"Chris" ] wrote in message
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What about growing things indoors?
I'm primarily interested in veg.
It's no good sowing seeds outdoors now.
But if I left fluorescent lights on, what are the possibilities?
It might be extravagant and wasteful of energy.
But leaving that aside for a moment, what could be done?
Consider an indoor room, with central heating on during the day,
and fluorescent lights on - either permanently - or just during the day.
Does any of this make sense - or is it a stupid idea?
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Chris

One problem with ordinary fluorescent lights is they do not give off a good
balance of the right wavelengths of light needed by plants. Much of the
light would be unusable and wasted by the plants. Ideally you would need
specialist (expensive) lighting. The running costs would be exorbitant. Best
bet is just to grow a few herbs, or mustard / cress on a window sill over
Winter.
With a bit of planning, you could still be growing and harvesting veg from
outside. I will be harvesting various greens such as cabbage, brussels
sprout and spinach right through Winter. It's too late to plant these this
year, but if you plan ahead there is no reason why you cannot produce
vegetables outside all year round.

Drakanthus.