Indoor Gardening - Why Not Try Aeroponics?

This is a great system for urban gardeners that lack space or even a garden! This type of indoor gardening can be used in any closed or partially enclosed space. What are necessary are merely water, air and nutrients. He plants or vegetables are suspended in the air, so the roots are completely uncovered. Aeroponic kits come with a support structure that acts like a trellis and holds them in the air, without damaging them. Water, mixed with the nutrients, is sprayed directly onto the roots as a mist. It makes indoor gardening so easy!

Aeroponics Are Environmentally Friendly.

With this system of indoor gardening no soil is used and so no damage to the earth is incurred. Cultivating plants can be done in a closet, storage room or even an attic. The hanging plants don’t need soil to flourish. The nutrients that are mixed with the water are sprayed onto the roots. The spray nozzle atomizes the mixture to mist-like dimensions. In this way it also helps water conservation. Most of these kits come with a water retrieval system that recycles the solution. That in turn means less waste of both water and nutrients.

Don’t Get Mixed Up Between Aeroponics And Hydroponics.

These are two easily confused words as they are both indoor gardening systems that sound the same. The majority of people more or less understand the difference, but most will admit to some degree of confusion. It is the word ‘ponics’ that trips them up. Aero is a well-known word that almost everyone understands to mean ‘air’. The same with the word ‘Hydro’, but when added to ‘ponics’, it seems to confuse the issue. Anyway, the hydroponic system depends on the plant roots being either covered by water or floating on top of it. Of course, that depends on what you are growing.

No Room to Swing a Cat?

For keen gardeners that don’t have much space, aeroponics is the answer. If you live in a city, the chances that you have access to areas for gardening are pretty slim. If you still yearn to grow something, then indoor gardening is a must for you. The kits are relatively cheap and can be set up easily in a corner or cupboard or balcony. Space is probably the most limiting factor for an urban gardener. One advantage of this system is they can be stacked one on top of another.

4 Vegetables That Can Be Grown In An Indoor Garden

Many people love to grow their own vegetables to save on money, and to help provide healthy food for their family free of bugs and chemicals. Some think they have to wait until late spring or early summer to do this, however, others have discovered that they can grow vegetables all year long right inside their own homes.

Creating an indoor garden can be a great way to start any vegetable growing goals. All that is needed are the right containers for the kind of vegetables that are able to grow indoors, a place inside close to windows to promote enough sunlight on the vegetable containers, and to make sure to keep the soil moist. It may also be necessary to add extra lighting during some of the winter months. There are some vegetables that are easier to grow inside than others, so here is a list of four vegetables that are better to start out with:

Lettuce

When choosing lettuce for an indoor garden, loose leaf lettuce is best. This is because it does not have a core, and can start to be picked just four to six weeks after they are planted. Another great thing about choosing loose leaf lettuce is that after the leaves start to be picked, it will still produce new leaves for several weeks.

Carrots

Carrots are another great vegetable to start growing in an indoor garden. Carrot containers need to be kept in a cool place and the soil will need to stay damp. After the carrot seeds sprout, they will need to be thinned out to make sure that there is enough room for the bulbs to grow under the soil in their containers.

Green Beans

Green beans can also successfully be grown in an indoor garden. Bush green beans are easier to grow indoors than vine green beans, because they will not need to have a trellis for them to grow upwards on. Bush green beans, however, need to be planted in individual pots so that they have enough room to grow.

Radishes

Planting radishes in an indoor garden is a quick way to start seeing real progress. To better grow radishes indoors, make sure to cover the container with plastic wrap after planting the seeds and watering until the seeds start to sprout. This allows the soil to keep more of its moisture after watering, and will help to produce faster results.