If you want to grow vegetables indoors, make sure to invest in a good grow light. You can read more about how to pick the right grow light for your needs here: Read more: Store-bought or DIY grow lights Look at this lovely little potted tomato plant from earlier this winter. The vari...
Starting Seeds Indoors: How and When to Start Seeds Buying Grow Lights Before you purchase grow lights … Decide how many plants you want to illuminate and how much area they will occupy under the light(s). This will enable you to calculate how many bulbs you’ll need. ...
Forcing Amaryllis Bulbs Indoors. So THIS is what you do with the bulbs you find at Christmas time! Try Forcing Forsythia Indoors to bring the cheery yellow color inside when there is still snow on the ground. Getting a Christmas Cactus to Flower. Lower light and cooler temperatures help this...
Fill the planter with a mix of colorful flowers, some with bright bulbs and some that will grow dangling branches. Water a porch planter much like you would any other container—short watering sessions with a gentle spray from your nozzle every day or every few days, depending on location, ...
A highly satisfactory use for artificial light has been in the forcing of Dutch bulbs without a sunny window. Hyacinths, tulips, and narcissi are potted as soon as received and kept in a dark location at 48° degrees Fahrenheit degrees until the shoots are 2-3″ inches out of the pots....
Steps for Forcing Daffodils Indoors Choose a wide pot about 6 in (15 cm) deep with drainage holes in the bottom. Fill the pot loosely with potting mix. Set bulbs side by side -- close but not touching -- pointed end up, so that their tips are even with the pot rim. Do not press...
If you are interested in growing real onions and not just their tops, buy onion sets. These are small, dry onion bulbs that have been grown the previous year. They are very easy gardeners to grow. Just press the small onions into the soil up to their tops, barely covered with soil 3...
Planting Tulips, Daffodils and Other Spring Flowering Bulbs Audio Caring for Potted Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths and Other Spring Flowering Bulbs Once the Flowers Fade Audio Planting Bulbs Right Side Up Audio Extend the Life of Cut Daffodils, Tulips and Other Spring Flowering Bulbs ...
be it in a bed or in a container. Choose an airy commercial mix (ProMix HP -HighPorosity is excellent) or create a mix with half sand, or with 50% Perlite and 25% sand. These are natives of the famous Namaqualand in South Africa where many annuals and tender greenhouse bulbs grow....
Garlic rust can become so severe it will stunt the growth rate of the plant, resulting in the plant producing small undeveloped bulbs. We’ve found that the best course of action is to cut off the infected leaves, this should give the plant those few extra weeks required for the garlic ...