Growing vegetables indoors with LED grow lights
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Some interesting links to get you started growing with LED grow lights:
The Potted Garden
http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/potted.php
There are many people who would like to be able to grow some food plants but do not have a garden or access to an allotment. All is not lost, however, if you have a small back yard or a balcony - even a few square metres of outdoor space is enough to grow a surprising amount of food in pots. Indeed, I remember seeing a gardening programme on television where a person living quite high up in a tower block has filled his balconies with pot plants to such an effect that the area looked more like a woodland garden than the balcony of a high-rise flat!
This leaflet will look at some of the perennial plants that can be grown in pots and tubs to provide food all the year round. Whilst, in theory at least, it is possible to grow most plants in pots, this leaflet will concentrate on the smaller plants that can be grown in restricted spaces, especially those that are very productive even in pots or provide smaller quantities of very nutritious foods.
Grow Light Systems Add Value for City Gardeners
http://www.articlesblogger.com/uncategorized/928/grow-light-systems-add-value-for-city-gardeners/
Indoor gardeners and horticulture enthusiasts alike can benefit from the added value that grow light systems provide. While many gardeners have the luxury of spaces available outdoors for gardening, others live in ideal climates the majority of the year. Then there are those of us who have neither perfect conditions or the landscape available for outdoor gardening. But for every challenge, there is a solution. Grow light systems not only enable indoor growing during colder months, but for city dwellers where space is limited, they provide the ability to literally turn an enclosed patio, basement or even a closet into a garden. Plants that are fairly easy to grow include berries, tomatoes, herbs and flowering bulbs such as daffodils, onions and lilies.
Hydroponic Gardening
http://hydrogarden-hydroponic-gardening.blogspot.com/2008/02/personal-benefits-of-hydroponics-indoor.html:
Hydroponic systems allow for greater yield. Your plants are healthier and larger and the controlling of the environment allows for faster growth, enabling a person to produce a greater number of crops each year. Water usage is lower because the hydroponic system makes it unnecessary to constantly hose down your plants to prevent damage from dry weather and “recycles” the water that it does use. Gardening tools can cost a great deal of money, but an effective hydroponic system can be set up for little cost. Something as simple as a fish tank, with pump, can be a container and grow lights are inexpensive to run. If a gardener opts for LED grow lights, which are just as effective as high intensity discharge lights, the cost can be reduced even further.
Progressive Gardening on Grow Lights
http://progressivegardening.com/plantgrowinglights.html:
To determine how much light a plant will require, consider where and how it grows best in its natural environment. Most vegetables, for instance, grow best in full sunlight, which means as much light as possible must be supplied to grow vegetables indoors. Foliage houseplants like the Philodendron grow in full shade and therefore can grow normally with relatively little artificial light. Exotic plants, such as Bromeliads and Orchids, grow in varying conditions depending on the species. Some grow in deep shade in the jungle, while others grow in bright sunlight. The lighting level required for growth indoors depends upon the characteristics of the particular plant being grown.
Growing under artificial lights
http://www.wegrow.in/growing-under-lights/
Advancements in artificial lighting technologies over the past decade have introduced a whole new generation of plant growing lights for the indoor seed starter, gardener, and houseplants enthusiast that are brighter, more efficient, and better looking than ever. Now it is possible to remove the weather aspect of gardening forever, by bringing your garden into your home. Now you can even grow vine-ripe tomatoes indoors, all year long with high intensity garden lighting!
The Potted Garden
http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/potted.php
There are many people who would like to be able to grow some food plants but do not have a garden or access to an allotment. All is not lost, however, if you have a small back yard or a balcony - even a few square metres of outdoor space is enough to grow a surprising amount of food in pots. Indeed, I remember seeing a gardening programme on television where a person living quite high up in a tower block has filled his balconies with pot plants to such an effect that the area looked more like a woodland garden than the balcony of a high-rise flat!
This leaflet will look at some of the perennial plants that can be grown in pots and tubs to provide food all the year round. Whilst, in theory at least, it is possible to grow most plants in pots, this leaflet will concentrate on the smaller plants that can be grown in restricted spaces, especially those that are very productive even in pots or provide smaller quantities of very nutritious foods.
Grow Light Systems Add Value for City Gardeners
http://www.articlesblogger.com/uncategorized/928/grow-light-systems-add-value-for-city-gardeners/
Indoor gardeners and horticulture enthusiasts alike can benefit from the added value that grow light systems provide. While many gardeners have the luxury of spaces available outdoors for gardening, others live in ideal climates the majority of the year. Then there are those of us who have neither perfect conditions or the landscape available for outdoor gardening. But for every challenge, there is a solution. Grow light systems not only enable indoor growing during colder months, but for city dwellers where space is limited, they provide the ability to literally turn an enclosed patio, basement or even a closet into a garden. Plants that are fairly easy to grow include berries, tomatoes, herbs and flowering bulbs such as daffodils, onions and lilies.
Hydroponic Gardening
http://hydrogarden-hydroponic-gardening.blogspot.com/2008/02/personal-benefits-of-hydroponics-indoor.html:
Hydroponic systems allow for greater yield. Your plants are healthier and larger and the controlling of the environment allows for faster growth, enabling a person to produce a greater number of crops each year. Water usage is lower because the hydroponic system makes it unnecessary to constantly hose down your plants to prevent damage from dry weather and “recycles” the water that it does use. Gardening tools can cost a great deal of money, but an effective hydroponic system can be set up for little cost. Something as simple as a fish tank, with pump, can be a container and grow lights are inexpensive to run. If a gardener opts for LED grow lights, which are just as effective as high intensity discharge lights, the cost can be reduced even further.
Progressive Gardening on Grow Lights
http://progressivegardening.com/plantgrowinglights.html:
To determine how much light a plant will require, consider where and how it grows best in its natural environment. Most vegetables, for instance, grow best in full sunlight, which means as much light as possible must be supplied to grow vegetables indoors. Foliage houseplants like the Philodendron grow in full shade and therefore can grow normally with relatively little artificial light. Exotic plants, such as Bromeliads and Orchids, grow in varying conditions depending on the species. Some grow in deep shade in the jungle, while others grow in bright sunlight. The lighting level required for growth indoors depends upon the characteristics of the particular plant being grown.
Growing under artificial lights
http://www.wegrow.in/growing-under-lights/
Advancements in artificial lighting technologies over the past decade have introduced a whole new generation of plant growing lights for the indoor seed starter, gardener, and houseplants enthusiast that are brighter, more efficient, and better looking than ever. Now it is possible to remove the weather aspect of gardening forever, by bringing your garden into your home. Now you can even grow vine-ripe tomatoes indoors, all year long with high intensity garden lighting!
