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Leggy Seedlings, It Happens Every Year. Tall, thin, and generally weak young plants that we’re trying to get going so we can have a head start on the growing season. Great way to increase our summer window, but it only works if we can build tough, resilient plants to be eventually moved out into the…
In this episode, I answer the question: “Can I grow vegetables indoors?”. Grow your own groceries with me in 2023 – I’ll show you how to grow, harvest, and eat from your own garden grocery store in a quick, simple, and inexpensive way. 🍅SALE: 20% site wide at https://calikimgardenandhome.com with code “growyourgroceries”, ends Monday, 1/16/23.…
Grow your own food no matter what the weather! In this livestream, I’ll share tips for bringing some of your outdoor plants inside for the winter. I share garden tips & tricks on my weekly livestream every Monday at noon, PT. The fun starts in the chat at 11:30 am, PT. See you there! SALE:…
Make Your Own Seeding Soil Mix! Potting soils can get expensive, but they pale in comparison to what Seeding Soils cost. There’s nothing special about Seeding mixes in particular, but the qualities that make a good seeding soil are necessary to really maximize your germination and early growth results. Yes, seeds will sprout in just…
Start Your Vegetable Seeds Indoor Early To Get A Jump Start On Spring! In temperate climates, the growing season is often just not long enough to get the most out of your tomato, peppers, cucumber, or other warm weather crops. For the plants to flower, fruit, and produce for you, they need a specific amount…
Starting Your Favorite Vegetables Early Indoors Is Fun and Easy! Not only that, it is often necessary. Certain summer crops need the extra time to grow, especially if you live in a temperate region with an extended winter. Join me today as I show you the basic tools and accessories that you’re going to need…
Grow lights can be really confusing. There are a ton of different brands, technologies, and budget ranges available to you. The best grow lights accomplish the job of providing the plants you’re growing with enough light in a usable spectrum, at an equipment and energy cost that is affordable to you. So in this sense,…
The final video. Was it an indoor crop success….or was it a complete failure? 6 Part Indoor Gardening Series! Let’s put the Mars Hydro TS 600W LED Grow Light to the test. Let’s take a vegetable crop, normally grown outdoors, being it inside and see if we can successfully grow it from seed to harvest…
10 Part Indoor Gardening Series! Let’s put the Mars Hydro TS 600W LED Grow Light to the test. Let’s take a vegetable crop, normally grown outdoors, being it inside and see if we can successfully grow it from seed to harvest in 10 weeks! New video each week detailing the process! Indoor Garden Vlog Part…
10 Part Indoor Gardening Series! Let’s put the Mars Hydro TS 600W LED Grow Light to the test. Let’s take a vegetable crop, normally grown outdoors, being it inside and see if we can successfully grow it from seed to harvest in 10 weeks! New video each week detailing the process! Indoor Garden Vlog Part…
If you can’t grow outdoors, then try growing microgreens, herbs, and baby lettuce. If you can grow outdoors, then start your seedlings indoors early for the summer garden. Growing indoors with the promise of a good harvest once the summer comes keeps everyone positive and productive. Be happy and stay healthy! Here are Amazon links…
Indoor Gardening Vlog Part 3! In the 3rd part of the weekly vlog, let’s revamp the growing area under the Mars Hydro TS 600 and give it a boost in terms of light efficiency! Here, we use a reflective material known as mylar to help boost the light levels farther away from the TS 600,…
Indoor Gardening Vlog Part 2! In this 2nd part of the weekly vlog, let’s take the Mars Hydro TS 600W, and get it setup, adjusted, and installed to perfection before those peas start to come up….oh wait, too late! I guess the couple of 75F days along with pre-germinating them caused those peas to become…
10 Part Indoor Gardening Series! Let’s put the Mars Hydro TS 600W LED Grow Light to the test. Let’s take a vegetable crop, normally grown outdoors, being it inside and see if we can successfully grow it from seed to harvest in 10 weeks! New video each week detailing the process! Indoor Garden Vlog Part…
