25 Mar
Beginner's Section, Growing with Hydroponics, How To Grow

Guide for Hydroponics Gardening

In the simplest terms, hydroponics is a method of growing plants, without any soil. All of the nutrients and resources needed for growth are provided via an aquatic solution that is flushed through the root zone for plant uptake. These alternative growing systems are quickly increasing in popularity due to their many benefits, and expand the possibilities for urban and indoor gardening exponentially. Plants grown in hydroponics gardening systems use fewer resources and they often yield better th...

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26 Oct
Beginner's Section, How to Clone, How To Grow

Five Best Ways To Germinate Seeds

Starting a garden from seed? Well get ready for an education in germination. These are the five best ways to germinate your seeds and a few tips on how to plant your seeds once they’ve rooted. Luckily, germinating seeds successfully doesn’t take a science degree. But it will take a glass of water and roughly 24 hours, so if don’t have either of those you should probably stop reading now. By following these simple 'how to' tips for germinating seeds, you can have an abundance of plants growing i...

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11 Aug
How To Grow, LEDs

Growing Indoor Tomatoes With LED Lights

Growing tomatoes indoors is a great way to have fresh tomatoes year round without having to worry about the weather outside. There are many ways to grow veggies indoors but the newest craze is LED lighting. Growing tomato plants indoors using light emitting diodes (LED’s) offers several advantages to traditionally outdoor gGrowing Tomatoes with LED Lightsrown tomato farming. Growing tomatoes indoors requires a LED that has a broad-spectrum range of color. LED lights must be able to accommodate t...

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11 Aug
How To Grow

Indoor Herb Garden

If you are someone who enjoys cooking, or are looking for an easy indoor garden to care for, an indoor herb garden would be great for you. Growing herbs indoors is a bit different than outdoors, but equally as rewarding of a project to take on. Herbs, for the most part, require full sun, or a bright location. Finding that is most often the largest obstacle to growing an indoor herb garden. A bright windowsill over a sink, or a kitchen window makes for a perfect and convenient location to watc...

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11 Aug
How To Grow

Growing Indoor Tomatoes

Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables grown by home gardeners, indoors or out – and for good reason. Once you have tasted a freshly picked tomato that you have grown yourself, what lurks in the produce section of the supermarket completely loses its appeal. Given the amount of light and heat tomatoes require, growing tomatoes indoors for at least part of the season makes perfect sense – and in some climates, growing them indoors exclusively is the only way to ensure that they ripen at ...

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11 Aug
Beginner's Section, Growing with Hydroponics, How To Grow

Is Hydroponic Gardening for You?

Hydroponic gardening is the method of growing fresh vegetables without using soil. The growing method has several applications including vermiponics and aquaponics, which we will dive into a little later. All hydroponic applications have the capability to produce successful harvests. As the trend continues to grow towards sustainable living, the demand for alternative gardening methods producing food year round will grow as well. Hydroponic gardening can produce fresh vegetables and fish year ar...

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06 Jun
How To Grow

Growing Cucumbers Indoors

Cucumbers are one of the most productive summer vegetables you can grow indoors. Growing cucumbers that have been bred solely for the greenhouse is the easiest way to achieve a successful crop. In a perfect environment they can grow very long (up to 20 inches or 51 centimeters). For the most part they taste sweet and their skins tend to be thin, with the exception of pickling cucumbers bred for indoor growing. Greenhouse cucumbers are quite high yielding and do not need pollination. It is also p...

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06 Jun
How To Grow

Growing Indoor Fig Trees

Figs are an easy plant to grow in an indoor space. Figs in their native habitat reach from 15 to 30 feet (4.6 to 9 m) in height. Growing indoor fig trees is more manageable when they are grown in containers, since the limited root space results in natural dwarfing. As the roots fill the container, you’ll need to pot up the plant, and you will eventually need a very large pot indeed. Make sure that you can easily handle the final container, in case you need to move it around. ...

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06 Jun
How To Grow

Growing Citrus Indoors

Citrus is a wonderful indoor plant, just for the marvelous fragrance of the flowers. There is nothing quite like opening the door to your indoor space to the heady scent of citrus in bloom, especially after a dreary winter day. As early as the sixteenth century, special indoor spaces were built specifically to overwinter citrus trees. These spaces were called orangeries, and were heated with stoves. The buildings were made primarily of brick, with glass only on the south wa...

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06 Jun
Beginner's Section, Grow Rooms, How To Grow

Environmental Control Tips for Growing Plants Indoors

Growing plants indoors with hydroponics allows you to provide yourself and your loved ones with fresh produce year around. However, just like outdoor-grown plants, those grown indoors must have a certain type of environment in which to grow. Humidity, air circulation, light and temperature needs must be met so plants can thrive in an indoor environment. Use these environmental control tips to provide the perfect indoor environment in which to successfully grow plants of your choice.

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06 Jun
How to Clone, How To Grow, Product Reviews

Cloning Plants with a Cloning Machine

Cloning plants may sound like a very complicated, scientific project, but it’s actually quite easy. Weather you want to stay more traditional and use rockwool cubes or invest in a cloning machine, any home gardener can clone a mature tomato plant and fill your indoor garden. Once you grow or buy the first plant you will be able to live off many generations of the same plant by cloning, for free! Follow these easy instructions so you can successfully clone tomato plants. Get...

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06 Jun
How to Clone, How To Grow

Growing Indoor Plants with Fluorescent Lighting

An inconsistent light source will ruin any crop. When growing starting from seed it is very important that the seedling gets as much light as possible. Growing inside with fluorescent grow lights provides the perfect amount of light for seedlings and plants in veg. Fluorescent grow lights have a lower wattage than high intensity systems, making them perfect for seed starting, cuttings, transplants and every stage of plant growth. A T5 bulb is also the perfect choice for over-wintering a housepla...

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06 Jun
HIDs, How To Grow

Growing Vegetables Indoors with HPS Lighting

There are a few things plants must have in order to grow, water, oxygen and light are three of those must-have essentials. Growing vegetables indoors presents a challenge on how to deliver the optimum amount of light to growing plants without causing the utility bill to skyrocket, thus under-mining all the saving gained by growing vegetables at home. HPS lighting (high pressure sodium lighting) is a great light source that will help indoor-growing vegetable plants develop rapidly and produce abu...

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06 Jun
Grow Rooms, How To Grow

Growing Tomatoes With an Indoor Grow Kit

Tomatoes are supper yummy but home grown tomatoes are heavenly! Imagine being able to have fresh tomatoes year round even during snow season. You can grow tomatoes that are totally organic, non GMO and healthy for your family easily in an indoor grow kit. How we achieve the garden fresh tomato plants indoors, is in a grow tent. Grow tent kits allow you to create the perfect growing environment for any plants or veggies. Along with a grow tent you need a grow light, a ballas...

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