Which foods do you grow indoors?

[clint308]

Depends on what you will use tha most dude !
Try tomatoes , cucumbers,beans,maybe colliflower even i don't know what you like !
Let us know what you eat then we can give you advice !!!

 

[BenFranklin]

I eat everything but skunks ass!


i was thInking of doing a 3sisters type hydro planting....... But not with corn and not with squash or pumpkin, maybe peppers beans and cauliflower.....

 

[clint308]

I eat everything but skunks ass!


i was thInking of doing a 3sisters type hydro planting....... But not with corn and not with squash or pumpkin, maybe peppers beans and cauliflower.....

sounds good , let us know what you decide on !!!!!

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

had to quit growing canabis so now i am growing..

parsley
basil
chives
tomatoes (cherry)
green beans
rosemary
bell peppers
zuccini
summer squash
cucumbers
broccoli
brussels sprouts

not sure how its all going to work out but will see. also will be starting some potatoes soon got some seed spuds under the sink growing some nice eyes. ill sub up to this thread hopefully we can get some more disussion on indoor gardening (not that the end of the world discussion is not amusing but its not the reason the OP started the thread)

 

[Dribbles]

had to quit growing canabis so now i am growing..

parsley
basil
chives
tomatoes (cherry)
green beans
rosemary
bell peppers
zuccini
summer squash
cucumbers
broccoli
brussels sprouts

not sure how its all going to work out but will see. also will be starting some potatoes soon got some seed spuds under the sink growing some nice eyes. ill sub up to this thread hopefully we can get some more disussion on indoor gardening (not that the end of the world discussion is not amusing but its not the reason the OP started the thread)

Make sure you give em the flowering nutes and environment they need to produce viable seeds. With every generation, your herbs/veges will produce seeds that're increasingly better suited to your particular environment. Might sound pointless, but collecting seeds gives you the ability to drop another dozen plants that are superior to any store bought or net ordered seeds you can buy.

Collecting your own seeds also gives you pride in being more self-sufficient, and an extra "crop"-phase from each plant.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

Make sure you give em the flowering nutes and environment they need to produce viable seeds. With every generation, your herbs/veges will produce seeds that're increasingly better suited to your particular environment. Might sound pointless, but collecting seeds gives you the ability to drop another dozen plants that are superior to any store bought or net ordered seeds you can buy.

Collecting your own seeds also gives you pride in being more self-sufficient, and an extra "crop"-phase from each plant.

never really thought about that....i knew that a plant will produce offspring (seeds) that are better coded (genetically) to grow in the enviorment you have them in...thanks for putting that back in my head

 

[Dribbles]

Oh yeah it's great

Most plants look pretty ugly when they're seeding, but getting a fresh batch of better adapted seeds each time is excellent

Pulling em out of storage three years later and letting them grow again like magic, priceless

 

[Dribbles]

The space saving thing is good too: Since every viable seed can easily be turned into a plant, one shoe-box can literally hold an entire forests-worth of plants-waiting-to-happen

 

[itinkitook2much]

Because where I'm at.. I've got 4 seasons. Canadian winters do not allow gardens to live. I might consider getting the fuck out of here. So far I'm going to be writing down every single spice that was posted on this thread and grow those.. but for now I need to learn the difference of indoor and outdoor gardening.. Any forums on food growing?

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

http://www.gardenweb.com/

this is a good forum for just about everything non marijuanna.

all you need to do is research what type of enviorment plants like and make that enviorment inside. the only difference from indoor and outdoor growing is outdoors mother nature provides the conditions inside you have to play that role.

basically from most research i have done most plants like warm semi humid climates...

keep daytime temps in the 70's and humidity between 40-50% and you should be reasonably sucessfull with most any plant, some plants do require different PH like blueberries like a acidic soil..

googling "ideal enviorment for <plant name>" should yeild you reasonable results in a search to give you an idea on what you need to "create" for the plants your growing. now just because a plant has "ideal" enviorments thats not to say it wont grow in an enviorment that is not perfect, this is where what Dribbles was saying comes into play.

say you have a enviorment that is maintained at 72f and 35% RH but the plant thrives best at 82f and 65% RH, grow the plant and collect its seeds and the offspring of that plant will adapt to your conditions...this only goes so far though i mean you cant drastically change the enviorment and expect the offspring to thrive but each generation will prove to be more and more adapted to your conditions.

 

[LIBERTYCHICKEN]

Make sure you give em the flowering nutes and environment they need to produce viable seeds. With every generation, your herbs/veges will produce seeds that're increasingly better suited to your particular environment. Might sound pointless, but collecting seeds gives you the ability to drop another dozen plants that are superior to any store bought or net ordered seeds you can buy.

Collecting your own seeds also gives you pride in being more self-sufficient, and an extra "crop"-phase from each plant.