Tonight we are setting up a new grow light on our grow shelf! Our new grow light: https://amzn.to/2HBAJbK The Bootstrap Farmer Products I’m using: 2.5 inch pots: http://shrsl.com/24j00 1020 trays: http://shrsl.com/24izx 6 cell plug tray inserts: http://shrsl.com/24j0b Here are links to the HOSS products I’m using for seed starting: Plug trays: http://shrsl.com/23gya Bottom Trays: http://shrsl.com/23gyj…
looking to start seeds indoors? Well you are going to need a few things to increase success and have an easier time. This video is everything I would recommend for a beginning gardener looking to start seeds. Grow light: https://amzn.to/2HuZh6l Timer: https://amzn.to/37qvmGB Flats: https://amzn.to/2OQwOM3 Heat mat: https://amzn.to/2SmQLfS Fan: https://amzn.to/3btVOCN Promix: https://amzn.to/37lckBy Seeds: http://www.migardener.com Check out…
Setting up indoor grow lights are confusing for many home gardeners, but it doesn’t have to be! In this video, I share 4 easy grow light set ups for starting seeds indoors and explain the basics of lumens and kelvin. With these tips, you’ll be able to quickly set up grow lights for your indoor…
Indoor Grow Lights, So Many Choices, So Confusing. In this video, I take you on a beginner tutorial of the 3 main choices for indoor grow lights and which one is best for you. High Intensity Diodes (HID) such as High Pressure Sodium (HPS) and Metal Halide (MH) are out of the realm of most…
Hydroponics can be complicated but it doesn’t have to be. With the kratky method anyone can grow plants, this is how you do it each step explained. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com
Mars Hydro hit me up again to take look at one of their newer grow lights, the Mars Hydro TS 1000. It’s a very “bare bones” LED grow light from Mars that comes in around the $120 mark depending where you get it, and for that price you get a shockingly good umol/J. Overall, it’s…
My friends at Altifarm are launching Herbstation, a compact indoor farm. It comes with self-watering and magnetic LED grow lights. Herbstation will be available for pre-order at discounted price for 30 days on Kick starter platform, starting from June 25, 2019. ORDER YOUR HERBSTATION NOW http://igg.me/at/herbstation Herbstation is a compact indoor farm for all homes…
The good folks at Wakyme sent me this light to review, and I get to keep the light for reviewing it….so I figured why not? I wanted to try out this sort of grow light, I use mostly 6500k Fluorescent lights to grow microgreens and also hydroponic plants indoors. The Aerogarden has a similar type…
Well, that took forever! But we now have a system to be able to create nice and healthy seedlings indoors. Which means that I don’t need to worry about starting my tomatoes and peppers too early. We run into issues at every turn with this system set up, but now I have a space to…
I will go over setup for beginners. Why I use GROW LIGHTS needed to start my seedlings indoors
Grow lights are one of the most important elements of an indoor garden. Whether you’re a seasoned hydroponic grower or just looking to extend the growing season, buying the right indoor grow light is essential. In this video, we’ll dig into everything you need to know when it comes to choosing and using indoor grow…
We previously constructed our new germination station in our basement. But now it’s time to start planting some vegetable seeds indoors, so that they can eventually be transplanted into our permaculture gardens later in the spring. This is our definitive guide to starting seeds indoors.
If we hope to someday become fully food self-sufficient, we are going to have to begin taking part in the process from seed to harvest. So check out how we built our germination station in our basement, to start our seedlings indoors.
We are inside today with a harvest video! We are picking beans from our indoor organic grow bed. The yields were really decent for indoors and the size of some of them were equal to anything outdoors! Very happy with the results and for a hobbiest it was a blast. Send mail to: PO box…
Growing tomatoes and cucumbers indoors with a simple grow light set up is a lot of fun – join me as I share the process with you! I will be posting updates on on indoor pollinating and caring for the plants as they grow. Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss the updates!…
Getting a bit of an early start this year. Had hoped to get Eggplant/aubergine but am out of seeds. Must order. Have many new ideas this year to try out.
