Today was a productive day. I sowed three different types of tomatoes in soil block cubes. I also transplanted the sweet pepper seedlings, which had sprouted in the soil blocks and waited there for too long the transplantation into larger growing pots.

Unfortunately, I also had to deal with an aphid infestation on my couple month old jalapeño and chili seedlings, and I really hope the treatment was effective.

I will soon run out of desktop space and it is still too cold to put the seedlings into a balcony.

New mix and match range from Burgon & Ball for indoor gardeners - welcome to the Collector Range.

#gardening #indoorgardening #houseplants #conservatory #style #pots #tools #burgonandball

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2025/03/13/the-collector-range-from-burgon-ball/

It's kind of a big dill (and his friend Rosemary).

#IndoorGardening
#ContainerGardening #HerbGardening

Breathe

Hmm, way too many peppers for sure in my son's hydroponic farm. #indoorgardening #hotpeppers

I love my little indoor garden. In my isolated life, my plants are my only tactile contact with other living things; they're good for my spirits and mental health.

However, I'm not producing food in meaningful quantities. It's a joy-giving hobby, nothing more.

If anyone has successful set up indoor gardens to produce significant amounts of food, I would love to hear about what you're doing. My stress would be lower with a bit more food independence.

Heirloom Plants, the Global Seed Vault, and your local Seed Library - a blog post from my local library:

https://www.librarypoint.org/blogs/post/heirloom-plants/

Regarding indoor hydroponics...

Most of my power consumption is through my grow lights (still way cheaper to grow than to buy at the grocery store).

I've thought about solar panels and batteries etc... but that costs a lot of money (I havent found a non-scam solution - still researching, but let me put this down for a second).

So I started thinking... instead of lining my roof or side walls with solar panels to power indoor LED grow lights...

...why not just install light collectors outside and funnel that light directly into my house and on too of my plants with fiber optics?!?!

Basically run cabling through my house to wall literal light sockets. And attach further cabling from there to my plant shelves and setups. I could still have LEDs for augmenting the grow space if needed or during stormy days for example... but even then there is light to be collected. Anyhow!)

Turns out other people have the same idea!

Here is a gentleman going a into detail on the math and science of it with a DIY project: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DN8GXTmR6RI

There are even some companies that do this!

Here's the basic idea (I stole this pic from https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/guide-to-fiber-optic-solar-lighting):

My first step in weaning myself off imported vegetables: radish sprouts - tangy and nutritious in salads, sandwiches or stir-fried. Next I'll try mung beans.

anyway, with the fun new fuckery of "maybe your loved ones won't have access to the SNAP benefits they rely on to eat!" in play--I need to get my ass in gear re: indoor gardening since I'm still on the waiting list for a community garden plot.

does anyone have resources on indoor gardening and/or hydroponics that they really like and trust? I'm mostly wanting to know about what kinds of supplies (specifically grow lights) to get. I think I'd prefer to grow things in soil because that makes it easier to transplant if/when I do get access to somewhere outside and I know more about how to amend soil, but curious to read more about hydroponic setups as well to see if that might make sense for me.

I’ve been growing indoor oyster mushrooms for a few months now. These ones are in a ceramic tea jar looking beautiful #gardening #IndoorGardening #mushrooms

Anyone have a favorite place to order seeds from? Veggies and maybe some flowers. All will end up in pots. #seeds #gardening #indoorgardening #seedsupply

The latest from my window. I know, it's not much, but c'mon, it's practically #winter here.

And you would not believe what's coming soon...

Stow away with the basil seedling! Not sure who it is - I'll try to transplant carefully and see what develops.

#SilentSunday

OK so I get new #seeds, put them in a seed starter mix in little pots, sit them on heated pads — weeks go by, hit or miss sprouting, often nothing.

I take old seeds, say what the hell, toss them directly into previously used soil in the large pots I ultimately want to use expecting NOTHING, and 1-2 weeks: sprouts!

#IndoorGardening #ContainerGardening
#OverThinking