Small Space GreensAbout Small Space Greens
A research-based how-to site for apartments, windowsills, and balconies. No grow diary, and no paid placements.
Who runs it
Ryan Moalemi writes and publishes Small Space Greens. The contact address is ryan@smallspacegreens.com. There is no separate editorial board and no outside sponsor named on these pages.
The site is for people who want a straight method: which tray, how much seed, what to do about light, and when to cut. It is not a shop, and it does not sell seed or kits.
Editorial approach
Guides are how-to articles built from public sources, mainly university extension services. You will see Penn State Extension, University of Maryland Extension, Utah State University Extension, Mississippi State University Extension, Iowa State University Extension, University of Illinois Extension, Cornell, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources program, among others. Each guide ends with the links used for that page.
This site has not run grow tests. You will not find first-person harvest notes from a tray grown for an article. If a number appears, it is attributed to the publication it came from, including the tray size that publication used. When two good sources disagree, both figures stay on the page.
Seed rates are treated as starting points. Utah State University Extension publishes grams per 1020 tray for specific crops. Penn State Extension publishes a lighter band for a different tray, a 12 by 20 inch 10-row flat. Those are not interchangeable, and the seed density guide explains the difference. The calculator scales the Utah State crop rates, and a Maryland sample band where Utah State did not publish a crop rate. It does not invent a new optimum.
Photos of real trays are not on the site yet. Figures are marked "Photo coming soon" until they are.
No paid placements
A company cannot pay to be recommended, quoted, or placed higher in a guide. Product names of retailers and seed brands are left out on purpose, so a guide does not read like a catalog. Where a supply list would normally name a seller, the page has a code comment for a future link and no visible link.
How affiliate links will work
As of November 2026, the site has no live affiliate links. Later, some supply mentions may become links to a retailer or seed seller in an affiliate program. If you buy through one of those links, Small Space Greens may earn a commission. That commission would not raise the price you pay. The recommendation would still have to stand on the extension method, not on the commission.
Any page that may carry those links has a one-line note near the top, and the full statement is on the affiliate disclosure. If a link is added, the note stays. If you want a source corrected, or you think a sentence overclaims, write to ryan@smallspacegreens.com.