Plants! (How to "grow" fresh air indoors) about home HOT 12 OPEN

@Cleop good shout on having indoor Bamboo! 💡🌱

"Pet" Bamboo plants are available at our local ("big box") garden/DIY store:
http://www.leroymerlin.pt/Site/Produtos/Jardim/Sementes-e-plantas/Plantas-e-arvores/Bonsais/15694560.aspx

Sadly our family-owned/run plant nursery does not have a website so we can't share a link/screenshot of the product from them. But I will ask them next time we visit. 💬

We have a plan for bamboo outside (as a "privacy screen"):

and want to explore using Bamboo for vertical farming: dwyl/learn-aquaponics#22

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I recommend Lucky Bamboo for dark spaces:

I have it in my bathroom where there is no natural light. It's impossible to under or over-water as it lives in just water, no soil. So it's low maintenance and very versatile. I don't know about it's impact on air quality but if nothing else it's pretty to look at and very good for people who don't know much about plant care. Plus it's reasonably cheap, you can buy a stalk from ikea for £1 or £2. Hopefully that's the case in Portugal too!

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Alpha testing 7 indoor plants on my desk
(in our “while we’re waiting for the house to be ready” apartment...)

Dedicated grow light. ☀️
I’m pretty excited about having an abundance of plants in the house. 🙌

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Also keep in mind that sun-light is a natural signal for human body, it can impact falling asleep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_blue_light_technology#Effects_of_blue_light_on_sleep_and_circadian_rhythm

For computer screens https://justgetflux.com/ can help lower blue lights, in latest microsoft and apple OSes it is now built-in see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027563/windows-10-set-your-display-for-night-time, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207570

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Love this so much.
I have a lot of articles on this saved already 🎉

Have been looking to make the time to get into indoor plants for years ❤️

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@Cleop good question! (worthy of a separate issue: https://github.com/dwyl/learn-aquaponics/issues ...) 😉

I did a heap of research into Grow Lights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grow_light a while back.
(long before I was as systematic about capturing/sharing my knowledge in public ... 🙄)
and the main thing about using "artificial" lights to grow plants is having the wavelength of light necessary for the plants.

I purchased a "basic" (IKEA RYET LED bulb E27 600 lumen 5000K) LED bulb with the appropriate "full spectrum" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-spectrum_light of light which simulates day/sun light. ☀️
£6 for a 2-pack (£3 each) is "reasonable" for a retail store ... 💰 👍
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/lighting/light-bulbs-accessories/ryet-led-bulb-e27-600-lumen-globe-opal-white-art-10363279/

IKEA also sell this (overpriced) LED Grow light specifically for indoor plants:
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/indoor-gardening/indoor-growing-cultivators/v%C3%A4xer-led-bulb-for-cultivation-par30-e27-art-60317483/

obviously if you were doing this at any sort of scale you would buy the appropriate lights in bulk ...
In commercial (indoor / year-round) growing they limit the wavelengths to only the two required for photosynthesis see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomorphogenesis
i.e. they don't "waste" energy producing the "full spectrum" of visible light.

I have a few "commercial" grow lights which I used to grow wheatgrass "back in the day" ...
(for anyone reading this, I grew legal plants with documented health benefits, not "weed"!)

And I will be resuming indoor growing under "lab conditions" in Braga with full "open source data" for anyone around the world to analyse and learn from! 📈 📊
I'm excited that I will be using my own data to create a "Machine Learning" tutorial... #WatchThisSpace!

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Thanks @nelsonic for sharing all that. I looked a little into grow bulbs in the past but didn't know that ikea did them. Through experimentation I managed to revive one of my own houseplants in winter by putting it next to a lamp when it started dying. I had placed it by a south facing window but it was the regular lamp that seemed to bring back to good health. When I have a bit more room one day I would like to experiment more with these things! ✨ 🌱 Super excited to hear about how this project develops!

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Low light house plants: https://youtu.be/VxdQp3s-7_o

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Further options of plants to consider in:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18192328

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@nelsonic - are you using a regular bulb for the light or have you bought one that is designed specifically for plant growing? (It's something I'm interested in but have not explored yet!)

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https://youtu.be/ooMiIm8RItw

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For the exterior of the house, we need some sort of vine.
Vines That Will Not Damage Brick Mortar:
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/vines-not-damage-brick-mortar-33670.html

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