If you are going to save seeds (a great idea) , you raely have to do some reading

Most vedgi seeds are chosen for reasons like their flavor, color, diease restiance , ect. so when you save their seeds they will be slightly different , unless their a 'stablised or herloom' even then you must bag your flowers to prevent cross polination with other plants in your own garden , the garden down the street, or in many cases wild versions of vedgi's that are able to cross - pollonate.

Many seeds need cold stratification to be able to sprout,
some need to be exposed to certain acidic conditions to be able to sprout (like in a animals gut)
Some seeds it greatly helps to ferment first to kill plant pathogens likely stored in the fruit/vedge it's self (tomatow)


As far as seeds generation after generation becoming acoustomed to your local enviroment , This can be true but it has to happen on a semi-large scale to see any improvment. Otherwise you could be actually doing more harm than good to your genetic stock by cultering the "lower grade plants"

 

[Dribbles]

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As far as seeds generation after generation becoming acoustomed to your local enviroment , This can be true but it has to happen on a semi-large scale to see any improvment. Otherwise you could be actually doing more harm than good to your genetic stock by cultering the "lower grade plants"

Hate to be the party-pooper, but I have a 10-foot tall 3rd-Gen Motherwort plant that's only meant to reach around 4ft and max at 6ft, that begs to differ Ten feet! That's *THREE* midgets stacked lengthways!

Now, I know plant genomes can very greatly, and growing from seed means variability, but you really don't have to go commercial-sized by any means. Plant twice what you need (not a problem when you harvest your own, since most plants produce copious amounts of seed), then, at germination, clip the ones that're smallest, few weeks later, clip the slower growing ones (unless you're after small/space-saving plants for limited indoor space, in which case you might want to toss the tall ones) then when you're down to the number of plants you figure you need to grow-out to maturity simply taste/smell/etc and save the seeds from the plant that you liked best.

Could be you want a mild-flavoured Chilli, so you can save the weaker tasteing plants seeds, could be you want a monster basil plant - hence you save only the seed from the tallest basil each year. You get the idea, I could keep giving examples, but the point is that change is only a bad thing when you've already got a perfect plant, which most of us don't.

There doesn't need to be a mega-breeding program going on to be selective and create plants that successively become superior, since we're not trying to create new species. mm I'm meandering without any plan for this post.. the drugs are kicking in, my apologies.

My point is that the variability of open-pollinated seeds isn't some evil monster that ruins genetics, it's natures way of improving resisitance to bugs and diseases, growth, adaptability and all we have to do as gardeners is pick the healthiest looking plants. We're not neccessarily aiming to create designer F1 hybrid vegetables here, just tastier, faster growing food.

 

[BenFranklin]

This is the 6 planter wick system I made yesterday. I planted it with that Bag of whatever nasty bag of old Burpee wild flower seeds and some Catnip.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

This is the 6 planter wick system I made yesterday. I planted it with that Bag of whatever nasty bag of old Burpee wild flower seeds and some Catnip.

i have some catnip sprouts going right now...verry slow growing for sure..

also some of my brussels sprouts and broccoli seeds have sprouted so i transplanted them into some 2" jiffy peat cups, dont care for the peat cups too much because they dry out pretty fast but its all i had around.

also have some of my cherry tomato seeds sprouting and should be popping up and ready for transplant tomorow. garden beans are emerging from soil, summer squash seeds are taking root and should be above ground soon, zuccini is slow going but i still have faith and cucumbers dont seem to be doing much either.

i have some green pepper seeds in my seed starting tray in rapid rooter plugs and they have small tap roots growing already after only 3 days!! record time for bell peppers as they are usually a verry long germination time. (typical to not see any sprouts for 2-3 weeks)

in a few days once everything gets above ground ill snap some pics....right now i would just be snapping pics of dirt.

 

[BenFranklin]

Just picked up a bunch of planters for cilantro, basil, oregano, chives, sage and parsley.

Going to plant a big bucket of "vines". And some pepper plants, along with some golden cherry tomaters.


picked up another two bags of FFOF and happy toad. er..... Frog.

i don't really care what comes of all of this, am having a lot of fun doing this. It's been very helpful in alleviating my mind while my wife and I go through the emotions of her mothers passing away.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

yes a garden is a great thing to have to help deal with stressors in life, usually no matter how bad you feel during the day when you come home and tend to the garden it lifts your spirits.

 

[[email protected]]

You can grow anything in your indoor garden like vegetables and flowers. It is the best and easy option to grow vegetables like tomatoes,cauliflowers etc.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

who wants easy? i like to find things that are difficult to grow and give them a shot. makes it more rewarding and challenging.

 

[Nizza]

if you like indoor growing, try windowfarms! just look it up lol

 

[TheNameless]

Nizza, those windowfarms are pretty cool. I am always trying to find ways to maximize my usable window space haha. My house is filled to the brim with plants in every window. I usually grow my veggies outside though. Just have a lot of bonsais and ornamentals inside (besides the MJ of course).. My psychoactive cacti collection is growing though as well