6 weeks or so, I took a cutting from a tomato plant, and you know, it is growing and has loads of flowers! I am shaking the plant to try and pollinate it, and have now lagged the house of green so am keeping everything crossed that I might get a tom or two! My aubergine plants are still covered in flowers and little fruits are getting bigger! I have a normal light in the greenhouse, do you think they might all benefit from having it turned on for a bit as it gets darker, or do you have to use those daylight bulb thingys??
plants need UV light dont they?? so you need a UV bulb i think.
i suppose an extra hour in the morning and at nigth will help them grow.
I had some Tiny Tim tomatoes years ago which I plonked in an unheated lean-to conservatory. They were still fruiting in December, and only got grubbed out cos my flatmates kept whinging about how huge the plants were by then!
moonbells
EJ - a normal light bulb won't help much, all the proper supplementary lighting types are shown on web pages dealing with those specific types of lighting for glasshouses - however, fluorescent tubes have some value if placed relatively close to plants - say 18" - 24".
Oh well, was just a thought. I do not want this little experiment to cost me financially, so I will just leave the plants to it and see if any fruit sets and the aubs ripen.
How are the Koala's Jenny?? ;D
EJ I am looking at a lovely pair of Koala's... Mother and baby. Oh well tis only on a postcard received yesterday from nephew in Australia ;D He is on a months holiday. It cosy 110cents postage, just curious does anybody know what that is in sterling?? Lorna.
$1.10 = £0.50
Adam. Thankyou kind sir. Lorna
Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on October 19, 2005, 18:23:17
Oh well, was just a thought. I do not want this little experiment to cost me financially, so I will just leave the plants to it and see if any fruit sets and the aubs ripen.
How are the Koala's Jenny?? ;D
Emmajane, good likeness but, I thought you had a car?? LOL :) :) :) where do you park it up?? the broom cupboard!! :) :) :)