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Mon, Dec 3, 12 at 15:34
| I forgot about the wife's tropical plants. She will need Northern exposure and I will need Southern exposure. So far the only solution I can think of is that she gets an apartment across the hall from me. I don't think she will go for that and I know she won't throw them out. Maybe she can through a few out and keep the rest buy the glass door. In the photo below the space the plants occupy is 10' deep and 6' wide. |
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| Or... perhaps you could share space and simply use some kind of shade curtain? Another solution, if we're talking space, might be to take cuttings, prune a bit, or divide, and give some of the pieces away to friends. |
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| If you have some tall-ish veggies, could you put them in front of your wife's plants as a form of natural shade? Or put them on the balcony closest to the house, where less light is likely to reach as compared to the outer edge of the balcony. |
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| jodik/edh87 Thanks suggestions filed. I think I should find out what size balconys are around here and do they permit container gardening. |
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| corner unit? |
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| A ground floor unit or "garden apartment" would expand space... you'd have a patio, plus a little area surrounding it. |
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- Posted by ronalawn82 z9FL (ronalawn08@gmail.com) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 17:50
| jbest123, you could string lamps (say 4) of varying intensities across the space and time them (say 4 hours) to come on in sequence to simulate sunrise to sunset. Who knows? You might add a whole new dimension to "grow lighting". OK! OK! I know that you did not ask for suggestions. You will not hurt my feelings if you ignored this. |
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