LED Grow Light vs. Natural Windowsill Light

My basil is looking beautiful. The three in the back have been under the LED light and the two in the front have been in my kitchen windowsill catching natural sunlight. The window is facing west and gets a good amount of sunlight and a good amount of fog!!! I'm amazed as to how much bigger my LED basil plants are. They smell so good, too!

My parsley is growing growing, too. The two parsley plants on the left are under my LED light and the one on the right is in my windowsill. Quite a difference of growth with the LED light!

All of this indoor gardening is so exciting. I've enlarged my stand and am going to add a second light for my non-fruiting plants. My tomatoes and pepper plants are growing big, so I'm going to change their lighting soon to 12 hours a day instead of 18. I'm almost ready for them to begin flowering and making tomatoes and peppers. The romaine, arugula spinach, and herbs will grow under my second LED light with 18 hours of light a day.
Here's the latest picture and will update again soon! Enjoy~

LEdesigns4LEDs @ SLRE Green Living Festival 2010

On September 11th, me and my garden traveled to Gardnerville, NV to be a part of the Sustainable Living & Renewable Energy, Green Living Festival!

Here's how it all started.....My boyfriend has his own LED lighting company called LEdesigns. Michael lives in South Lake Tahoe and I got to enjoy a wonderful summer there outdoor gardening with him. As Liaison of LEdesigns, I told Michael that I wanted to use one of the extra SHS4 LED grow lights to start an indoor garden in my small SF apartment, so that I could enjoy home grown peppers and tomatoes, spinach, romaine, herbs, and more through though the fall and winter---really year round. I thought it would be fun to do some research of my own on indoor gardening with LED lights, too. So I gathered my supplies and got started in mid-August. One weekend after I started my indoor LED garden, we were enjoying coffee when Michael showed me an add for a Green Living Festival. We've always wanted to take our lights on the road (LEdesigns is currently an Internet company www.LEdesigns.info) and with the garden started we could show LED grow lights as well as standard LED lights. So we applied for a booth and off we went! Our booth was an informational booth about LED lighting and a great success! We made relationships with other vendors as well as sparked the interests of many people to try indoor gardening and replace fluorescent and incandescent bulbs with LED Bulbs.

Time Management-

Isn't life great when you have so many wonderful activities going on in your life!? My August was an exciting month and I finally sit, relax, and share.....about my indoor garden- It began with gathering my supplies and then spending the morning of the 14th gardening. My original plan changed some, as I planted a few different kinds of veggies/herbs and I was able to fit 10, 3" coco pots in between the 12, 6"coco pots. I also added a timer and surge protector for my led light. Success!


Looking Good!

My Plan...

I'm gathering supplies from local garden shops and deciding how I want to hang my light! I'm starting small and will grow from there.....
To start:
1' x 3' General Hydroponics tray
6" coco pots (12)
organic seeds
soil
my 50 watt LED light

Organic Veggies and Herbs to be used in my cooking soon!!
more to come.......
excited to share!!!