Plants for an indoor garden?

We live in an area, where the summers are too hot for leafy greens and the winters too cold. It frustrates me having to purchase those, especially since they are plastic packed and often contains more than I need at one time.
So, I am wondering if an indoor garden might be the solution. We already have a large double shower set up as a nursery for seedling, so I don’t think it’s too far a step to growing some plants indoors.
My question is, which plants would work in this setting?  
I was thinking about maybe perineal’s mixed in with a mix a lettuce greens and spinach?

Hi Ulla. I’ve never grown greens indoors but I think your favorite leafy annuals would do fine. I believe I’d stay away from perennials though. Their extensive root structures would definitely become root bound.
You may want to try a couple trays of micro greens too. I used to do that and it’s all done inside.

I like Scott's suggestion about growing microgreens:



https://permies.com/t/94155/growing-microgreens

These microgreens look so pretty in that sunny window.

You can harvest them at all stages of life to put in salad, soups, etc.

Scott Stiller wrote:Hi Ulla. I’ve never grown greens indoors but I think your favorite leafy annuals would do fine. I believe I’d stay away from perennials though. Their extensive root structures would definitely become root bound.
You may want to try a couple trays of micro greens too. I used to do that and it’s all done inside.

Thank you, I didn’t think of that (face meets palm). We already do some micro greens, but not a lot. So Kale, Spinach, lettuce mix, collard greens. Things like that.

During your cool season you could probably grow Tatsoi and Pac Choi. I believe mizuna can be grown in spring and fall there. Those come to mind because they’re my favorites.

I've been growing all my greens in an Attic for 4 years running and so glad I do. I run all the Boks, Chard, Mustards, Lettuces and many other greens, but started with and do best using some compact varieties. Baby Milk and Tiny Hedou Bok Choi, Tom Thumb, Tennis Ball and Little Gem Lettuce, Big Leaf Tong Ho, Mache, Mibuna are my go to set, and using things like Red Leaf Amaranth, Red Malabar, Sweet Potato vines, Micro Tomatoes,  and Parisienne Carrots make it a fun garden. Herbs I use that work best are Chervil, Chives, Agastache, Peppercress, Nasturtium, Wild Zataar, Chamomile, and Dwarf Greek, Thai Sweet and Mammolo Basils. I've been set up under 100w, 600w, and 1000w led panels and been able to produce at every stage, well worth the effort. Pic of my "market corner" after 4 years, about 18 sq under 3x1000w with a dozen and half varieties of greens and herbs each.

Chaz Watt wrote:I've been growing all my greens in an Attic for 4 years running and so glad I do. I run all the Boks, Chard, Mustards, Lettuces and many other greens, but started with and do best using some compact varieties. Baby Milk and Tiny Hedou Bok Choi, Tom Thumb, Tennis Ball and Little Gem Lettuce, Big Leaf Tong Ho, Mache, Mibuna are my go to set, and using things like Red Leaf Amaranth, Red Malabar, Sweet Potato vines, Micro Tomatoes,  and Parisienne Carrots make it a fun garden. Herbs I use that work best are Chervil, Chives, Agastache, Peppercress, Nasturtium, Wild Zataar, Chamomile, and Dwarf Greek, Thai Sweet and Mammolo Basils. I've been set up under 100w, 600w, and 1000w led panels and been able to produce at every stage, well worth the effort. Pic of my "market corner" after 4 years, about 18 sq under 3x1000w with a dozen and half varieties of greens and herbs each.

Thank you. That’s great info.
I have a 3000w led light. It’s made specifically for the room I have, which btw is a lot smaller than yours.
I only have a double shower for it,  but then we don’t need any more. I think I will grow a lettuce mix and spinach mostly, since all the cabbage and collard greens can survive outside. Then maybe some herb, like chamomile which I can’t grow outside. I only have a planter this size 21 x 47 x 32In to plant in. Plus a second planter for seedlings. I changed from regular planters to a self watering planter this time, since I got a problem with mites last time I had the nursery opened.

We grew sweet potatoe vines indoors overwinter with just ambient light.
Fed some to our bunnies, planted the rest out as slips.
We grew three varieties, only one was tasty.

William Bronson wrote:We grew sweet potatoe vines indoors overwinter with just ambient light.
Fed some to our bunnies, planted the rest out as slips.
We grew three varieties, only one was tasty.

That’s awesome, I was wondering if I could. Now I might just put in a few bag planter and see if I can get them to grow there.

The project are moving along nicely. I got a large cedar planter (see pic) and filled it with a mix of potting soil.  My 3000w light are set with a timer and everything is safely set.
I did run into a problem though. The problem is getting a connector for the exit, where the shower 🚿 was attached. I have attached a picture. It’s inner measurement is 15 millimeters. I think it’s 17 if you measure outside.
Does anyone know what to get, so I can attach a hose to it?
The planter has a 6 gallon Reservoir, so it would be great if my old body didn’t have to drag all of that water in, and it seemed like a good solution to just use the 🚿 by attaching the hose there.