Indoor vegetable gardens w/ pics

Just wanted to share. I bought a few baby plants from the store, but I got a warning from the condo association saying that fruit and vegetable plants aren't allowed on patios.

I used my wardrobe closet, and quickly outgrew it, so I built a 4' x 2.5' x 7' PVC greenhouse in my snake room. Everything's doing great under a 250w HPS, 400w MH and a few high output CFs. I'm mostly using soil, but I built aeroponic gardens for some of the herbs and smaller pepper plants. I plan to make a big aeroponic cloner so I have a fresh supply year around.

I'm ending up saving electricity because the 400w MH and ballast heat my snake room to 80-81 for 18 hours a day so I was able to take out the 1000w heater that I was running 24/7. All the lights add up to about 850w running either 18 or 12 hours a day. Sorry for the dark pics, but the lights really throw off the exposure.

Vegies:
Jalapenos, pimentos, red bell peppers, yellow celebrity tomatos, roma tomatos, plum tomatos, Japanese eggplant, zucchini squash, carrots, beets, radishes.

Herbs:
A few different basils, thyme, oregano, mint, fennel, cilantro, sage.

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That is AWESOME! :bow:

Watch out for them helicopters! They might get the wrong idea :P

Looks like they're doing great! Here's to lots of good veggies in the future for ya. :)

As for the Condo Assc...this is just another reason that I will never buy a place that has ANY type of HOA. :)

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Originally Posted by Laooda

That is AWESOME! :bow:

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Thanks! I thought you would like this one. You always appreciate all my hard work. :)

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Originally Posted by Brimstone111888

Watch out for them helicopters! They might get the wrong idea :P

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I know. I'm just waiting for the dissapointed looks on their faces when they kick my door down in the middle of the night for my grow operation. :D

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Originally Posted by dalvers63

Looks like they're doing great! Here's to lots of good veggies in the future for ya. :)

As for the Condo Assc...this is just another reason that I will never buy a place that has ANY type of HOA. :)

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Thanks, I use mostly organic liquid nutrients supplimented with a diluted 3-part hydroponics macro and micro nutrient system. It's working because three weeks ago all of these were all seeds or babies in 8 oz. cups. I hate associations, and my president is the worst. The ridiculous thing is that my patio is 4 1/2' under ground, so you can't see what I have on my patio unless you walk up to my condo and snoop. :mad:

That's really cool!!! I've been toying with the idea of planting some herbs, but I have no sunlight facing windows my cat can't reach, and a neighborhood male cat likes to snoop around my house and spray stuff at night, so outdoors is sorta off limits. :P

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

That's really cool!!! I've been toying with the idea of planting some herbs, but I have no sunlight facing windows my cat can't reach, and a neighborhood male cat likes to snoop around my house and spray stuff at night, so outdoors is sorta off limits. :P

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Thanks, Connie. Let me know if you want some tips. I'd go with a 24" window planter, and make a decorative wood plank holder and stand both for asthetics and to mount a couple 24" strip lights. You'd be able to put it anywhere and it would be just big enough to keep a decent selection of herbs.

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Thanks, Connie. Let me know if you want some tips. I'd go with a 24" window planter, and make a decorative wood plank holder and stand both for asthetics and to mount a couple 24" strip lights. You'd be able to put it anywhere and it would be just big enough to keep a decent selection of herbs.

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Thanks! I'll have to check into that :D