Indoor Garden

Gardening isn’t always reserved for the outdoors. Follow our step-by-step guides to creating the perfect indoor climate, plant selection, and so much more!

What Is Hydroponics?

Tammy Clayton

Unless you’ve been on another planet for some time, you know that it is growing without soil and most likely not done outdoors – unless you live in the tropics. Sounds pretty simple, but there is a lot more to it than this. Something every new indoor gardener faces is the world of confusing growing…

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Why Do You Need Light Timers?

What your plants do at night is uber important to their livelihood. They use the dark hours in your garden to eat the food they created while the grow lights were on. Plants also breathe in the dark. Since night is shorter than day, its critical that you allow them sufficient time to create food and…
March 30, 2013
Tammy Clayton

Indoor Garden Plants Need Rest Too

A lot of things matter to the plants in your garden. Their quality of life has everything to do with your success as a grower, and the quality of food you can produce. However, like any living things, there is a time to work and a time to rest. Overlooking this can leave the indoor…
March 8, 2013
Tammy Clayton

Indoor Garden Lighting Options

For anyone’s budget – hobby or enterprise, keeping the cost of grow lights and their operation at a reasonable level is important. Your improvised sunlight must be effective and economical without sacrificing your plant’s needs. You want the best harvest for the least amount of money invested. Traditional HID grow lights are expensive to purchase,…
October 16, 2012
Tammy Clayton

Air Quality: The Good, The Bad and The Breeze

Before one gets involved in indoor gardening, the term ‘air quality’ is something the pollution levels and pollen allergies. No one really thinks about air and plants, but in your growing space this becomes not just a critical part of the environment, but a crucial one. Since you’re in charge of maintaining the climate here,…
October 15, 2012
Tammy Clayton

Faux Sunlight – Grow Light Economics

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…
October 11, 2012
Tammy Clayton