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plethora of plant grow lights on the market. All are helpful to gardeners who want to grow plants indoors. its totally based on your requirments there are good advantages of it but still there are some disadvantages so you need to go with it carefully..

I retired last year and bought a greenhouse that is heated to 7degrees most of the time, I started growing seeds in a heated propergator, my question is when do you transfer the new shoots into pots and do I cover them with lids or just leave them

Every year I decide to try to grow at least one new vegetable, and I have to say I've been disappointed with my recent efforts: Celtuce - bitter green leaves with no point or interest to them. Asparagus peas - didn't thrive, stayed tiny and produced

I'm a beginner and decided to sow sweetcorn to grow in my newly acquired greenhouse (having just moved house). All 13 plants are growing very well and are now over a foot high, after potting on. However as I live in central Scotland I was intending

I'm a leek novice and as a result, hadn't really thought through the practicalities of growing them - I didn't realise they had such a long growing time I've planted some seeds in modules, currently sitting in cold frame with nothing doing. Problem

Hi I am thinking about growing some Eryngium, like Blue sea holly. I have a south facing garden and would like to place them in a border. Has anyone else grown these and what were your experinces of the height and width? I was inspired by seeing

Do any of you have any experience in growing these tender bulbs? I bought some in pondland yesterday as they intrigued me - very old fashioned. I'm thinking of potting them into a container and bringing them indoors to start off as for the next few

I'm not sure I like moth orchids. They're pretty to look at when in flower, but a bit of a pain to care for if you want them to bloom again. And I think it's a bit sad that these beautiful plants, which should be growing in the canopy of an exotic

. But I love pumpkin curry, pumpkin soup or even just mashed pumpkin with bacon.We grow three varieties. The first is a big orange number called ‘Vif d’Etampes’. It keeps well into the winter, but once cut we have to eat it for at least a week. The second

Hey all. Last year I tried growing some lupin seeds in the greenhouse, but they all died no matter what size pot they were in. They'd grow to 1 inch then die. I pulled one up the once and found some kind of tiny worm (about a quarter of an inch