If you love fresh spaghetti sauce or pesto, then you've just got to have fresh basil and other herbs all year round! A nice window garden getting at least 4 or 5 hours of direct light from a sunny window will give you something to pinch here and there. Gardens with mint, rosemary, bay leaf, savory, oregano, chervil, basil, and thyme are some of the easiest to grow this way.

Over several years there has been a strong debate between LED grow light vs HPS grow light. However, the arguments between the two have become less apparent with the new advancements made with LED grow light technology. They are becoming more powerful, still extremely efficient than standard HPS or MH grow lights, and, believe it or not, are producing massive yields in the flowering stages of plants. Continue on as we discuss the basics of indoor grow lights and how you can utilize both grow light systems towards your benefit.

Grow Lights is something important tools if you want to start indoor gardening. There are many types of grow lights for indoor plants available on the market. Choosing the right indoor grow lights will affects your plants growth rate. Example of the best grow lights available on the market include led grow lights, hps grow light, incandescents and metal halide grow lights.

Professional and hobbyist growers alike are switching to LED grow lights for the many advantages they offer compared to traditional grow lights such as high intensity discharge (HID) and compact fluorescent. We did a Q&A session with LED to find out more about their line of LED grow lights.

Indoor herb gardens are easy to grow but challenging as well. They may attract insects and mites. To avoid these one need to be alert and know some tricks to be successful. The indoor herb garden can be anywhere in the home. It can be in kitchen, patio, back porch or even on the window sill. Here are some useful tips and tricks to start an indoor herb garden.

One of the biggest causes of confusion and disagreement in the world of grow lighting is the word "brightness". The problem is that we constantly use the word colloquially to describe how things "appear" to us – it's a bright sunny day, that bulb is a bit bright, etc. It is no way a scientific definition of light intensity – the number of photons hitting a specific area over time – and ignores wavelengths of light that humans are less sensitive to.

Indoor grow tent are quickly becoming very popular with people growing their own food.  Indoor grow rooms are a step up from the grow cabinet because you can product vastly more plant matter. If you have the room for one, you could feed a family of four with fresh produce almost all year round.

When you want to purchase grow lights, there are some questions that need answering. To find out the appropriate grow lights is important to become a successful indoor grower, below are some info help you:

What is LED grow light?

LED grow light is the most efficient type of grow lighting that can be purchased. Compare to HID or fluorescent grow light, LED grow light can save 70-80% electricity bill and don't contain any harmful substance for environment friendly.

In midsummer, near noon on a clear day, full sunlight approaches light intensity of 1000 Wm-2. Since about 45% of sunlight is in the 400nm to 700 nm range used for photosynthesis, plants can only use about 450 Wm-2 or about 2000 micromol m-2 s-1. Similar or higher intensities can be achieved using artificial light sources like HPS,MH, LED grow lights, but this requires considerable costs for both power and lamps.