Growing greens at home in winter: containers, lighting and care
I want to grow greens right in the house, and then seedlings - there is a small room for these purposes, but the lighting there is dim (shadow side). Tell me, do I need to install additional lighting specifically? I would be grateful for advice.
Zinderra, light is necessary for the normal development of any plant. If your room has dim lighting, do not expect good results - the harvest will be meager! As for containers, I can recommend a good manufacturer of seedling pots:
Buy a regular fluorescent lamp for a 36W lamp (length 1.2 meters) and put in it a plant lamp of the Fluora type manufactured by Osram or the same format from another manufacturer. And it will be light and it will have a positive effect on the harvest.
There are special phytolamps for additional illumination of plants. But they cost a lot. Lamps for herbal aquariums are good for illumination - their spectrum is specially designed for the rapid growth of any vegetation.
We have green onions and a small hot pepper bush growing on our windowsill. We don't hang any lamps above them. Everything is growing well. Of course, if you plant lettuce and parsley, you cannot do without additional lighting.