Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and to gardening. I've been asked to experiment with an indoor garden, but I've got no idea what to grow and if I have the right conditions for growth. I work on a farm in the north east of Scotland and my boss has installed an A.D plant that generates electricity to the grid. For the plant to run efficiently it generates more than what the grid can take. The extra power feeds 2 18kw fan heaters in a 25m x 6m section of the cattle shed with only a few clear roof sheets (lighting set up will be added soon I hope). The temperature has been in the low 20s on a cooler day and low 30s on a warm day.
Is there anybody able to add any links or info that might help me with this project? I hope you can.
Thanks,
Alan.

On 10/09/15 21:58, Alan Dinnes wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and to gardening. I've been asked to
experiment with an indoor garden, but I've got no idea what to grow and
if I have the right conditions for growth. I work on a farm in the north
east of Scotland and my boss has installed an A.D plant that generates
electricity to the grid. For the plant to run efficiently it generates
more than what the grid can take. The extra power feeds 2 18kw fan
heaters in a 25m x 6m section of the cattle shed with only a few clear
roof sheets (lighting set up will be added soon I hope). The temperature
has been in the low 20s on a cooler day and low 30s on a warm day.
Is there anybody able to add any links or info that might help me with
this project? I hope you can.
Thanks,
Alan.

Chris Hogg's reply is pretty comprehensive. If you want further examples
of what might - and might not - work, try Googling "greenhouse" and
"Iceland"

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Jeff

"Alan Dinnes" wrote


Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and to gardening. I've been asked to
experiment with an indoor garden, but I've got no idea what to grow and
if I have the right conditions for growth. I work on a farm in the north
east of Scotland and my boss has installed an A.D plant that generates
electricity to the grid. For the plant to run efficiently it generates
more than what the grid can take. The extra power feeds 2 18kw fan
heaters in a 25m x 6m section of the cattle shed with only a few clear
roof sheets (lighting set up will be added soon I hope). The temperature
has been in the low 20s on a cooler day and low 30s on a warm day.
Is there anybody able to add any links or info that might help me with
this project? I hope you can.


Take a read of this, although it's a US site it will help especially the
hydroponic bit.
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonly...etomatoes1.pdf


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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On 10/09/2015 21:58, Alan Dinnes wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and to gardening. I've been asked to
experiment with an indoor garden, but I've got no idea what to grow and
if I have the right conditions for growth. I work on a farm in the north
east of Scotland and my boss has installed an A.D plant that generates
electricity to the grid. For the plant to run efficiently it generates
more than what the grid can take. The extra power feeds 2 18kw fan
heaters in a 25m x 6m section of the cattle shed with only a few clear
roof sheets (lighting set up will be added soon I hope). The temperature
has been in the low 20s on a cooler day and low 30s on a warm day.
Is there anybody able to add any links or info that might help me with
this project? I hope you can.
Thanks,
Alan.


You could take a look at

http://www.thehydroponicum.com/

But I don't know to what degree (if any) they are dependent on income
from tourism and equipment sales to make it economically viable.

--
SRH

Thank you for your helpful reply. I'm sorry I never explained the A.D plant properly as I know very little about it, I've never had anything to do with it. There is not a lot of money going into the project just yet. The structure of the shed is made with sheets of 8x4 ply that were a bit warped when delivered and tried to straighten them as much as we could but there are gaps at the joining of the sheets. The gaps and the roof are the only type of ventilation I have at the moment.From the top of the ply to the roof there's 2m of clear plastic and 4 clear roof sheets with another 4 fitted next week.
I will be asking him to look into the lighting situation as soon as he can if he hasn't already.
I was thinking of growing vegetables for the workforce for a start and growing potted plants is a good idea, thank you. That could be a few Christmas gifts sorted.

Thank you, I will look at that in the morning.

Thank you, that looks very helpful.

On 10/09/2015 21:58, Alan Dinnes wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and to gardening. I've been asked to
experiment with an indoor garden, but I've got no idea what to grow and
if I have the right conditions for growth. I work on a farm in the north
east of Scotland and my boss has installed an A.D plant that generates
electricity to the grid. For the plant to run efficiently it generates
more than what the grid can take. The extra power feeds 2 18kw fan
heaters in a 25m x 6m section of the cattle shed with only a few clear
roof sheets (lighting set up will be added soon I hope). The temperature
has been in the low 20s on a cooler day and low 30s on a warm day.
Is there anybody able to add any links or info that might help me with
this project? I hope you can.
Thanks,
Alan.
I'd advise a search for hydroponic gardening
Used with specialist LED lighting you could be producing at least twice
what you would grow in a form of compost.