Want an Indoor Evergreen Garden? Here's what to do.

Want An Evergreen Indoor Garden? Here’s What To Do

{Collaborative Content} Having an indoor garden offers numerous benefits. It is a great way to spruce up your home’s interior design and give it a lease of life. Also, an indoor garden can be an excellent source of vegetables and herbs your kitchen needs, cutting down your grocery expenses. You’ll have the other benefits of having plants in your indoor space, which include detoxifying the indoor air. However, maintaining an indoor garden can be tricky, as plants may lack the natural benefits of an outdoor environment. But the following tips can help the plants in your indoor garden thrive. 

1. Know the lighting and water requirements

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Proper lighting is critical to growing healthy indoor plants and making up for the lack of natural light. To get the lighting right, ensure that you know the lighting needs of your plants. If your plants need direct sunlight for several hours each day, you can position your garden near a window to receive adequate sunlight during the day. If your plants do well under low, artificial lighting, you can take advantage of solutions like LED grow lights to provide constant, energy-efficient lighting to aid plant growth.

2. Increase humidity

Many homes have warm, dry air, which lowers the humidity inside the home. This can lead to an increase in evaporation and transpiration, causing the plants and the soil to lose their moisture content at a faster rate. The longer your home’s interior air remains dry, the harder it will be for your indoor plants to thrive. You can find some ways to combat dry interior air. For example, you can install a vaporizer or humidifier in your home. You can also group your plants closer together to help them build more humidity.

3. Get the temperature right

Indoor plants need different temperatures to thrive and grow. So, take the time to research the plants you want to grow in your indoor garden and find the ideal temperatures they need. This way, you can group your plants accordingly and provide the necessary tools to create the right temperature for each group of plants. For example, you cannot group plants that require 80° with ones that thrive under 60°. 

4. Pick the right plants for their space

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Pick the plant types that will thrive in your indoor space. Start by evaluating the area in your home where you want to create your indoor garden. Ideally, you’ll want to settle for plants well suited for indoor conditions. This way, you wouldn’t need to put too much effort into caring for the plants for them to thrive. 

If you want to grow edible plants, it’s best to select their compact varieties, as they have a better chance to do well indoors. For example, the compact varieties of peppers and tomatoes will do very well when planted in containers indoors. You can also choose plants like lettuce, spinach, and arugula, as they can grow quickly in indoor environments. Plus, they’re perfect for indoors with smaller living spaces.