Thread: Winter indoor herb garden

On Sep 27, 4:05*pm, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:
> Is it possible? *I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. *I'm
> a no-gardening thumb. *What I gotta do?
>
> nb

Go to a plant store or nursery and buy them already growing in little
pots, and stck them in your window, and don't forget
to water.

On Sep 27, 7:05*pm, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:
> Is it possible? *I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. *I'm
> a no-gardening thumb. *What I gotta do?
>
> nb

I can't understate the value of Miracle-grow liquid
fertilizer. (blue water) It really works. Windows are
good, but you really want to also have a lamp.
I suggest a clamp-on desk lamp with bendable
neck. Plants love lamp-light in winter.

<g> And make sure the police don't see your
"crop". Kidding!

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Mark

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:05:00 GMT, notbob <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is it possible? I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. I'm
>a no-gardening thumb. What I gotta do?

I thought when I moved to Florida that things grew all year long. I
was so wrong about that assumption. Every plant has a "life cycle"
and most of the time, you can't alter the growing season of the
plant.

If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
try to make them grow. As winter approaches in North America, that
might be a hard project to complete. Plants don't adapt to our
desires. Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
just not long enough to encourage growth and development.




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On 2010-09-27, Mr Bill <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
> try to make them grow. As winter approaches in North America, that
> might be a hard project to complete. Plants don't adapt to our
> desires. Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
> just not long enough to encourage growth and development.


Thanks for the thoughtful insights, Bill. I'll try not to expect too
much and will mug the nursery ppl for more detailed info.

nb

On Sep 27, 8:01*pm, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:
> On 2010-09-27, Mr *Bill <bb0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
> > try to make them grow. * As winter approaches in North America, that
> > might be a hard project to complete. * Plants don't adapt to our
> > desires. * * *Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
> > just not long enough to encourage growth and development. * *
>
> Thanks for the thoughtful insights, Bill. *I'll try not to expect too
> much and will mug the nursery ppl for more detailed info.
>
> nb

The plants won't know it's winter if you use a
lamp. Without a lamp, you'll have zero luck.

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Mark

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:05:00 GMT, notbob <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is it possible? I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. I'm
> a no-gardening thumb. What I gotta do?
>
Sounds like you have the right conditions. Make sure your house isn't
freezing cold inside like it was last year. You can't put a parka on
parsley.


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On Sep 27, 4:37*pm, Mark <blueriver...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 27, 7:05*pm, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible? *I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. *I'm
> > a no-gardening thumb. *What I gotta do?
>
> > nb
>
> I can't understate the value of Miracle-grow liquid
> fertilizer. (blue water) *It really works. Windows are
> good, but you really want to also have a lamp.
> I suggest a clamp-on desk lamp with bendable
> neck. Plants love lamp-light in winter.
>
> <g> And make sure the police don't see your
> * * * "crop". *Kidding!
>

GE makes an array of plant lights, including a T8 fluorescent tube
(13.5 in long). I suggest getting a lamp that can hold two: a plant
light and a regular fluorescent. This will promote foliage growth.

We'll start vegetable seedlings the same way, but under a shop light
that holds standard length tubes. Our local hardware stocks grow
lights.

Growers of the whacky tobacky use much brighter lights than these.

Surly Table carried Aerostar (or whatever) herb growers last winter. I
wonder if those are any good.

On Sep 28, 12:36*am, spamtrap1888 <spamtrap1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> GE makes an array of plant lights, including a T8 fluorescent tube
> (13.5 in long). I suggest getting a lamp that can hold two: a plant
> light and a regular fluorescent. This will promote foliage growth.

LOL is this Cheech or Chong?

"notbob" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:ffaoo.11123$[email protected]..
> On 2010-09-27, Mr Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
>> try to make them grow. As winter approaches in North America, that
>> might be a hard project to complete. Plants don't adapt to our
>> desires. Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
>> just not long enough to encourage growth and development.
>
>
> Thanks for the thoughtful insights, Bill. I'll try not to expect too
> much and will mug the nursery ppl for more detailed info.
>
> nb

Grow lights. Really.

In article <[email protected]>,
"Giusi" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "notbob" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:ffaoo.11123$[email protected]..
> > On 2010-09-27, Mr Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
> >> try to make them grow. As winter approaches in North America, that
> >> might be a hard project to complete. Plants don't adapt to our
> >> desires. Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
> >> just not long enough to encourage growth and development.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the thoughtful insights, Bill. I'll try not to expect too
> > much and will mug the nursery ppl for more detailed info.
> >
> > nb
>
> Grow lights. Really.

And a timer. Really. At any hardware store (or most stores). Set it
once and forget it, and it runs forever. Cheap:

http://www.walgreens.com/store/catal...l-Daily-Timer/
ID=prod5639216-product

I have one on my aquarium.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

notbob wrote:
>
> Is it possible? I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. I'm
> a no-gardening thumb. What I gotta do?

Aerogarden. High tech gadetry for it. Extremely nice if you can find
one at a yard sale but we got ours at a model clearance sale at Bed,
Bath and Beyond. Endless home grown winter basil and other herbs.

Plants care about the timing of their light. The sun is not up long
enough in the winter. You can cobble together a timer on a grow bulb
and it will work just as well as an Aerogarden.

