On 30 Jul 2004 02:46:06 -0700, (Mike Lyle)
wrote:

Mark Blewett wrote in message . ..
I'm a relatively newcomer to gardening.. and looking for some
ideas/thoughts for someone who has no garden.. just 2 very large south
facing windows.

Over the last couple of years, I've grown in pots: various herbs,
tomato's, chillies and even had a go at some salad leaves/radishes
with mix success. As you may well already guessed.. I like food and
cooking and hence prefer to grow something that is edible!

Onto the question... in uk.food+drink.misc there was a part-thread
about peaches (and patio variaties).. which got me thinking (ok
hoping).. could these grow indoors? If not what would be a good choice
fruit for growing indoors in a pot?

I confess to a prejudice against "patio" midgets, so I may be biased.
Off-hand, I'd say that one of those fruit-trees would need light from
overhead, not just through a south window, however large. There would
also be a problem of air-circulation: still air encourages pests and
diseases. I don't know how much it matters for all trees (peach
probably ok; and they used to grow oranges here in very much that
way), but they wouldn't get a proper period of winter dormancy in the
house.

Thanks... sounds like its not a realistic option The things that
bothered me were size, enviroment etc... I hadn't thought of the light
issue.

Annual crops such as you're growing already are in any case a much
more profitable use of the space, as you get a big return, and get it
from the very first year, and can try different varieties.

Yeah.. that's the reason I started with them.. easy and quick to
grow.. and for the herbs so much cheaper than buying them at a
supermarket.. and as far as the tomarto's.. there is nothing better
than home grown.

I think I've reached the stage where I'd like something more long
term... I don't mind waiting a few years for a crop.. the trouble is I
don't have the knowledge.. and if you have to wait a few years for the
reward, it worth at least trying to start with the right direction..
which means having some knowledge.. I'm having a bit of a circular
argument with myself at the moment!

Thanks
Mark