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I am new to gardening and i dont have land for garden so 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. What is going wrong? Anyone please give some gardening tips. Thanks. Thuan Seah |
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"Tan Thuan Seah" wrote in
: 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 -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
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"Tan Thuan Seah" wrote in message ... Hi all, I am new to gardening and i dont have land for garden so 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. What is going wrong? Anyone please give some gardening tips. Thanks. That ought to be enough light, if you suspend them about 20 cm above the plants. FRanz Thuan Seah |
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