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Preserving Seed Long Term

Good germination from saved seeds depends on knowing how to store seed properly.

If you’re at all familiar with vegetables outdoors, you might have noticed that the packets of seed you purchase every spring all have a ‘packed for’ date somewhere on the envelope. If you purposefully purchase outdated seed, chances are you’ll have a disappointing germination rate, perhaps no sown seed will germinate at all. This leads […]

Faux Sunlight – Grow Light Economics

Grow Lights: Can You Mimic Sunlight?

In nature, every plant knows what it wants from the sun. Each task they must perform from sprout to harvest requires a certain spectrum of light. Growing any plant in your indoor garden changes everything. Here they must depend on your grow lights, and you must substitute the spectrum they need to perform at optimum […]

Lettuce Have The Freshest Salads In Town

If there is one country that people have had to get really creative with indoor gardening, it’s Japan with their lack of ample farming space versus the population. One enterprising company unveiled their lettuce vending machine a couple years ago, and affectionately dubbed it, “Chef’s Garden.” This ingenious idea capable of supplying a busy restaurant […]