A very good skill to have is indoor gardening. Anyone who has a south-facing window for natural sunlight can do it. I have started an indoor garden, which is in a trial phase right now with just a few plants. I have six bean plants, five tomato plants, and two pepper plants. My bean plants have flowered and I have at least three tiny pods growing! 😀 I am expanding the garden to include cucumbers, eggplants, zucchini, lettuce, and spinach. We'll see how it goes.
This is a fabulous way to produce fresh food away from the prying eyes of hungry people in trying times. I have two south-facing windows, one of which is on the second floor where the plants cannot be seen from outside, and tall wooden shelves in front of each window, which can hold loads of plants. I have to do more research and it will be trial and error until I get it down. So far I've only used steeped tea to feed the plants, but will also look into compost and coffee grounds. Hand-pollination will be required with some plants. What a fun and useful experiment!
Great Idea, one question, do your windows filter out any necessary uv rays? Or do your plants get what they need?
One thing to keep in mind. Indoors means...no pollinators. You may have to hand pollinate. That was a problem that we didn't see coming, in the greenhouse, this year.
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One thing to keep in mind. Indoors means...no pollinators. You may have to hand pollinate. That was a problem that we didn't see coming, in the greenhouse, this year.
Yes, C5. I mentioned that in my original post
Hand-pollination will be required with some plants.
This is absolutely necessary for a number of plant types, but easy enough to do with a small paint brush or even q-tips.
Great Idea, one question, do your windows filter out any necessary uv rays? Or do your plants get what they need?
That's a good question Girlcancan. I am not sure, but I have my doubts. I live in a century home with original windows and storm windows outside of those. The storm windows are likely older as well. I am guessing nothing is filtered through those. However, I am not an expert, so if anyone knows about these things, by all means chime in. 🙂
It sounds like your windows will be perfect. We have newish ones in a century home and I can't even grow herbs in them. Everything dies within a few weeks. I'll be interested to hear your results 🙂
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It sounds like your windows will be perfect. We have newish ones in a century home and I can't even grow herbs in them. Everything dies within a few weeks. I'll be interested to hear your results 🙂
The new windows make that much of a difference, eh? Well, so far the plant i am growing are very healthy looking so here's hoping. Planted a few more seeds yesterday. Cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, zucchini, and spinach. The lettuce and spinach seeds might be too old because they are from two seasons ago, so we'll see. I will keep you posted.
Last year I grew tomatoes in metal coffee cans. Hole punched the sides, used fencing wire ( cheap ) to hang. I used 1 q-tip for pollinating....worked great. I like the smaller tomatoes, like patio varities. When the flower is open, gently touch and turn the q-tip, working all the flowers. Takes little time as you become proficient at it. You also need some sort of pest strips, some years are fine, others not so much. If you have many different varities, use one q-tip per varity if you want. Don't throw out, use for growing season. Peppers do the same.
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