Yes, you read that right. I'm growing edible plants INDOORS right now. Seeing as I'm dealing with a serious lack of outdoor space currently (thus why I'm working towards my move to the Rural homestead). And honestly, I'm curious as to what does well grown inside with minimal care... this is something I've been experimenting with since January.
Radishes all got pulled today. Not a single one produced (other than the edible greens), so I give them a D rating. I don't know if it's the variety or what, but they didn't produce any "bulbs", so I got no radishes out of the deal. Only reason why they don't get an F is because the greens are edible and tasty.
Lettuce is about finished. Some of it started bolting, so it all got cut and fed to the Rat and the Canary. (If I had my New Zealand rabbits already, I would have given it all to them.) Got a lot of good greens out of the deal, once we got the aphid problem handled. So I'd give 'em a B+ rating. Will plant more once the weather cools off a bit. It's way to hot even indoors for lettuce right now.
Peas are still going strong. I've had two mini "harvests" so far and the plants are workin' on a third. Even though I have to hand-pollinate (which is easier than I thought), since they're inside and have no insects to pollinate them. I'd give 'em a B rating.
My little baby Watermelon is growing. Which honestly is shocking to me. Given that it came from a seed inside a watermelon bought in a grocery store (only one of two I found in the whole melon!). I've also planted three butternut squash seeds, out of a bunch I have stored away. I want to see if they'll germinate. They look viable... so we'll see. Dunno what I'll do with 'em if they DO germinate...guess I'll let them grow until they decide to die on their own... given the pot is far too small for long term growth. If the seeds are good, I'll get a big pot and plant new ones. So we'll see how this goes. I LOVE butternut squash and it'd make me SO happy if I could get them to grow inside (I have no issue hand pollinating squash flowers).
Hooray for unusual experimentation in weird homesteading horticulture. lol
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