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indoor What Can I Expect Keeping it REALLY Simple Indoors?

Uncle Eckley

Uncle Eckley

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This is my first time growing.  My original plan was to germinate seeds (already started), then grow my plants in a south-facing windowsill until the weather warms.  I've got one of those 15W Sansi LED lights to provide supplemental lighting in the windowsill.
 
Now I'm wondering how it would go for me if I kept some plants indoors with a really simple set up.  What could I expect if I just stayed in the windowsill all season with soil in pots, an oscillating fan, and maybe a more powerful light?  Something like this:
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C57J7XX/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=A3OJY9E0ZY1FCH&psc=1
 
or this:
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XHHVKZ/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=AR67XFOFVBYWM&psc=1
 
I've read in a couple places here that I'll need 3000lm per square foot of canopy to fruit indoors, but I've also read elsewhere that lumens isn't a meaningful measure and that PAR value is the real metric.  I don't know how or whether they even relate to each other..  Based on the 3000lm/sq ft guideline, it would seem that the linked lights above might be overkill for what I'm trying to do, but then I don't know what I'm doing, either. 
 
Would I even need to stay in the window with one of these or something similar?  I wouldn't mind being able to move away from the window so I can black it out (worried about having my door kicked in, as the window faces the street).
 
yeah don't put a strong light next to the window unless you want neighbors to hate you lol.
 
that light is fine. the better measurement is umol/m2s which both list
 
 
the power from the sun is free and plants have adapted to it over millions of years so it kinda a good idea to just grow outside for beginners especially. 
 
but you can grow indoors, just watch peter s and khang starr on youtube.
 
juanitos said:
that light is fine.
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Thanks!  Which one, though?
 
The private areas of my property are pretty shady and I don't imagine the HOA would be too keen on my having a dozen Homer buckets set out in front of the house..  I'd really rather spend the money on a light than pretty planters if indoors is feasible without having some big grow tent in my reading room.  I'm not sure attractive planters would satisfy the HOA, anyway.  I guess I could ask..
 
Ah.  I've.. watched that already.    :oops:    :scared:   Sorry, I was focused on the plant.  Beautiful.
 
Thanks again.
 
Most places around here I'd want to live have one.  It's no panacea, but the idea is to help preserve property values.  The rusted-out Buick I might want to keep parked in front of my house - while I tell myself for years that I'll fix it up someday - objectively looks bad, junks up the place.  Or the guy on the south side of the street who lets algae grow all over the front of his house..  It's not for everyone, and I certainly agree it's restrictive, but they're pretty ubiquitous these parts; neighborhoods without HOAs or large wooded areas to separate the properties tend to decline quickly.
 
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Walchit said:
While we are on the topic, why do people move places where you have to deal with the HOA? Seems like you can't do anything when there is one involved.
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Uncle_Eccoli said:
Most places around here I'd want to live have one.  It's no panacea, but the idea is to help preserve property values.  The rusted-out Buick I might want to keep parked in front of my house - while I tell myself for years that I'll fix it up someday - objectively looks bad, junks up the place.  Or the guy on the south side of the street who lets algae grow all over the front of his house..  It's not for everyone, and I certainly agree it's restrictive, but they're pretty ubiquitous these parts; neighborhoods without HOAs or large wooded areas to separate the properties tend to decline quickly.
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Uncle_Eccoli said:
The private areas of my property are pretty shady and I don't imagine the HOA would be too keen on my having a dozen Homer buckets set out in front of the house..
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I was telling somebody about my plans this afternoon within earshot of my wife. She's not too keen on my putting Homer buckets out in front of the house, either, turns out. The suggestion of pretty planters elicited a noncommittal grunt.
 
I planted 3 Biker Billy jalapeno plants in a single 15 gallon pot and put it in a south facing bay window with no supplemental lighting.  In 3 more days it will mark a year since germination.  We have had the cloudiest, rainiest year on record but they continue to hang in and provide me with the occasional pepper or two.  I have been very relaxed about fertilizing them and sometimes they go for a couple of weeks without water - but they are OK.  I might transplant 2 of them outdoors this Summer to see what they will do.
 
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