Winter may be here, but that doesn’t mean you have to put away your green thumb. Indoor gardening is a great investment for enthusiasts who would love to grow their own produce or create their own unique art by growing beautiful flowers and other fauna. To help you get the most out of an indoor garden, here are some ways to boost yields in your grow room.
Soil Quality
Naturally, the first thing you’d think to improve upon is the soil your plants are growing out of. An easy way to enrich the soil of your indoor garden is to cover the soil with compost and hay before you plant. This is a technique outdoor gardeners also use in the beginning of the winter, allowing the snow and rain to mix the compost into the soil by the time they’re ready to plant. You can achieve this same goal manually by adding water and mixing the soil from time to time.
Light Sources
Since you don’t have access to natural sunlight, you’ll need to find an artificial light source. Luckily, this can be more of a benefit than a hassle. Cutting-edge technology now allows you to fine-tune lighting fixtures—such as programmable LED lights—to specific conditions that benefit whatever kind of plant you’re growing for a healthier and more bountiful final product. This is perhaps the second most important way to boost yields in your grow room because light and photosynthesis nourish plants just as much as nutrient-rich soil.
Environment Control
One advantage you have over traditional outdoor gardening is that you can constantly alter every aspect of the grow room’s environment to create the best possible conditions for your plants. Temperature and humidity, in particular, can be detrimental to plant health if they’re either is too high or low, and you obviously can’t control the weather. Having an enclosed space where you can set the temperature right at the sweet spot is fantastic for harvesting the best yields possible.
