7 Foods You Can Grow Indoors with Limited Space
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i love that theres no music in the video, good video keep it up
All of my favorite things!
Ive just moved into a new apartment and I cant WAIT to start my tiny indoor garden
Indoor gardening is fun 😁
@@gardeningindoors What is your electricity price? We live as a couple and pay €72 a month in Germany. And yet we can only use the bare essentials, otherwise we would get a hefty back payment.
My electric bill seems pretty low when I compare it to other’s. I have a lot of plant lights and gadgets that companies send me to try but on average my bill is around $80 USD. Last summer it got up to $120 or so when I had the air conditioner running a lot
So how's it going?
@Authorthings So far so good actually! Ive just harvested my third round of indoor grown potatoes and garlic~
Do garlic as well. But they & the green onion can not rely only on the water but a few days- a week. They’ll have to have some soil unless you look at TEO gardener way of using a rag for the roots to grab & not die out
I need advice about keeping basil alive indoors. I love it but my plants get bugs really quickly and then get weak and die eventually. The bugs are like little tiny flies.
Do you think they're only dying due to pests? You could try incorporating an organic bio insecticide into your watering routine. I'm currently using Arber's Bio Insecticide and also spraying the leaves with it for pest prevention. Target just started carrying it but some other places, like Walmart, should have it as well.
I also always keep my soil covered with aquarium gravel. I've been meaning to repost my Tiktok vids about there on here, but it helps prevent fungus gnats from getting in the soil and laying eggs.
@@gardeningindoors I’m going to look into this! I never know if I’m over watering or under watering my plants so a routine would probably be helpful too.
Yea I get the little silver bugs bad in nc- both inside & outside. & yea, they will absolutely kill a plant. I actually had an apple seed starting up so great & didn’t know I had any of the silver bugs & then the tiny plant was dead by the time I found out. :((. Nothing really works tbh
Flies or gnats gonna lay where they wish
@@jillellis62 try getting Neem meal and making a tea or only watering from the bottom to prevent gnats c:
These little flies are probably laying eggs and the larva eat the roots (in German: Trauermücken, in English probably Sciaridae). The flies need moist soil to lay the eggs.
They get out of control if you overwater. So try to water the basil from the bottom.
You could cover the soil with Quarz sand , so they can't reproduce. For me it worked with silica granulate (normally for hydroponic). But be sure there isn't a way for the flies to reach soil. Also (yellow) sticky traps to catch the flies. If that won't work, there are special parasites for the larva called nematodes.
And don't get cheap soil to start with or bake it in the oven beforehand. It's often already infested with these little bastards.
And they are a PAAAIN to get rid of.
This is such a neat channel!! Thank you for the information 🙂
Glad you’re enjoying it 😊
except for the sprouts, these all need a massive amount of sunlight. Nobody ever mentions that. It only works in summer on a South facing window.
Indoor lighting on a timer can work just fine, those things exist :P
Yeah, grow lights in rooms with no windows work great!
I know right - and then they say things like these 2 down below - indoor lighting works fine - not if you cant afford them or the bill. and they get leggy and get fruit flies and stinky and then our cats decide to pee in all of it or make it the toy box. and no - not everyone has 15 different rooms to grow in to keep the cats out of. (for those who always say this)
Guys you can also do chia seeds! You make a chia seed pudding by mixing water and chia seeds together and make a layer of it on a sheet of paper towel and water everyday! I did this and I was so much fun to grow!
Do you eat it like sprouts?
My friend recently bought me an indoor garden....love it! Been growing sprouts & onions for a while but now I have fresh lettuce for me daily salad 🥰 Thanks for the video and inspiration
Celery as well.Just like the green onion glass jar ❤
I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of micro greens before, what are they used in? Salads or sandwiches maybe?
Both! So good
Nice! Love the cherry tomatoes. Could you make a video about growing plants from scraps in water? I tried but it didn't grow as yours and started to get mushy quickly.
I think most food scraps grown in water are gonna get icky. It's not a method that I use but I know a lot of people do it for green onions. I use soil instead. I'm a little scared to try regrowing anything else in water due to the possibility of it attracting pests
@@gardeningindoors Thanks. That is also a big concern of mine since I live in an area with Dengue. I try to avoid as much as I can open still water sources. I think I will try only soil from now on.
Make sure you're changing the water daily
I love green onions. You can put it in almost all that we cook.
