Growing plants from seeds is fun and inexpensive, but you need to provide young seedlings with appropriate sunlight to grow into strong plants. How much light do seedlings need to grow and thrive?

Purdue University associate professor Roberto Lopez (right) and doctoral student Joshua Craver are finding that sole-source LEDs can produce high-quality ornamental seedlings. (Purdue Agricultural ...

Little natural light in your home doesn’t have to mean living without plants — if you invest in an LED grow light. These lights deliver a full spectrum of light, replicating what plants would get from ...

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 ...

Indoor gardening enthusiasts, rejoice! Getting enough light for indoor plants used to be difficult and expensive, but now, thanks to the recent burst in LED technology, many of those old challenges ...

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Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the ...