Indoor peppers

[jackb]

I hope so, last year my peppers did not produce at all. It was too wet. Cucumbers and squash did great but that was it. I evil racoons got my corn. It was a sad gardening year.

Your are right, that is sad. I think the gardener's creed should be: Hope springs eternal.

 

[David Harritz]

Nice work done there it is very good if we can find the peppers all the 365 days of the year. You have done very good by growing the peppers indoor and so this way the peppers will be available all the year.

 

[desertlady]

My friend has been growing peppers in his house all year long ! They look healthier then the ones planted outside. I am going to start growing mine indoors !

 

[David Harritz]

My friend has been growing peppers in his house all year long ! They look healthier then the ones planted outside. I am going to start growing mine indoors !

It is really true. The indoor plants are obviously going to give the good results and will be beneficial to us at the end. As there is no chance of attack on seeds or the plants so will definitely give good results.

 

[XY]

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, and pretty green as far as gardening is concerned. My only previous experience with gardening was growing catnip in my basement when I was in HS over a decade ago(my cats loved it!)

With my previous experience of indoor gardening, my heart is set on growing all sorts of edible plants indoors, and I'd like to be able to do it without putting them outside. I am wondering what the best way to do this is? Can I do a setup in my basement with fluorescent lights and a timer, or do I need more heavy duty lights, or do they need natural light through a window? I would prefer an artificial environment(idk why, it excites me).

I was gifted a minigreenhouse kit for spicy peppers but didn't really get them started til about ten days ago, the seedlings are looking good but I would rather keep them inside.

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Dave2000]

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, and pretty green as far as gardening is concerned. My only previous experience with gardening was growing catnip in my basement when I was in HS over a decade ago(my cats loved it!)

With my previous experience of indoor gardening, my heart is set on growing all sorts of edible plants indoors, and I'd like to be able to do it without putting them outside. I am wondering what the best way to do this is? Can I do a setup in my basement with fluorescent lights and a timer, or do I need more heavy duty lights, or do they need natural light through a window? I would prefer an artificial environment(idk why, it excites me).

I was gifted a minigreenhouse kit for spicy peppers but didn't really get them started til about ten days ago, the seedlings are looking good but I would rather keep them inside.

Thanks for any advice!

You're probably better off starting a new topic.

What type of plants and do you know how big they get? How much space do you have available? How much are you willing to spend on the electricity for the lights? To give you some idea, 1000W from CFL light might handle 6 or 7 full sized pepper plants and at a national average power cost of $0.11/KWH, running them about 16 hours a day on a timer would be about $53 a month just for lighting, plus a few hundred dollars initial investment for the fixtures themselves. Merely having a fluorescent ceiling light that a room might already have, isn't nearly enough light for good results. You might be able to keep them alive but they probably won't grow much. 7 full sized plants would also need about 62 square feet of space (roughly, some get larger than others) plus the space to get to them in rows for tending. Granted, you could instead accept that they won't get to their full size potential and work within the space and budget you want to set aside to do it.

My point is, most people don't want to go to this scale inside but it's quite a small scale for outside. While they do not need any real sunlight, any they get is free light. You can use fluorescent lights, they like around 6000K color temperature (typical cool white tubes are about 6500K which will work) then closer to 3000K when flowering.

Generally speaking, it's usually a lot more work and expense for the fruit yield when you grow inside. Might best be reserved for herbs unless you were to grow plants in the areas you live in as ornamental plants though most people prefer warmer colored home lighting than plants like.