Indoor gardening means access to nutritious fruits and vegetables year round. Plants can be grown in soil or hydroponics. Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions directly in water without soil.
NFT Chard grown with General Hydroponics Flora Series under the Pro-420-PAR-Pontoon from Inda-Gro. No Soil!
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Plants can also be grown in an inert medium, such as coco coir, rockwool, expanded clay pebbles, growstones or perlite.
Candlight pepper started from seed and transplanted into a General Hydroponics Waterfarm. The medium used is expanded clay peppers. The plant was fed General Hydroponics Flora Series and folair spayed with compost tea under a T5.
Plant grow lights come in all shapes and sizes. Florescent lighting (T5, compact florescent bulb) is good for plants in the growth or veg phase or non-flowering vegetables like lettuce or basil.
T5 Lighting
Red Rambo and Diakon Radish mix photo credit: @thegardenspout
More powerful lights are required for fast flowering annuals and fruiting plants. Some of the lighting options are HID, HPS, LED, induction or plasma.
Grown at San Diego Hydroponics & Organics
HID:
Metal Halide 250 W
Hight Pressure Sodium 600W
Double Ended High Pressure Sodium
Lights can hung directly from a ceiling in custom rooms and warehouses. For hobby gardening and apartment living, tents are the perfect option.
Indoor gardening can be very easy. The best piece of advice is – keep it simple. Start some seeds in coco coir or soil. Add a bit of water, plant food and light.
Or try a counter top garden.
A Girl and A Garden 
