"Tan Thuan Seah" wrote in
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I just plant
all my herbs indoor. I am trying to grow italian parsley but the
result isn't that good. The stem can't seem to grow straight and the
young plants have yellowish green leaves. Is this a sign of
insufficient watering and sunlight? I am using 2 20W compact
flourescent as the light source and I on them for 16 hours.


I think you have far too little light - I suspect the crooked stems are due
to the plant straining round to whatever other light sources are available
throughout the day.

If the fluorescent lights are not designed specifically for plants, they
probably don't produce a full spectrum of light colours - and 20w sounds
low. You need specialist grow lights like the ones from
http://www.growell.co.uk/.

Alternatively, if you have a windowsill that gets the sun, that would be a
fine place to grow herbs, at least in the summertime - in winter you will
need extra lighting or they just don't grow much and tend to get greenfly
(at least, mine do!)

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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