A caution on sprouts - I read an article that most sprouts should NOT be eaten raw and can be quite dangerous grown at home! Do research and proceed carefully, I ended up stopping 😢
I have been Sprouting Broccoli seeds in my home for a little while now, but my last couple of batches have not sprouted. I am battling some Fruit Flies in my home and I am wondering if they are interupting the process. Would you be able to shed some light on this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there! I don’t think fruit flies would keep the seeds from sprouting, but if a fruit fly lays eggs in your sprouting setup the larvae could be feeding on something in there. They’re bigger than fungus gnat larvae so shouldn’t be hard to see. I actually had fruit flies lay eggs in a microgreen sprouting tray before and spotted the larvae moving around.
Could it be an issue with the seeds? If you’ve had them for a while it’s possible the germination rate has gone down.
@@gardeningindoors Hey, thanks for your response! Ohok, that makes sense. Sorry to hear about that on your side, haha! I have not seen any larvae in the jar, but I have had the seeds for a little while. I also did think that might be the issue, but wasn't sure.
I do have some other unopened seeds I'll try and see if that works.
Would it be convenient and healthy for the seeds if I placed them in the fridge or outside after I rinse them?
Thanks again!
Can u please share a video for how to grow the sprouts whenever I try to grow sprouts they get mushy and have a bad odour
Hi! Here's how I do it:
Step 1. Wash the seeds in the jar by pouring water and then drain the water
Step 2. Pour fresh water and soak the seed for 3-4 hrs. After that you drain the water.
Step 3. Position the jar inclined to a 45 degree angle to drain excess water
Step 4. Fill jar with water and drain after 1-2 mins twice a day and always leave inclined at 45 degrees to drain water.
Your sprouts will be ready to eat in 5-6 days depending on your liking.
When the sprouts are done sprouting, put them on a paper towel and carefully tap excess water out of them. Place a paper towel in a glass container and put the sprouts in, cover with small piece of paper towel and put the lid on, leaving a small gap for sprouts to breathe and put in the fridge. If kept like this, you'll enjoy 5-6 days of sprouts.
You can also freeze the sprouts :)
PS: You'll need special mason jars with mesh lids to drain water, also a stand to position your jar on. If you have access to Amazon, search Sprouting jar kit and take the glass jars, they're the best in terms of sprouts.
Your sprouts got mushy because the drainage is not good or you left them outside for longer than needed and did not wash them twice a day. If you do the method I wrote above, you'll be successful.
Hope it was helpful!
Happy sprouting 🌱
That seems to be a common complaint. When I grew the ones in this video it was my first time growing sprouts and I later realized I probably didn't have those issues because there was a fan in that area giving the jar a little airflow. Here's the video from when I grew those, I think I rinsed them a couple more days than I was supposed to because I misread the instructions: www.tiktok.com/@gardeningindoors/video/7166422116592586026?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7182356112883107374
I don’t understand how they produce fruit with out the use of pollen and bees. Can somebody tell me how.
Each fruiting plant produces flowers that contain the pollen needed. The plant needs to be pollinated by the pollen it produces and when the plant is indoors you may need to hand pollinate
@@gardeningindoors Thank you!
Yeah my roomie does some of these then never does anything with em. Real nice decorations that kinda rot out 👍
For other people. Beautiful wonderful ideas
plz keep your channel up!your channel is gonna be a gem.i can say this judging by the fact that you have 40k subs with such a few vids.besides I personally really need your channel since I wanna do indoor gardening as well
It's here to stay! 😁 I was thinking I didn't have many subs since I'm bigger on a different platform but I've heard TH-cam can be hard to grow on. I'm in the process of getting more of my vids reposted on here so keep an eye out!
@@gardeningindoors sure!
Do you use the grill light or do you have a kit that you put together so he can have appropriate light he's responding
I can't grow peppers larger than my thumb 😭
Maybe I shouldn't get my plants from the hardware store?
Plants from the hardware store shouldn't be an issue. It probably has to do with environmental factors, lack of nutrients or maybe even pot size. Peppers need bright light to flower/fruit, plant size can be impacted by pot size and a lack of nutrients will affect growth/fruit production. Then there's type of peppers lol I intentionally choose types peppers that are smaller than my thumb
dwarf cherry tomatoes?!? amazing.
Definitely a favorite of mine. The little plants are so cute! Red Robin and Tiny Tim are a couple options if you're ever looking for seeds
Alternatively you could do as we do in professional greenhouse tomato productions, and grow them on a suspended wire, and then cut off the bottom leaves, and lay the stripped part of the vine down. (make sure to cull side shoots though, they will screw up the whole thing if they grow too big.)
