Growing plants from seeds is fun and inexpensive, but you need to provide young seedlings with appropriate sunlight to grow into strong plants. How much light do seedlings need to grow and thrive?

Gardeners pass the winter months spending more time inside, giving our minds and hands projects that keep us thinking green thoughts. This is especially helpful when the dormant garden stares back at ...

Grow lights can be a useful tool for providing seedlings with warmth and light indoors. Starting seeds without grow lights is ...

Grow lights also better utilize living space. Steinkopf says: “If your windows are already full of plants, grow lights give you more room to grow. You can use them in your basement, an unused room, or ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Growing plants can seem intimidating, but we believe anyone can ...

Little natural light in your home doesn’t have to mean living without plants — if you invest in an LED grow light. These lights deliver a full spectrum of light, replicating what plants would get from ...

March is a great time to start some seeds indoors. This can be a small project or an obsession gone berserk! Optimal light conditions, growing medium, soil moisture, temperature and timing are ...

Cauliflower seeds started indoors in January get a welcome head start. This cool-loving vegetable thrives when given enough ...

Find a spot in your home that gets plenty of sunlight, like a south or west-facing window. Natural light helps microgreens ...

Whether you don't have an outdoor space or you want summer crops in winter, an indoor vegetables garden is easy to grow. Here ...

The satisfaction of watching your tiny shoots push out of the ground after weeks of waiting is one of the best parts of gardening—unless your seeds don’t germinate as evenly as you’d like. Some of ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat leaves from the milkweed genus, Asclepias spp., so it’s critical for those butterflies that we try to grow as many of these plants as we can. Collecting ...