Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Tomato fruiting (a bit) with little sunlight indoors



I was surprised this Tomato plant (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)  produced fruit that ripened in a mostly shady spot beside a window that only receives around two hours direct sunlight in late afternoon, there are also a lot of Passion Fruit vines growing outside over the window reducing light further.

However the plant only produced two fruit (of a small "cherry" variety). By contrast with plants beside more sunny windows the number was 10-15. I assume the plant has the genetic ability to recognize low light levels and produce less fruit accordingly.

Perhaps rotating hanging baskets between windows with good sunlight and those with little could be a way of maximizing yields.

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