Indoor Gardening Tips

Posted by John Wells on 4:17 pm. Filed under Gardening, Photo Gallery Category. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Are you tired of having droopy indoor plants and flowers that aren’t producing the results that you have been wanting? Are your fruits and vegetables coming out small and underdeveloped? Are you plant stalks long and lanky and not able to support your plants braches? If you have any of these problems that are common to indoor plant gardening then this article may help you find a solution to your problems.

The first most common cause of poor plants is lighting. Improper lighting can cause your plants to yield poor crops or even worse be burnt and wither away. One of the safest ways to insure that you are getting the proper amount of light is to use LED growing lights. These type of grow lights are a sure way to make sure that you are getting both the blue and red ends of the light spectrum for both good root and stalk structure as well as high yields when it comes harvest time. Indoor LED grow lights also is a great way to get the most out of your artificial lighting setup as they produce very little heat so you are able to set the lights very close to your plants.

The next most common thing that causes indoor gardening failure is poor fertilization. Often times people tend to over fertilize or greatly under fertilize or fertilize too much in the wrong stage of plant growth. As a general tip it is best to stick with triple ten fertilizers when planting and during normal growth stages. The only time that I would recommend going off of this type is just before the plants begin to bloom as the added nutrients of heavy fertilization will yield you higher crops. As far as how much fertilizer to use, use only as much that will fit in the palm of your hand per plant. The best way to introduce the fertilizer is over a weeks span but if you must do it all at once then mix it in with the soil as best you can and give a very light watering to start the mixing process.

Comments are closed

Photo Gallery

Log in |