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Re: in-door veggie -help

Hi to you genie!
                      There are some vegies I have successfully grown indoors.
Of course, with the winter heating I tend to loose the plants around mid-winter
because of dry air. Misting the plants does help prevent this but in my case,
they needed a dayly mist and I wasn't always there to give it to them. You can
try it out if you like. The joys of growing your own vegies inside is great.
Here are some suggestions I know work. Tomatoes are a great one for hanging
baskets. They look nice and produce juicy little red fruits. Get "tumbler", it
works good inside. You can also try one of thses two climbers, "florida petit,
Minibel or Tiny tim". They are suppossed to do welll inside also but I've only
tried "tumbler". Then you can also grow cumcumber. Get "fembaby". You're
cucumbers will probably have to be tutored.They grow quite tall and they're not
very attractif either but they're real good! This is another vegie you can
tried that I know groes well inside but haven't tried it. Aubergine (eggplant),
go for "easter egg" (white fruits), "long purple" (the purple-brownish kind we
find in the supermarkets) or "enorma" (makes a bigger fruit). Sweet peppers
grow wonderfully inside. Try them! You can pick them at the green or red stage
depending on what you want to use them for. Then there are the mushrooms. I
have never tried them because I have never found them in stores. There are
suppossed to be something called "mushroom tubs" in stores but I just can't
find them. The plants are in that tub (plastic bag really) and all you have
left to do is water. Then appeares the little mushrooms. Mushrooms are
suppossed to be very easy to care for because they can adapt to ordinary room
conditions. Now as for your lettuce, I have never succeeded in growing enough
for it to be useful. It can be done, just like cabbage, but I don't have enough
room here to grow myself a crop that will last me a long time.
You were also asking about growing them in the winter....why not? I have always
grown them in early or late spring because that's when the seeds are available
but if you can get seeds in summer, I would suggest you start them in
mid-summer at the latest for winter. That way, you can obtain enough heat for
germination and get the plants growing strong before winter. Why don't you try
a couple of the ones I mentioned? The seeds costs nothing and we never know.
By the way, herbs grow very easily indoors. I can generally keep those all year
round. I don't buy the seeds but rather the plants themselves, they cost
nothing at the market here and it saves me the time of having to care for the
little seedlings. Herbs look great in a woden box on your kitchen windowsill.
They get their required amount of sun daily and they are right there for you to
use. Rosemary is wonderful because it can be pruned into a cute little
christmas tree during that season. It is always fun to have a fresh supply of
herbs during the winter months.
You didn't mention fruits but they is one fruit I have grown successfully
indoors. The strawberry. get "fragaria vesca sempervirens" for best results.
You can grow pretty much any kind thought but the one I mentioned can sometimes
produce fruits twice a year if giving the right growing conditions. They also
look great in hanging baskets.
With that I wish youluck and happy gardening!
Helga

genie wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I have been reading the digest with great interest.  I enjoy all the
> suggestions.  And I have a number of indoor plants.  Seems to shorten the
> winters here.
>
> I have a question that may or may not have an answer.
>
> Has anyone tryed growing - green veggies indoors in the winter?
>
> I would like to know if this is possible.  I know that one can sprout seeds
> for winter greens.  But I was thinking more on the line of -- salad greens.
>
> Have had some success with plants.  Did find out the hard way - how
> important fresh air is for the plants.  We didn't have a fresh air returne
> put on our new furnace and what a bad sean that was.
>
> I will go back to reading,
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Genie
>
> genie@goldcity.net
>
> Quesnel,BC,Ca
>
> "it's not what we have - it's what we do with it"
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