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Cole_Robbie · November 25, 2015

I'm at a similar latitude as you, and yes, you do if you want blooms and fruit. They will live just fine without supplemented light hours, but they won't bloom.

Effective lights get expensive quickly, and so does the electricity to run them, unless you buy the ultra-expensive LED lights.

November 25, 2015	#2
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I'm at a similar latitude as you, and yes, you do if you want blooms and fruit. They will live just fine without supplemented light hours, but they won't bloom. Effective lights get expensive quickly, and so does the electricity to run them, unless you buy the ultra-expensive LED lights.