When winter rolls around and daylight hours shrink, your indoor plants can start to look a little sad. You might notice slower growth or leaves losing their color. It’s easy to feel frustrated when ...
Let your grow lights shine on your indoor gardens this fall. Here’s how you can use, choose and shop for the best grow lights. Alexandra Jones is a CNET contributor who writes about food, farming, ...
Growers often use grow lights to stimulate plant growth, while others use full-spectrum lights. Red light has three forms: visible, infrared, and far red light, and these different forms affect plant ...
Grow lights must be placed close to plants to ensure sufficient light intensity for growth. Symptoms like stretching and pale leaves indicate insufficient light, possibly due to the light being too ...
Growing food indoors presents some challenges, but there are advantages. Microgreens or sprouts can be grown in compact trays on a sunny windowsill.
If you are anything like me, you own a lot of plants. During the summertime, I’m guilty of buying tropical plants that have no chance of surviving a New York winter. Which means when temperatures ...
When it comes to growing healthy, vibrant plants, light isn’t just about brightness—it’s about timing. This concept is called photoperiod, and it plays a critical role in how plants grow, bloom, ...
Whether you’re just starting your indoor garden or you’re looking to resurrect neglected houseplants, a good grow light can help. We know plants need sunlight, water and soil to thrive, but sometimes ...