I'm happy you found some of my offerings useful. Thanks for the kind words, too. Probably easiest/least picky of the indoor trees is schefflera. Some people find Ficus benjamina a little temperamental, but they do well for me. If you have good light, China doll is another possibility, but they can get rangy pretty quickly. Al

Take a look at the ContainerSeeds site. I have ordered a few varieties to include as part of a preplanted Container Veggie Garden Christmas gift for various friends for Christmas. The Broccoli was not mentioned as a candidate for indoor growing, but since it is technically not a fruiting plant, even it might make it with cool temperaures and supplemental light. I've included my own notes for the selected varieties, but there were many other choices available: Small Miracle Broccoli Hybrid. 6- to 7-inch, dome-shaped, tight heads on 1- to 1 1/2-foot plants with abundant side shoots. Can be placed as close as 8" apart. 12" deep, 12" in diameter, or larger. Vendor grew three plants in a 14" diameter container. Cool Breeze Cucumber These 5' vines produce numerous 4-5" Fench Cornichon type cukes that are great for making sweet pickles or slicing fresh into salads. This is a all female variety, and will set fruit without pollination. So would be good not only for small gardens but also in a greenhouse or in a brightly lit window. Days To Maturity: 45-49 Recommended Container Size: 1 to 2 plants in a 5 gallon container Red Robin Tomato Early-Season Open-pollinated cherry tomato. Determinate, stocky, 1- to 2-foot plants are good for containers and Can still set fruit under fairly low light conditions, for example on a sunny windowsill in winter. Probably more fruitful with supplemental indoor lighting. Days To Maturity: 55-68\ This is a prolific bearer, and is best grown in a a 10 inch pot. Does not seem to like an open garden environment, and is ideal in a pot on a patio or similar. Very sweet and very hardy plant. Comes back true to type each year from seed taken from ripe fruit. Sweet Pickle Pepper Ornamental and edible, too! Upright fruits of red, orange, yellow and purple cover compact plants for a rainbow of color. When the plump, 2 inch fruits ripen to scarlet red, they are very sweet with no trace of heat or bitterness. Excellent for pickling and also great for eating fresh. A true miniature pepper. The little peppers, in shades of red, orange, yellow, and purple (simultaneously), make this a very ornamental little plant. Unlike most ornamentals, these peppers are sweet* Good for growing indoors in winter, using natural sunshine plus supplemental fluorescent light. Will have peppers approximately 75 days after transplanting outdoors, a little longer indoors. *NOTE: ContainerSeeds vendor warns that their hot/sweet varieties may have gotten mixed up, so if you want to be sure you are getting the sweet variety, order elsewhere. Enjoy your winter garden and let us know how it grew for you. J Here is a link that might be useful: ContainerSeeds

andrea: If you are in zone 5, you could satisfy the dormancy by putting the plant outside or in an unheated garage for a couple of months. I would think the best time outside would fall. Set it out several weeks before your ave first frost. Leave it until the leaves have fallen. Then back inside before a really hard freeze. I won't put it outside in mid winter because that would be too cold esp if it hasn't hardened off. In an unheated garage the best time might be mid winter. You just want enough cold to knock the leaves off. This should get the needed rest period. I think your plant will grow inside just don't expect much fruit. Regardless of how bright it is in your room, it is not likely to be enough light for much of a crop. But you don't have much to lose so why not try. The Fruitnut

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