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title: "I just bought some plant seeds on amazon and am hoping for advice…"
description: "I just bought some plant seeds on amazon and am hoping for advice planting them. I live in a place with mostly indirect sunlight. Unnecessary details feel free…"
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author: "Cactinewbie"
published: "2024-01-10T13:52:47.799Z"
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# I just bought some plant seeds on amazon and am hoping for advice…

_Posted by Cactinewbie on 2024-01-10_

I just bought some plant seeds on amazon and am hoping for advice planting them. I live in a place with mostly indirect sunlight.

Unnecessary details feel free to skip:  
They don’t arrive until a few weeks from now. I got Spinach seeds, Banana Pepper seeds, Cucumber seeds, and Cherry Tomato seeds. I know that plants need sun water and dirt obviously. I think they need plant food too but my family say it’s not important I want to buy some to be on the safe side. I was hoping that 4 different 5 gallon pots would be fine. I don’t know how many bags of soil I’d need for that. I live in New York and I sort of have a back yard but it isn’t the brightest because it’s in between two buildings even though sunlight does reach it’s not direct. We don’t really have windows with light either but I do have a plant light.

What advice can you give? I don’t know where to start…

## 1 comment

### Axel commented on 2026-05-12

not sure about the others but it sounds like if its bright indirect light the cucumbers would do great a trellis (because of the vines) and it gets quite large but i wouldnt bother with the tomatoes because they need bright light constantly you could try it with a grow light if youd like but i dont have any experience with that! hope this helps and id recommend looking more into the other seeds because veggies typically need a fair amount of light

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