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Grow Lights for Indoor Gardeners
Indoor gardeners starting seeds and plants become very dependent on grow lights when the cold winter clouds don't let the sun and heat into the greenhouse. This article discusses the importance of grow lights. With a grow light you will find that you can get up to 10 times more lumens from a grow light, per light per bulb than if you were using a incandescent bulbs. Grow lights give the plants heat and light that they need to grow. Hobby gardeners as well as commercial gardeners do use grow light in their greenhouse.

Hydroponic Gardening Articles
This website offers a combination of hydroponic gardening articles and website links. There is also a discussion forum where participants can interact with hydroponic gardeners. Article topics include hydroponic sans tables, benches, mold, mildew, fungus gnats and jumping spiders, as well as indoor hydroponics and algae gardens. This site isn't currently active, but still has past hydroponic gardening resources to help you grow your best garden.

The Plant Expert
This short but sweet site features information on "perfect African violets" and "spring-flowering bulbs". Learn how to buy, plant and grow spring flowering-bulbs.

Hydroponic Growing at Home
Hydroponics technology today is used to grow healthy vibrant and lush indoor plants, as well as food and herbs. The basic requirements of most plants can be met without natural sunlight or soil. Plants are supported in an inert medium and nutrition is provided by mineral elements that are water soluble. This website offers information for hydroponic gardening beginners, such as basic requirements for a hydroponic garden, growing techniques and systems, artificial horticultural lights, prefabricated hydroponic systems, timers and controls, growing mediums, hydroponic nutrients and greenhouses. There are a wealth of hydroponics growing resources and links here, mostly catered to the beginning hydroponic gardener.

Greentrees Hydroponics is a one-stop shop for the home grower. We offer halide and sodium hydroponic grow lights in 400, 450 to 1,000 watts, for every need and budget. We also offer a variety of indoor hydroponic systems: ebb and flow, aeroponic, for small plants and large plants.

Green Nature's Tips on Watering the Vegetable Garden
Water is very important in a vegetable garden, especially when it makes up 80-90 percent of the vegetable's "fresh weight". This site offers tips such as suggesting the use of an inch of water per week in the summer. Water can either be provide via the garden hose or by Mother Nature. Water affects fruit size, yield, and quality, so refer to this site to make sure you are watering your vegetable garden correctly. This site also features Green Nature photography, travel information and even clip art.

Growing Herbs in the Home Garden
James C. Schmidt from the department of horticulture covers the topic of growing herbs in your home garden. Growing herbs is simple and requires very little maintenance, that is why so many people choose to grow herb gardens. Growing herbs on a sunny windowsill can become a satisfying hobby. This website discusses choosing a site, determining the size of your herb garden, fitting herbs into your landscape, growing herbs in containers, classification of herbs, winter protection, and additional resources.