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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow
tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? TIA |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
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from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? /\ Hmmm. Somewhere / \ up there I answered a similar query. ¯||¯ To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. 'Daylight' hours should slowly be increased until the plants have good trusses, and then the 'daylight' hours should slowly be reduced. The ripening of tomatoes is triggered by the shortening days after midsummer. -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
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from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? /\ Hmmm. Somewhere / \ up there I answered a similar query. ¯||¯ To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. 'Daylight' hours should slowly be increased until the plants have good trusses, and then the 'daylight' hours should slowly be reduced. The ripening of tomatoes is triggered by the shortening days after midsummer. -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... The message from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? /\ Hmmm. Somewhere / \ up there I answered a similar query. ¯||¯ To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. 'Daylight' hours should slowly be increased until the plants have good trusses, and then the 'daylight' hours should slowly be reduced. The ripening of tomatoes is triggered by the shortening days after midsummer. -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. Sodium lighting works just fine (high pressure sodium) MBS |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Mr Blue Skye" wrote in message ...
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... The message from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. [...] To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. [...] Sodium lighting works just fine (high pressure sodium) That's fascinating. My immediate reaction was the same as Rusty's: without knowledge of the subject, the sodium spectrum didn't sound plant-friendly at all (it's certainly not map-reader friendly!). Does this mean that *all* plants, *all* the time, don't need the full Richard Of York deal? I wonder what the implications would be for insect-pollination. Information, please. I'm also interested to know, Blue Skye, why you have that kind of lighting in the greenhouse. What are the advantages? Mike. |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Mr Blue Skye" wrote in message .. . "Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... The message from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? /\ Hmmm. Somewhere / \ up there I answered a similar query. ¯||¯ To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. 'Daylight' hours should slowly be increased until the plants have good trusses, and then the 'daylight' hours should slowly be reduced. The ripening of tomatoes is triggered by the shortening days after midsummer./////////////////////////////// If this is so why do my tomatoes start ripen in late May to early June when the days are still getting longer? Harold W. -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. Sodium lighting works just fine (high pressure sodium) MBS |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message om... "Mr Blue Skye" wrote in message ... "Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... The message from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. [...] To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. [...] Sodium lighting works just fine (high pressure sodium) That's fascinating. My immediate reaction was the same as Rusty's: without knowledge of the subject, the sodium spectrum didn't sound plant-friendly at all (it's certainly not map-reader friendly!). Does this mean that *all* plants, *all* the time, don't need the full Richard Of York deal? I wonder what the implications would be for insect-pollination. Information, please. Mr. Blue Skye did say "high pressure Sodium lamp". High pressure Sodium lamps contain a few drops of Mercury. This vapourises when the lamp has warmed up, and produces the typical Mercury spectrum in addition to the single yellow line-pair of the Sodium. That is what gives the light from those lamps its characteristic blue colour.Some of the the lines of the Mercury spectrum are in the regions (more than one photo-reaction is involved) required for photosynthesis to occur. [snip] Franz |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... The message from "Janet & Tim Costidell" contains these words: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? /\ Hmmm. Somewhere / \ up there I answered a similar query. ¯||¯ To get good results you have to fool the plants into a belief that it is summer. The lighting should be daylight bulbs, I don't think sodium light would be suitable. Sodium light is totally ineffective for promoting photosynthesis. Mercury light has a couple of lines in the spectral regions involved in this process. A "High pressure Sodium lamp" contains a drop of Mercury. This is what gives it the characteristic blue colour which swamps the yellow of the Sodium doublet after the lamp has warmed up. Franz |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ...
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message om... [...] [...] Sodium lighting works just fine (high pressure sodium) That's fascinating. My immediate reaction was the same as Rusty's: without knowledge of the subject, the sodium spectrum didn't sound plant-friendly at all [...] Information, please. Mr. Blue Skye did say "high pressure Sodium lamp". High pressure Sodium lamps contain a few drops of Mercury. This vapourises when the lamp has warmed up, and produces the typical Mercury spectrum in addition to the single yellow line-pair of the Sodium. That is what gives the light from those lamps its characteristic blue colour.Some of the the lines of the Mercury spectrum are in the regions (more than one photo-reaction is involved) required for photosynthesis to occur. [snip] Thanks: I didn't know about high-pressure ones with mercury vapour, and assumed simply a yellow-to-orange light. I take it, then, that the advantages are low energy consumption and durability. Mike. |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message m... "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... "Mike Lyle" wrote in message om... [...] [...] Sodium lighting works just fine (high pressure sodium) That's fascinating. My immediate reaction was the same as Rusty's: without knowledge of the subject, the sodium spectrum didn't sound plant-friendly at all [...] Information, please. Mr. Blue Skye did say "high pressure Sodium lamp". High pressure Sodium lamps contain a few drops of Mercury. This vapourises when the lamp has warmed up, and produces the typical Mercury spectrum in addition to the single yellow line-pair of the Sodium. That is what gives the light from those lamps its characteristic blue colour.Some of the the lines of the Mercury spectrum are in the regions (more than one photo-reaction is involved) required for photosynthesis to occur. [snip] Thanks: I didn't know about high-pressure ones with mercury vapour, and assumed simply a yellow-to-orange light. I take it, then, that the advantages are low energy consumption and durability. I have a feeling that they are actually somewhat outdated, with the advent of a fluorescent lamp whose spectral output has been designed specifically with horticultural usage in mind. Franz |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:44:33 +0100, "Janet & Tim Costidell"
wrote: Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? In short, yes provided you get the day-length and the warmth ok. A colleague at work grew a tomato plant on the windowsill next to his desk. It really started to annoy his boss, so instead of ditching it in the autumn, he kept it going. It continued to grow and produce tomatoes all through the winter. Provided you keep your greenhouse watered and make a decision on your lighting (see other posts too numerous to mention!) you may well be ok. Good luck and let us know how it goes! Colin ----- (Sorry - no direct email. Please reply via the newsgroup) |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"Janet & Tim Costidell" wrote in message ... Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? TIA you might want to do a search on Hydroponics, seem a lot of it done under HPS lamps. Paul |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
"PA" wrote in message ... "Janet & Tim Costidell" wrote in message ... Has anyone done this? My boss wants us (myself and colleague) to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse for him over the winter. We have good heating in there, and sodium lighting. Has anyone attempted this before, if so, how do we do it? TIA you might want to do a search on Hydroponics, seem a lot of it done under HPS lamps. Vast numbers of sedlings of all sorts are raised commercially in this way. (The horticultural equivalent of factory farming) Franz |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
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from "Middleton/Walker" contains these words: The ripening of tomatoes is triggered by the shortening days after midsummer./////////////////////////////// If this is so why do my tomatoes start ripen in late May to early June when the days are still getting longer? Harold W. I thought you - - - oh, as you were, Walker, not Wilson. Pass, on your question. However, I'd guess that you'll see a rapid acceleration in ripening after midsummer's day. -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. |
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Growing tomatoes in the winter?
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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: Mr. Blue Skye did say "high pressure Sodium lamp". /snip/ Second time around..... -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. |
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