Howdy! I know there are probably more specific I could ask this question, but I feel like this group will probably understand my intentions a little better so asking here…. Basically, I’m trying to do a couple of things indoors this winter in regards to overwintering my plants. For starters, I am wanting to overwinter some peppers and eggplant – – a couple of large varieties that will be cut all the way down, as well as some smaller ones that I think I’m just going to try to keep alive without drastically pruning. (Or is this a mistake to not prune small bushes like shishito or Thai bird?). Additionally, I have several large citrus bushes in pots. And last but at least, I also want to try my hand at routing a bunch of my annuals. Everything is in pots already and I have lots of basement space so right now I am just pulling everything inside and will take my time to work through the propagating. While space isn’t an issue, sadly there are no windows so I need to depend on artificial lighting. Here is the question, what are some metrics I should use to design my light setup? I’m not looking for anything to grow or fruit, and that seems to be how the lighting requirements are often described. But what is the minimal (cheapest) lighting I can get away with to help them peacefully hibernate? Has anyone set up anything similar? Would love to hear about it! Thanks!!
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