name: "index_solid_queue_blocked_executions_for_maintenance"
-    t.index [ "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_blocked_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_claimed_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.bigint "process_id"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_claimed_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index [ "process_id", "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_claimed_executions_on_process_id_and_job_id"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_failed_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.text "error"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_failed_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_jobs", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.string "class_name", null: false
-    t.text "arguments"
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.string "active_job_id"
-    t.datetime "scheduled_at"
-    t.datetime "finished_at"
-    t.string "concurrency_key"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "active_job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_on_active_job_id"
-    t.index [ "class_name" ], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_on_class_name"
-    t.index [ "finished_at" ], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_on_finished_at"
-    t.index [ "queue_name", "finished_at" ], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_for_filtering"
-    t.index [ "scheduled_at", "finished_at" ], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_for_alerting"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_pauses", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "queue_name" ], name: "index_solid_queue_pauses_on_queue_name", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_processes", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "kind", null: false
-    t.datetime "last_heartbeat_at", null: false
-    t.bigint "supervisor_id"
-    t.integer "pid", null: false
-    t.string "hostname"
-    t.text "metadata"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.string "name", null: false
-    t.index [ "last_heartbeat_at" ], name: "index_solid_queue_processes_on_last_heartbeat_at"
-    t.index [ "name", "supervisor_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_processes_on_name_and_supervisor_id", unique: true
-    t.index [ "supervisor_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_processes_on_supervisor_id"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_ready_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_ready_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index [ "priority", "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_poll_all"
-    t.index [ "queue_name", "priority", "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_poll_by_queue"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_recurring_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "task_key", null: false
-    t.datetime "run_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index [ "task_key", "run_at" ], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_executions_on_task_key_and_run_at", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_recurring_tasks", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "key", null: false
-    t.string "schedule", null: false
-    t.string "command", limit: 2048
-    t.string "class_name"
-    t.text "arguments"
-    t.string "queue_name"
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0
-    t.boolean "static", default: true, null: false
-    t.text "description"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "key" ], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_tasks_on_key", unique: true
-    t.index [ "static" ], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_tasks_on_static"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_scheduled_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.datetime "scheduled_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_scheduled_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index [ "scheduled_at", "priority", "job_id" ], name: "index_solid_queue_dispatch_all"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_semaphores", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "key", null: false
-    t.integer "value", default: 1, null: false
-    t.datetime "expires_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index [ "expires_at" ], name: "index_solid_queue_semaphores_on_expires_at"
-    t.index [ "key", "value" ], name: "index_solid_queue_semaphores_on_key_and_value"
-    t.index [ "key" ], name: "index_solid_queue_semaphores_on_key", unique: true
-  end
-
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_blocked_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_claimed_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_failed_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_ready_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_recurring_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_scheduled_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 054304749..41c702c77 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.2].define(version: 2026_05_02_070819) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.2].define(version: 2026_04_29_132911) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -970,127 +970,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.2].define(version: 2026_05_02_070819) do
     t.index ["source"], name: "index_seeds_on_source"
   end
 
-  create_table "solid_queue_blocked_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.string "concurrency_key", null: false
-    t.datetime "expires_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["concurrency_key", "priority", "job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_blocked_executions_for_release"
-    t.index ["expires_at", "concurrency_key"], name: "index_solid_queue_blocked_executions_for_maintenance"
-    t.index ["job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_blocked_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_claimed_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.bigint "process_id"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_claimed_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["process_id", "job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_claimed_executions_on_process_id_and_job_id"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_failed_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.text "error"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_failed_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_jobs", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.string "class_name", null: false
-    t.text "arguments"
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.string "active_job_id"
-    t.datetime "scheduled_at"
-    t.datetime "finished_at"
-    t.string "concurrency_key"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index ["active_job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_on_active_job_id"
-    t.index ["class_name"], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_on_class_name"
-    t.index ["finished_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_on_finished_at"
-    t.index ["queue_name", "finished_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_for_filtering"
-    t.index ["scheduled_at", "finished_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_jobs_for_alerting"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_pauses", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["queue_name"], name: "index_solid_queue_pauses_on_queue_name", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_processes", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "kind", null: false
-    t.datetime "last_heartbeat_at", null: false
-    t.bigint "supervisor_id"
-    t.integer "pid", null: false
-    t.string "hostname"
-    t.text "metadata"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.string "name", null: false
-    t.index ["last_heartbeat_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_processes_on_last_heartbeat_at"
-    t.index ["name", "supervisor_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_processes_on_name_and_supervisor_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["supervisor_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_processes_on_supervisor_id"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_ready_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_ready_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["priority", "job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_poll_all"
-    t.index ["queue_name", "priority", "job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_poll_by_queue"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_recurring_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "task_key", null: false
-    t.datetime "run_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["task_key", "run_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_executions_on_task_key_and_run_at", unique: true
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_recurring_tasks", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "key", null: false
-    t.string "schedule", null: false
-    t.string "command", limit: 2048
-    t.string "class_name"
-    t.text "arguments"
-    t.string "queue_name"
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0
-    t.boolean "static", default: true, null: false
-    t.text "description"
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index ["key"], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_tasks_on_key", unique: true
-    t.index ["static"], name: "index_solid_queue_recurring_tasks_on_static"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_scheduled_executions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "job_id", null: false
-    t.string "queue_name", null: false
-    t.integer "priority", default: 0, null: false
-    t.datetime "scheduled_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.index ["job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_scheduled_executions_on_job_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["scheduled_at", "priority", "job_id"], name: "index_solid_queue_dispatch_all"
-  end
-
-  create_table "solid_queue_semaphores", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "key", null: false
-    t.integer "value", default: 1, null: false
-    t.datetime "expires_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index ["expires_at"], name: "index_solid_queue_semaphores_on_expires_at"
-    t.index ["key", "value"], name: "index_solid_queue_semaphores_on_key_and_value"
-    t.index ["key"], name: "index_solid_queue_semaphores_on_key", unique: true
-  end
-
   create_table "versions", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "whodunnit"
     t.datetime "created_at"
@@ -1114,10 +993,4 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.2].define(version: 2026_05_02_070819) do
   add_foreign_key "photo_associations", "photos"
   add_foreign_key "plantings", "seeds", column: "parent_seed_id", name: "parent_seed", on_delete: :nullify
   add_foreign_key "seeds", "plantings", column: "parent_planting_id", name: "parent_planting", on_delete: :nullify
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_blocked_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_claimed_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_failed_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_ready_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_recurring_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "solid_queue_scheduled_executions", "solid_queue_jobs", column: "job_id", on_delete: :cascade
 end