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Full shade - herbs
Hi all,
I have recently moved into an apartment. We have a balcony but due to the aspect and the balcony overhead we dont get any rays of sun in there at all. It's light but no sun. I'd love to grow herbs but i fear the lack of sun will kill them all off. Do you have any recommendations for edibles that can tolerate full shade ? thanks, Aprill |
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Full shade - herbs
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:55:26 +1000, Aprill
wrote: Hi all, I have recently moved into an apartment. We have a balcony but due to the aspect and the balcony overhead we dont get any rays of sun in there at all. It's light but no sun. I'd love to grow herbs but i fear the lack of sun will kill them all off. Do you have any recommendations for edibles that can tolerate full shade ? I think you'd be better off to buy some fluorescent lights and grow your herbs indoors -- or in a sunny windowsill, if you have one. (Probably not, most of the apartments I lived in only had one exposure and if your balcony gets no sun, probably your windows won't either.) You can certainly grow a variety of herbs under fluorescent lights. You could grow some salad greens too - various lettuce or mesclun mix. Pat -- CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY United States: http://www.stopthehunger.com/ International: http://www.thehungersite.com/ |
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Full shade - herbs
Spearmint (and probably other mints?) will thrive. I've had good
success with parsley and chives in full shade too. Aprill wrote in message ... Hi all, I have recently moved into an apartment. We have a balcony but due to the aspect and the balcony overhead we dont get any rays of sun in there at all. It's light but no sun. I'd love to grow herbs but i fear the lack of sun will kill them all off. Do you have any recommendations for edibles that can tolerate full shade ? thanks, Aprill |
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