I'll be done in my tent for the summer in about a month and a half and I'm wondering if there's anything edible or pretty that I could plant in my no-till pots that would do well in a warm, humid environment, and low lighting, as I'd like to turn most of the lights off and just keep one on and dimmed. I have a good cover crop mix, but it's all clovers and grasses. Nothing with pretty flowers or edible fruits. I used to love growing roses when I lived out in Portland, but that won't grow in one season, hah. The goal is just to keep my soil healthy through the summer, use as little electricity/create as little additional heat as possible, and maybe have some fun with it. Must be able to finish by like October. Squash maybe? I love pumpkin pie, haha.
What's an off season? lol. Growin indoors 24/7 for a solid 2 years now. Time to pass the torch for awhile???
I don't have AC and live on an upper floor. Ambient temps in my apartment in the summer are in the 90s easily. Adding lights on full blast to the equation gets things out of control fast. 100+ degrees in the tent and super high humidity. Just doesn't work for me.
Grow something you will eat. Beware of squash plants that creep as their vines can grow 10 feet or more. My butternut squash plant takes up a ton of real estate, not good for a tent.
Hmm, looks like broccoli does well in low light. I'd definitely eat that. Wonder if it could handle a hundred degrees, lol.
Just composted 2 outdoor tomato plants. I give up spending 20$ +++ on pesticides for 2 plants, to the point I won't eat them. The bugs can have them I'll buy organic maters. The only eyetalion that can't grow maters. lol Luckily the is "fire"
90% of the time I grow strawberries, , better are tiny tomatoes that grow on a vine, right now I'm experimenting with ginger and going well, recent has been chillies not the hot type tho which I miss Just because you have too much weed is no reason to stop growing ....lol. often with nothing to grow I'll grow clover then add to the compost bin good luck ps I'd avoid watermelon as its a tiger in a cage, by the time you get back to weed you'd be so relived ...lol
Cukes can do ok in a hot tent (mine regularly hits 90+ F), but they do need a lot of water and a lot of light, so may not be appropriate for you situation. Also sticking to smaller pickling size cukes does better than the big ones (less pinched vines and waste). I don't have any experience with them, but perhaps certain types of mushrooms might do well in a low light high heat setting (honestly don't know, never tried cultivating any yet)
whatever you grow ensure they are 'long day' plants over the 'short day' plants like photos..IMO it took me some time to find a strawberry strain that can flower with lights on longer than 15 hours
Actually, the photoperiod would be better for me. If I could only run the lights at night, that'd be best. Less heat. Less electricity.