That’s incredible, can you grow spinach?
What about peppermint and basil
This is a bit misleading…I am a professional grower and most of these plants require grow lights, air circulation, disease control and possibly heating mats/devices growing them indoors. It is much easier to grow a tomato outdoors for the everyday person for example. They basically require greenhouse-like conditions indoors, but if you really really want to grow some of these things indoors, you can, they just require some money and skill. If you want to try any of these, regrowing green onions in water in a window are definitely the easiest option!
I use and recommend a grow light for everything. All the videos on this page are select reposts from my Tiktok account so my full indoor gardening series isn't on here yet. I didn't expect to go from 200 subs to nearly 80k within a couple weeks so I'm still in the process of getting more content on TH-cam. I grow everything shown in this video in my little apartment and the conditions are nowhere near greenhouse-like so it's definitely possible! It also really doesn't have to cost that much at all. I have more videos coming on that in the future
What are micro greens?
I just started 4 cayenne plants!
i invested 4 months of plant care for 3 peppers 😂 imma buy that shit.
and regrowing spring onions make them watery af.
Regrow your green onions in soil. My has super a strong onion flavor compared to when I bought them
@@strangerr13 they didn’t regrow well in soil 🤷🏼♀️
I've never seen anyone grow microgreens in a bowl like that.
Sample/small serving size for my series on microgreens
@@gardeningindoors I'll check it out thank you. I love indoor gardening so I subscribed to you immediately.
Lettuce is so hard to grow! Any advice??
It might do best with a grow light above it indoors. I tried growing lettuce with south-facing window light as a test and it got leggy. That was during the winter. I might retry it in the summer just to see if the longer summer days make a difference.
Lettuce is fairly easy to grow once you have the lighting figured out. It's a cool weather crop so indoor temps are great and it seems like a plant that likes consistently moist soil. I would just let the top inch or 2 dry out before watering to prevent fungus gnats.
@@gardeningindoors thank you!!
Are the Peppers in soil or water under the leca balls??
LECA + water, with AeroGarden liquid plant food
Man made soil doesn’t give the same nutrients as normal dirt soil
I would grow lettuce and micro greens / sprouts indoors. Do you have a video how to?
Can i grow beets in my apartment?
Sure, if you can accommodate their environmental/light requirements and have the space. That's pretty much the case with any plant
Literally like 10 min I had peeled a grapefruit and seen a seed sprout inside of it stopped eating it and left it in there hoping something will happen
How does these veggie plants get the sunlight they need to grow n survive??
Green onions grown in water taste like nothing and are paper thin...
Smart WHAT not required?
tomatoes attract aphids. I really dunno why they get them and spider mites
what are microgreens?
Call them scallions rather than green onions.
They’re called and labeled in the store as green onions here. When I worked in a restaurant like 17 years ago I remember them being called scallions
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JUST USE NATURAL GROWING MATERIALS
Do they need sunlight?
One thing I'm happy about is the state I live in has a native species of pepper, Chili pequen which are hotter then jalapenos
Rabbit food more like
Never thought to try radish!
Help! How can i grow plants in a windowless space?
Grow lights. I have all south facing windows but can't rely on the windows for all my food plants so everything is under a grow light
Where can I get this small vegetables seeds
How do we get seeds for these dwarf plants??
You can search for dwarf or micro-dwarf tomato varieties. There's different ones but the only ones I know off the top of my head are Red Robin, Tiny Tim, and Orange Hat. Whenever I'm searching for new foods to grow indoors I try to find plants that don't get taller than 2ft. If the seed company doesn't list an estimated height I google it and check multiple sources
Can you mention if these are pet-safe greens or not?
Where do you get the seeds for dwarf cherry tomatoes?
I have a couple links for some in my Linktree (in the vid description). Red Robin and Tiny Tim are a couple names to search for. My plants are from my Click & Grow pods and seeds I saved from a Red Robin Tomato plant I got at the farmer's market
@@gardeningindoors thank you so much for sharing your information 😊 Happy gardening!
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I’m on day 3 of growing some alfalfa sprouts in a sprouting jar like you have. So far, so good.
A few years ago, I tried to grow some other things in my apartment and…it didn’t go well. I have the space; I have a spare bedroom in the back but I think the problem is that what I planted couldn’t get enough light. So, you say peppers and dwarf cherry tomatoes don’t need a smart garden but don’t they need special grow lights if you’re in an apartment? I’ve been thinking quite seriously about getting a smart garden but I’m afraid I won’t pick the right brand and that I’ll go crazy with it and my place will start to look like a jungle.
