How to Choose the Right Grow Lights for Your Indoor Plants

Whether you’re getting a jumpstart on seedlings or planting an indoor garden, grow lights can be a valuable tool for a gardener.
How to Choose the Right Grow Lights for Your Indoor Plants
LEDs start out more expensive but quickly pay back as they use less electricity and last considerably longer. IrinaPhVideo/Shutterstock
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Humans don’t like cold, wet, and dreary days, and plants don’t either. Seed catalogs may arrive in the mailbox, but a peek outside shows the growing season to be weeks or even months away.

For gardeners who want a jump start, grow lights fill the gap. They allow a gardener to start several dozens or even hundreds of seedlings early without them becoming pale or leggy. One can even plant an entire garden indoors.

Sandy Lindsey
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Sandy Lindsey is an award-winning writer who covers home, gardening, DIY projects, pets, and boating. She has two books with McGraw-Hill.
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