winter tomatoes

[mimififi]

Hi there,

i was just wandering, as my tomatoes outside are now coming to an end, can i raise some more plants and grow them indoors on my kitchen windowsill? I have a south facing kitchen which is really sunny. If they grow under glass in the winter, will they be tasteless or just unfruitful? Or Can i trick them into thinking it's summer?

Also, can i do the same thing indoors in front of my very sunny patio door with some kind of frame for cucumbers?

many thanks
mimi
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[WendyS]

They might germinate mimi but I suspect the light level would be too low for much of the day for them to successfully grow and fruit. Also, you might have a whitefly problem build up, and the tomatoes would be awfully tall for a kitchen windowsill. And my bet is that they would be tasteless.
I suspect night time temperatures would prevent any cucumbers from growing sucessfully in a protected frame although some garden centres sell these little plastic greenhouses which fit over a shelving frame for around �30 and you could experiment.
Personally,. I find that even the herbs like basil which I bring into the kitchen to over-winter grow very spindly and unhealthy looking.
I love to grow salads but in the winter I cut back on tasteless tomatoes andI now go for raw carrots, red cabbage or home-made coleslaw which seems to provide more crunch & flavour. .

[mimififi]

thanks for that wendyS. Well, back to the drawing board i guess. That's a shame, but will take your advice and investigate winter salads instead.

love
mimi