February 13, 2019

Indoor gardening requires understanding the effect of different lighting conditions on a plant species-by-plant species basis. A recent study found that increasing blue light can increase the yield of strawberries grown indoors.

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February 6, 2019

If you are a cucumber grower and you are looking for ways to increase your yield of the vegetable, or just looking to extend its growing season well into the autumn, then you may be interested in a recent scientific study from Poland looking at the different types of supplemental grow lighting on the yield

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January 29, 2019

​​One of the problems with growing tomato plants in artificial environments especially under artificial lighting is a physiological disorder that negatively affects the​ir growth and ultimately also the tomato fruit yield. The disorder manifests itself through the appearance of callouses or bumps on the leaves and veins of the plants, and rarely occurs in tomato

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January 9, 2019

Anyone debating whether to use fluorescent lighting or LED lighting for indoor gardening, or trying to decide on which ratio of red to blue light to use, may well be advised to pay attention to this recent South Korean study, especially when it comes to the lighting requirements of seedlings. In this 2018 study, the

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