Tomatoes and peppers don't need a smart garden but do need a grow light. I have all south facing windows and could put those plants in a window during the summer, but during the winter I don't rely on window light.
This video shows the grow lights I use: www.tiktok.com/@gardeningindoors/video/7189802670566346030?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7182356112883107374
Smart gardens/hydroponics systems are kinda hard to shop for. I think it comes down to what type of plants you want to grow. A lot of those systems don't have enough space between each plant for you to realistically grow as many plants as they say it can hold. Some people just use them to get the plants started and then transfer to a pot or outside.
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What about garlic? I had purchased fresh garlic in a bag already peeled , the pieces of garlic are rooting. Can I plant that ?
Yes. I've never done it but if you're planting with the intention of growing a full bulb of garlic it takes many months
How do you regrow radishes?
I haven't tried it so I can't say from experience! A lot of radishes are ready for harvest after around 25 days when grown from seed so they're definitely a fun one to grow. I've noticed they need quite a bit of light though
how do you get fruit from your fruiting plants without access to outdoor pollinators? i've previously considered both blueberries and cherry tomatoes, but the thought of hand-pollinating everything with a brush seems like... a lot of work, frankly XD.
I do have to hand pollinate. The tomatoes are easy because I can get away with shaking the plant. I was doing the same for my peppers but got better results using an electric toothbrush on them
@@gardeningindoors oh that's good to know, thank you! re: shaking, do you bag them up first for pollen containment purposes, or just shake away?
Where did you buy seeds for jar sprouts?
You can just use chia seeds just mist them with water and secure the lid sit in a window
Can you do a video or have any tips on not developing gnats or other bugs in the potting soil?
I cover soil with aquarium gravel to prevent gnats. Some bugs can still make their way in though. You can water with something added to it for pest control like a bio insecticide, neem oil, hydrogen peroxide, some people add a little rubbing alcohol but I haven't experimented with that one yet. Identifying the pest helps with figuring out how to handle them because some products are ineffective on certain pests.
I have a lot of plants in LECA, which doesn't provide an ideal environment for pests to live long term. I just have to worry more about foliage pests like spider mites and thrips
This gives me many ideas
Thanks for the info 😌😌😌😌
This is incredible
Do you have a video about lighting setup & the materials used?
This video shows all the lights I use: www.tiktok.com/@gardeningindoors/video/7189802670566346030?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7182356112883107374
I had a pepper plant that I loved, I had that guy for 2 years, brought them in every winter
What berries can I grow inside?
Depends how much space you have and your lighting situation. You can grow anything inside if you can provide the plants environmental needs. I have strawberry plants but the only ones doing good are in a hydroponics system and smart garden. I also have top hat blueberry plants but they're too young to know if they'll progress well indoors
Nice 👌
Looks delicious.
Do you have a separate room for plants?
No. I’m in a studio apartment so the only separate room I have is a bathroom 🤣
Chili plants require small space too and low maintenance.
Chili plants are a good one. I have 3 of them but they must have been too small when I made this video, otherwise I would have included them
Thanks for the video. What is the name of those little brown balls that’s in the jar with the plant
Those are expanded clay pebbles/LECA
@@gardeningindoors Thank you so much! I saw these before, however I could not remember where, and did not know the name, so I went to Lowe’s, however they did not know what I was referring to. Coincidentally I went to the $1.25 store and I saw something that looked very similar, however, I didn’t want to purchase the wrong thing. So thanks again! I will definitely subscribe.
so cute😍
Is regular indoor indirect light enough?
Lighting requirements depend on the plant. All my fruiting plants need bright light to flower
@@gardeningindoors Thanks!
Do you have video on best way to grow lettuce indoors?
I do not. I have a Click & Grow 25 that was designed for lettuce and leafy green production so that's what I typically use for that. Here's a link if you'd like to see what that is: www.clickandgrow.com/products/the-click-and-grow-25?sca_ref=1767817.y9OxoP9K9F
I do plan on making a how to grow lettuce indoors vid at some point but I have to figure out what to do about lighting and space. It's fairly easy to grow from seed but you do need a grow light. I experimented with using south-facing window light and the plants got leggy. I think I have the leggy video uploaded to this account actually.
Do you get bugs
Sometimes but it's not because of specific plants. Pests just hitch a ride into homes on shoes, clothing, packages and then find a plant to live in. I check for pests often so if I see any I can treat the issue early on