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Effects of color spectrums on plant growth

The post Effects of color spectrums on plant growth appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I have written about the importance of lumens when growing indoors but the intensity of the light at...

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Cheap grow box with LED Christmas lights

The post Cheap grow box with LED Christmas lights appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I have one major problem last year with growing seedlings, running out of space.  I grow many different...

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Christmas light LED grow box – Update #1

The post Christmas light LED grow box – Update #1 appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I have been pretty impressed with the results of the Christmas lights LED grow box so far. I did have...

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LED Christmas light grow box

The post LED Christmas light grow box appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I noticed some of my daisies were getting a little leggy so added 60 more LEDs (red) to my LED grow box.  This time...

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Why should you have a grow box?

The post Why should you have a grow box? appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Other than the “Do you really just grow ‘strawberries’ in your grow box?”  question.  The most common question I...

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$3 LED light bulbs coming soon…

The post $3 LED light bulbs coming soon… appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Researchers at Cambridge University have come up with a method to significantly reduce the cost of creating LED...

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LED Plant Grow Spikes

The post LED Plant Grow Spikes appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Not sure how effective these would be with so few LEDs but they do look pretty cool.  In their defense they do label these...

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Make your own supplemental LED grow light

The post Make your own supplemental LED grow light appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I never got a round to making a hydroponic system out of my Cafe Steamer, but I did use part of it to...

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LED/Christmas light projects

The post LED/Christmas light projects appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Just a friendly reminder to pick up some discounted LED or non-LED Christmas lights for some of my previous...

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LED grow box gets an upgrade

The post LED grow box gets an upgrade appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. In our family we are not just cheap in the garden we also keep our house pretty cool to save on heating costs....

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How to make a grow box controller (Original)

The post How to make a grow box controller (Original) appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. While my existing system was working I decided to make an upgrade to the electronics on my old...

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Top gardening posts of 2010

The post Top gardening posts of 2010 appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. 2010 has been a pretty exciting year for CheapVegetableGardener.com.  Bringing on a significant number of more...

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First seeds started: onions, leeks, purple cone flower

The post First seeds started: onions, leeks, purple cone flower appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My youngest daughter has been patiently waiting all winter to plant some seeds (as have...

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Computer grow box gets 120 watts of LEDs

The post Computer grow box gets 120 watts of LEDs appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Always running out of room in my grow box I needed to expand it some.  Though the CFL lights I was...

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Indoor gardening with 2 liter bottle and USB LED light

The post Indoor gardening with 2 liter bottle and USB LED light appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I came across this pretty cool Kickstarter from Vegetronix where they are putting...

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How to make a grow box controller

The post How to make a grow box controller appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. While my existing system was working I decided to make an upgrade to the electronics on my old grow box...

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