PHIL PERRY Staff Writer Those in attendance at the Lincoln Cultural Center on Tuesday night for the Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce candidates forum were likely left feeling they know their candidates for the general election for Lincolnton city government a little bit better.
Although some plants in your vegetable garden, like basil, prefer as much sun as possible, most vegetable gardens require about 6 hours of sunlight per day. Keywords: vegetable garden, hours of sunlight, how many hours. Megan Smith has been a freelance writer and editor since 2006. She writes about health, fitness, travel, beauty and grooming topics for various print and Internet publications. Smith earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in writing from New York University.
Give a plant too much sun and it will look bleached, pale, or event burned; too few hours and it will have thin leaves and elongated shoots. Some plants require about a half day of light, while others need up to 18 hours of light each day; the latter include vegetables, which will get pale without sufficient light. Still others, such as African violets, need only about eight hours of light per day year-round. Many indoor plants might get a few hours of direct sun each day, but the angle at which the sun hits a window can be undependable. And natural light isn't strong or long enough to grow herbs or vegetables indoors.