Grow your own(in a flat)

DireEmblem

So I’ve started thinking I would like to grow my own stuff. I’m not sure if it would be economical to grow indoors, or what I could do. But on looking out my kitchen window, some people have hanging baskets to grow outside or plant pots on the windowsill.

I’m not sure if the plant pots on the window sill would be a good idea - for one, I have wooden windows, and wouldn’t want damp or water to have somewhere to reside on the outside. Secondly, what if there was a high wind, and they blew off?

Has anyone done this before? There are old screw holes on my kitchen window sill, so assuming someone might have tried before?

Thanks,

Richard

Justagardener

You can grow a lot in hanging baskets, the plant doesn't have to trail over. Just think of them as hanging pots. There are some brilliant indoor solutions now which resemble fish tanks but grow salads and herbs etc. Can be expensive as a whole kit but you can buy the lights and trays separately. Look up indoor hydroponics

batg

Ikea do a cute little greenhouse for INSIDE the home and it's only £12
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/decoration/plants-pots-stands/socker-greenhouse-white-art-70186603/

Davesnave

If you have the sort of massive windows shown in the IKEA ad, facing south or west, you might succeed, but economics and the general light levels in most homes are against real success. In my experience, even bought-in basil etc gets bugs in an environment with no predators.

Outdoors, high up, a hanging basket gets buffeted by the wind and can dry out fast in summer.

Yes, some plants manage indoors, but they are mostly those that either tolerate low light or extremes of heat. Vegetables are better grown outdoors, or in simulated outdoors at certain times of the year. Even lettuce struggles in my polytunnel in summer.


When I lived in the city and had only a tiny garden, I got an allotment.