Here's the situation. My sister wants so much to have a small container garden on her balcony. It receives no direct sunlight. Right now she has a pepper and tomato plant out there but they seriously need some supplemental light to help them thrive. Does anyone know if there are outdoor grow lights? Nothing huge. Just something big enough to illuminate those two plants next to each other. They do have an outlet out there to plug in a light, but I can't find any information on OUTDOOR grow lights. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Kim's Garden

I found this thread while Googling.. see it's a few months old but thought I'd post a follow-up question anyway. There was a Carolina Jessamine that was growing along the top of a chain link fence by the driveway of the house I just moved into. It was woody & not getting much sun because of a tall oak tree but still flowering enough for me to fall in love - so I trimmed it back & killed it in the process. I bought a new one a couple of weeks ago & I'm hoping it will grow along the rail on my front porch. My question - would it benefit from a plant light or bulb? It's in the only spot in the yard that gets a very little bit of sun so it's doing ok, but soon the 2nd oak tree will take care of that, unless I trim some branches, which I'm reluctant to do. I'm just wondering if I put a little grow light in that corner of the porch if it would make a difference. Thanks in advance for any opinions or tips.

US Marine, I was bitten by the allure of palms last August. Well, actually, I think maybe I've always been a closet palm-freak all these years but was put off by the same-old-same-old palms offered by most in my area. Then I met a fella named Joe, and he lit a fire, and then met another fella named Bernie and he fanned the flame. I'm new to a lot of what's available out there and have been taking crash-courses, and generally trying to surround myself in unique (for me, lol) palms. It was about five or six years ago that I took to mail ordering; but the truth is, doing it that way always kinda scared me. Then a couple of months ago...I got the courage to actually place an order from California because I couldn't find a Ravenea Hildebrandtii anywhere nearer to me. I ordered one thru jdanderson.com which they sent me a precious gem. I don't work for them, nor do I have anything to do with them other than being a customer who ordered one palm from the opposite coast. But since they are in California and you are in California----that's why I am passing along the info to you. Have a look there, they have nice and very interesting offerings with bits of info...and seems to be fair prices. I don't know whether they are any better or worse than JungleMusic. Now that I think about it, you probably already know about them and didn't need to know my life story! lol. And maybe you already know about the Ravenea Hildebrandtii? I dunno if you are looking for small-ish palms but another small-ish one is the Syagrus schizophylla. Both are small-ish enough to containerize and keep on a patio for a very long time. If that'll work for you, that'd be terrific. Well, I've got other palms that I'd like to write to you about--- just can't remember how to make clickable links (I used to post under the nic Sooth but can't remember how to access it)---the ones I tried to add for info purpose just now were blocked. It's been so long since I've written a post here. I've been working on enhancing my micro-climate and I think that's what you are trying to do, too, right? Well, I'm hoping you'll share palms and micro-climate enhancings info with me. :o) And I'll try and figure out that whole clickable links thingy.

i had the same prob in your last pic looks like a tomato plant purpled up. i think it is magnesium deficiency. or it could be a temperature prob. i added a lil cal/mag (botanicare) and aded a lil heat to my grow tent and i guess lowered my ph a lil and it cleared up so i would say one of those three changes did it. your pepper problem tho... hmmm neved had that. if you feed them all the same maybe they have the same problem. i can tell you peppers dont need much for ferts.