Re: Query about 'indoor grow rooms'

**"* C* <d*@gmail.com>**

In the mid 1970s there was a begonia enthusiast in New Jersey -- his name 
isn't coming to me at the moment -- who took a full sized room and lined the 
ceiling with fluorescent lights.

Duane Campbell
Syndicated garden columnist
Author: Best of Green Space; 30 Years of Composted Columns

-----Original Message----- 
From: C.L. Fornari
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:56 PM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] Query about 'indoor grow rooms'

Denise,
I work at a garden center where we've recently added such rooms to the 
inventory. We sell all the stuff - fans, lights, reflecting panels etc, plus 
a bunch of growing supplies. Although we've promoted these for home food 
growing there isn't much interest...the reality is that in the space of one 
of these quite expensive "grow rooms" you couldn't raise much more than two 
weeks worth of salad for a family of four. We've got it set up with assorted 
herbs and all, but even our "foodie" customers don't find it worth the 
expense. The main customers who buy or express interest in this line are 
young men. When they ask me questions about taking cuttings or postioning 
the lights I always ask, "What are you growing?" and they usually say "I'm 
helping my mom raise her petunias." Sometimes they say geraniums or 
tomatoes. It's touching to see how many young people are helping their 
mothers grow things these days...
;-)

all the best,
C.L.

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