When starting a garden from seeds, many gardeners face the challenge of nurturing healthy seedlings that can thrive outdoors.

Grow lights must be placed close to plants to ensure sufficient light intensity for growth. Symptoms like stretching and pale leaves indicate insufficient light, possibly due to the light being too ...

This article was originally published on Feb. 2, 2025. Plants need light to grow, and while natural sunlight is ideal, artificial lighting can also support healthy growth, especially for indoor plants ...

Keeping houseplants happy indoors can be a challenge, especially if your space doesn’t get much natural sunlight. The right grow light can make all the difference, turning a dim corner into a lush ...

Whether you want to start seeds indoors or provide supplemental light for houseplants, you've likely come across red grow lights. Red light typically refers to any light with a wavelength ranging from ...

Let your grow lights shine on your indoor gardens this fall. Here’s how you can use, choose and shop for the best grow lights. Alexandra Jones is a CNET contributor who writes about food, farming, ...

The grow light industry is, well, growing like a weed. From Arctic greenhouses and urban gardens to legalized marijuana farms, the lights we use for growing plants indoors have sprouted into a ...

According to Christopher, “light flexible” plants—also known as low light plants—do well with grow lights. “Nothing is as good as natural sunlight, but when that is not an option for you, the best way ...

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It doesn’t matter if you’re caring for a ZZ plant or a cactus: Plants need sunlight to survive. And if you’re living in an apartment devoid of sunlight or don’t have an outdoor space to garden, grow ...