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?

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 ...

Let your grow lights shine on your indoor gardens this fall. Here’s how you can use, choose and shop for the best grow lights. Alexandra Jones is a CNET contributor who writes about food, farming, ...

Q: This past spring, we tried starting some of our own plants from seed indoors, but they got tall, spindly and weak by the time we wanted to plant them outdoors. What did we do wrong? — Tyler P. A: ...

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 ...