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by lovich 3425 days ago
I know when I posted on there about my peas/tomatoes I had some people surprised that I was actually growing those plants and not using it as a euphemism. They helped me with my plants and setup nonetheless
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i used to grow weed with old sodium and halide fixtures, and as i grew older i had a nice rig and filled it with cukes, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, peas, string beans, herbs, lettuce. even at the time with the larger power cost i thought it was totally worth it to be able to go down into the basement and make myself a fresh salad or have ripe strawberries without leaving the house.

my only issue is that once you move off the easy plants (that dont mind alot of water), it basically stops working. it isn't worth it to try to deal with moving and keeping soil in good shape in a closet.

would love to start again with leds someday