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When you hear of growing vegetables I'm sure you will right away think of a vegetable garden plot. But do you know that you can also grow vegetables in containers? If you have limited space or living in a condominium unit or an apartment but would like to eat freshly harvested vegetables then container gardening is the answer. Here are tips on how to grow container gardening vegetables which you can enjoy and harvest fresh for your meals. ? 1.?????? Choose the area in your house where you will setup your vegetable container garden.?Be sure that the place you choose is airy, has sufficient sunlight, well ventilated and would be comfortable and accessible for you to work in.2.?????? Choose the vegetables you would want to grow in containers. Some vegetables are easy to grow in containers like onions, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, eggplant, radish, squash and beans. Although any vegetable can grow in container gardens some of those with vines or large produce would need bigger spaces and extra care. If you do not want to put in extra hours in caring for your vegetables then you can stick with the easy to grow ones.3.?????? Choose a soil for your container .. more »

When it comes to growing plants indoors, many people usually think of their experiences with common houseplants growing in the potting soil that the local supermarket always have sitting out front all summer long. But that's old school. These days, it's quite possible to grow almost any plant indoors, at any time of the year, with modern no-soil-required growing technology. One of the most advanced forms of indoor no-soil-required gardening is called Aeroponics.The term "aeroponic" refers to the technique of growing plants in air instead of soil. At first this concept seems almost unbelievable. How could it be possible to grow plants in nothing but air? Here's how many aeroponic plant growing systems work:Seeds are placed in some sort of water-permeable material, like a sponge. The sponge is then suspended above a reservoir containing clean water and a nutrient solution. At periodic times throughout the day, an electric pump turns on and floods the sponge material with the nutrient-rich water from reservoir. The excess water drips back into the reservoir, ready to be recirculated and maybe be absorbed by the growing plant.To simulate the sunlight plants need to photosynthesize, most aeroponic gardeners use florescent growing lights. These growing lights are .. more »