You are perhaps pondering to prepare your own soil and you heard about peat humus and peat moss? In my experience, as a gardener, I came across these words often, so here what I know about it. Despite peat moss and peat humus are both originated in a peat bog they are different. Peat moss…
Determining the running cost of a grow light and how much electricity is consumed is paramount if you do not want to ending up spending too much money over the months. Here the numbers The cost of running a grow light depends on a) the wattage of the growth light (in Watts) b) the number of…
Probably you are a more experienced indoor gardener by now and after a few successes with your Genovese basil (difference between thai and normal basil), you were thinking of growing a different variety of basil. Or perhaps you are in the supermarket and wondering if Thai basil is the same as holy basil and how…
You have proudly grown your basil and, at the moment of harvest, you end up with an unpleasant surprise. The leaves, that perhaps you added on top of your pasta, taste bitter. You might wonder what’s happened, whether this is normal and what can you do to avoid such a problem in the future. Here…
During my experience in growing basil indoor I found many “hosts” on my plant. One of them is ants. These tiny insects, that can get numerous really quickly, can cover your basil entirely. It is then legitimate to ask why are there and more importantly if they can actually damage your plant. For such reasons,…
Despite aphids being common in outdoor plants, how can you suddenly have an aphid infestation indoors? Here is what based on our years of experience are the most common sources of aphids in indoor plants. Aphids are brought indoors in three ways 1) through open windows as they can easily be carried out by the…