PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for cultivating plants which can make flowering earlier to increase the number of times of flowering.SOLUTION: A method for cultivating plants includes the steps of: growing plants to flower bud differentiation under a first photoperiodic condition in which the plants are irradiated with blue light and growing the plants to flower under a second photoperiodic condition in which the plants are irradiated with red light or mixed light of red light and blue light.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】開花を早め、開花数を多くすることが可能な植物の栽培方法を提供する。【解決手段】植物に対して青色光を照射する第1の日長条件にて植物を花芽分化まで育成させる工程と、次いで、植物に対して赤色光又は赤色光と青色光の混合光を照射する第2の日長条件にて植物を開花まで育成させる工程とを含む、植物の栽培方法である。【選択図】図3