Topic: Growing food indoors

[davholla]

What edible plants can be grown indoors ?  I read that strawberries can, has anyone tried to do this ?

[tim]

You mean in your House?

[davholla]

Yes I read that you can grow strawberries in pots - of course that could be rubbish !

[Georgie]

I've only ever succeeded with tomatoes, chillies, cress and some herbs on my south facing kitchen windowsill.  It rather depends on what conditions you can provide and how much room you have.  I've have never tried strawberries indoors.

G x

[Lauren S]

I've grown Chillis and Peppers on my kitchen window sill.

Lauren  :)

[Sparkly]

chillies, cress, herbs and sprouting seeds! not sure what else!!!

[Hot_Potato]

Well I believe you can grow mushrooms indoors - somewhere in the dark :-\

never done it myself but I'm sure that you can!

[redimp]

Get this month's Kitchen Garden magazine.  There is an article about microgreens - using excess seed and growing it in trays and harvesting while still small.  It seems the most important part is the stem (a bit like bean spouts/cress that has been left too long) so low light levels should not be too much of a problem as long as there is enough light to get some colour into the leaves.  Eat in salads - very trendy. :)

[alienwithaview]

Yes, I grow strawberries in pots / containers, and had them indoors for months when we moved house. The plants were strong but didn't yield that much fruit. I put them on the patio, and they were really going all out with the fruit. This worked for both the garden-variety and the wild strawberries. I still have some in pots on the terrace, because of lack of soil space, and continue to pick berries every day - but that's the wild ones. However, in the pots they need more regular attention regarding water, as they can't make up for lack of rain by stretching out their roots (or whaver they do in the garden). They also struggle with their runners: have nowhere to go, so they need a bit of help, s.a. be put in extra pots. This way we propagated about 50 new plants from the original 3 within  year.

[alienwithaview]

Another rather obvious food to grow indoors is tomatoes. Before we got the plot we grew tomatoes in our kitchen / diner, covering the whole of the southfacing window, and it's fair to say that visitors thought we were bonkers, as the plants pretty much took over. The crop - of beef tomatoes "cuor di bue" (Seeds of Italy) however was phenomenal, despite an abysmal spring / summer: it was worth the inconvenience of being turfed out of the dining room and not being able to see out of the window.

[tim]

Amazing!

And, of course, if you use artificial ight, you can do Lettuce & things.

[greyhound]

And, of course, if you use artificial light, you can do Lettuce & things.