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:58:54 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick wrote:

> On Sep 28, 12:36*am, spamtrap1888 <spamtrap1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> GE makes an array of plant lights, including a T8 fluorescent tube
>> (13.5 in long). I suggest getting a lamp that can hold two: a plant
>> light and a regular fluorescent. This will promote foliage growth.
>
> LOL is this Cheech or Chong?

they kick you out of rehab again?

blake

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:39:27 -0700, Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote:

> And a timer. Really. At any hardware store (or most stores). Set it
> once and forget it, and it runs forever. Cheap:
>
> http://www.walgreens.com/store/catal...l-Daily-Timer/
> ID=prod5639216-product
>
> I have one on my aquarium.

Timers are a good thing, those pin type timers are not. Our other
timers have been dying due to old age, so we bought a couple of those
pin type timers a year ago. The first vacation we went on, neither
one went on and off the way we thought we'd set them. We fiddled and
fiddled, last vacation - one worked the way we thought we'd set it,
the other didn't. Dang, blasted things.

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On Sep 28, 8:43*am, Doug Freyburger <dfrey...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>
> > Is it possible? *I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. *I'm
> > a no-gardening thumb. *What I gotta do?
>
> Aerogarden. *High tech gadetry for it. *Extremely nice if you can find
> one at a yard sale but we got ours at a model clearance sale at Bed,
> Bath and Beyond. *Endless home grown winter basil and other herbs.
>

Aerogarden. That was the name I couldn't remember from Surly Table.

Mark wrote:
>notbob wrote:
>> Is it possible? *I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. *I'm
>> a no-gardening thumb. *What I gotta do?
>>
>I suggest a clamp-on desk lamp with bendable
>neck. Plants love lamp-light in winter.

Ordinary lighting will do nothing but overheat/dry your plants. For
plants to grow they require lamps that emit light of the proper
spectrum and do not radiate excessive heat when placed near enough to
do any good. There are "grow-light" lamps one can purchase at most
any hardware store/plant nursery... they work very well, used for home
aquariums too. You really don't want to place your plants in a
window, windows may be too drafty/cold, you don't want your plants
where they'll be affected by a heat source either... most window glass
today also filters out much the type of radiation plants need to
support photosynthesis. It's best to obtain an indoor plant growing
system unit, shelves with built in grow lights, can be placed most
anywhere and easily rolled about as desired. House windows typically
do not receive enough hours of full sun for plants to do well, and
often what direct sunlight they do receive through glass radiates too
much heat causing plants to literally cook.

Many choices for all pocketbooks:
http://homeharvest.com/lightingmain.htm

On Sep 28, 9:12*am, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:39:27 -0700, Dan Abel <da...@sonic.net> wrote:
> > And a timer. *Really. *At any hardware store (or most stores). *Set it
> > once and forget it, and it runs forever. *Cheap:
>
> >http://www.walgreens.com/store/catal...nical-Daily-Ti...
> > ID=prod5639216-product
>
> > I have one on my aquarium.
>
> Timers are a good thing, those pin type timers are not. *Our other
> timers have been dying due to old age, so we bought a couple of those
> pin type timers a year ago. *The first vacation we went on, neither
> one went on and off the way we thought we'd set them. *We fiddled and
> fiddled, last vacation - one worked the way we thought we'd set it,
> the other didn't. *Dang, blasted things.

My not-Made-in-China pin timers work -- the ones where you pull up
pins in 15 minute increments.

"Doug Freyburger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:i7t2em$f0h$[email protected]..
> notbob wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible? I've got a bay window that gets lotsa winter sun. I'm
>> a no-gardening thumb. What I gotta do?
>
> Aerogarden. High tech gadetry for it. Extremely nice if you can find
> one at a yard sale but we got ours at a model clearance sale at Bed,
> Bath and Beyond. Endless home grown winter basil and other herbs.
>
> Plants care about the timing of their light. The sun is not up long
> enough in the winter. You can cobble together a timer on a grow bulb
> and it will work just as well as an Aerogarden.

I have an Aerogarden. I have had it for a few years but never had the
opportunity to use it. I shall be doing so very soon



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On Sep 28, 11:06*am, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:58:54 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick wrote:
> > On Sep 28, 12:36*am, spamtrap1888 <spamtrap1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> GE makes an array of plant lights, including a T8 fluorescent tube
> >> (13.5 in long). I suggest getting a lamp that can hold two: a plant
> >> light and a regular fluorescent. This will promote foliage growth.
>
> > LOL is this Cheech or Chong?
>
> they kick you out of rehab again?

You couldn't kick anything, you old dog turd.

On Sep 27, 5:01 pm, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:
> On 2010-09-27, Mr Bill <bb0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
> > try to make them grow. As winter approaches in North America, that
> > might be a hard project to complete. Plants don't adapt to our
> > desires. Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
> > just not long enough to encourage growth and development.
>
> Thanks for the thoughtful insights, Bill. I'll try not to expect too
> much and will mug the nursery ppl for more detailed info.
>
Some herbs do well in our cool weather/shorter days growing season
here in SoCal, so they might be good candidates for you. They include
dill, fennel, parsley, rosemary, and thyme. Hot weather/longer day
herbs like basil or tarragon won't do well without grow lights. Not
knowing what your latitude is the best advice is to consult your local
nursery. Don't go in asking about grow light setups, start with your
original question about windowsill growing, then let them educate you
from there. They should routinely know which plants can handle the
shorter days in your area versus those that need an artificial
setup. -aem