Growing plants indoors

[Redblade8]

Hey,

Let's say your character had a strong interest in growing mint, and wanted to do it indoors to prevent prying eyes from seeing anything. Do you think a continual flame spell could work as a magical "grow lamp"?

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-Redblade

[Val'bryn2]

No, because it specifically doesn't provide heat, so it works about as well as using a basic flashlight.

[Redblade8]

I was more concerned with the light aspect, not the heat.

[John Napier 698]

We have plants that grow well indoors in real life, so I would say yes. However, it's the quantity of the light that needs addressed. You'll need multiple Continual Flames to provide that level of light. Additionally, you do need to keep the plants at room temperature, so they don't hibernate or freeze.

[Ninjamancer]

It's unlikely to be very helpful. without going too far into the science side of things, plants need certain a spectrum of light to be able to grow healthily - since continual flame spell is just torchlight, the plants would grow pretty sickly/spindly, and possibly even the wrong color (plant biology is facinating!).

The spells you'd want is either a Permanencied Daylight, or a daily casting of Brightest Light. Since they mimic actual sunlight, I see no reason why they wouldn't also mimic the proper spectrum - basically being the "grow-lamps" of the light spells.

... wait am I an accomplice now? ..... >_>

[Redblade8]

Ninjamancer wrote:

... wait am I an accomplice now? ..... >_>

Everyone helps the revolution in their own way, comrade.

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