That means the onset of winter doesn’t have to put an end toharvesting vegetables.

These include vegetables like carrots, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, and lettuce.

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LED grow lights help replicate necessary sunlight.

For example, full sun outdoors is 6 to 8 hours per day.

An LED grow light replicates this in 8 to 16 hours.

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Before you choose an artificial light, consider how different colors will impact your plant growth.

Best Vegetables to Grow Indoors

Carrots

Carrots are accommodating andlow-maintenance vegetables.

Growing them in containers is not just a great option for indoor growing.

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Smaller carrot varieties are the easiest to grow inside; they need less space and mature more quickly.

A long container, such as a window box, is ideal.

Lightly cover the seeds with damp peat moss, so the seeds dont dry out.

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Within weeks, you’ll have garlic greens.

They may sprout again, but the quality declines each time.

So start new cloves when you begin harvesting the current crop.

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Don’t anticipate yielding a bulb of garlic.

You need a particular temperature to start forming bulbs, and that won’t happen indoors.

However, garlic greens are an excellent substitute.

Radish (Daikon) leaves

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They boast a milder taste, similar to a cross between garlic and scallions.

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Pepper plants are tropical perennials.

They shrivel at just the hint of frost, but indoors they thrive.

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You might not get a huge harvest, but they will fruit.

Additionally, allow the container to dry out between waterings, so you don’t risk drowning the plant.

Choose a planter that is 2 to 4 inches deep, and fill it with moist, well-draining soil.

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You should see germination within about one week.

Allow the plants to grow at least 4 to 6 inches before you kick off harvesting.

Cut or pull the outer leaves and allow the center of the plant tocontinue growing.

Potatoes

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Spray to keep the soil moist, and you should see germination within a few days.

Start harvesting when seedlings have developed two sets of true leaves.

Use scissors to snip them off at the soil level, and you may get another spurt of growth.

Radishes

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Scallions

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While you cant grow traditionalbulb onionsindoors, scallions do just fine.

And you actually dont even need seeds to get them started.

Plop a bunch of scallions in about an inch of water in a container.

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Some gardeners have even had success replanting the root end of scallions after using the tops.

Harvest the green tops, leaving about an inch of the stem to regrow.

you might also boost your luck by feeding your tomato plant with a water-soluble organic fertilizer after repotting.

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you should probably perform this manual pollination; without it, no fruits will form.

Expect the plants to become top-heavy, so staking or using a tomato cage is a must.

you could also mix insweet potatoes.

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Radishes

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Quick-growing radishes are small and popular root vegetables that grow easily indoors.

These annuals are planted for a spring or fall harvest, adding brilliant color to salads and other dishes.

If you hope to have radishes all season long, plant them in stages.

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This will give you an ongoing succession of maturing radishes that will last for weeks or months.

Never take more than two to three inches at a time, but harvest regularly.

This will encourage the plants to keep growing.

Meanwhile, basil and mint will wilt if their soil isn’t kept continuously moist.

Kale

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There are considerable size differences betweenkale varieties.

Kale has a relatively fast growth rate; it grows from seed to harvest in about three months.

All you should probably do it keep it moist.

Once it has started to grow new leaves, they are ready to be harvested.

Or, if you want to keep growing it, plant it in potting soil.

Arugula

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Arugula has all the characteristics of an excellent crop indoors.

Growing arugula indoors also keeps it out of reach of the notorious flea beetles that voraciously devour the leaves.

Outdoors, arugula has two seasons, early spring and late summer into fall.

Indoors, you are not limited to just planting arugula twice.

For a continual harvest, sow more seeds every two to three weeks.

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you’re free to grow vegetables indoors all year round!

The ideal temperature range depends on what you are growing.

Generally, plants will need more hours of LED light than they would with full sun.

Look for an LED grow light that has a full spectrum LED bulb.