If you want to grow plants indoors, you should get into hydroponics. You can buy heaps of stuff online, but the marketplaces can all get pretty crowded at this time of year, so make sure you don't use a proxy filter or anything which can slow you down <:-)

>>7741072
That's not really what I'm asking about. I want to keep my tree alive even though it's indoors away from sunlight. Can I supply it with sugar as an alternative to natural photosynthesis?

>>7741090
no

>>7741103
But what would make it any different from the sugars they store naturally to get through the winter months?

>>7741143
Light=Photosynthesis=Sugar=Respiration= ATP=Life. Also, plants need other macromolecules too.

>>7741143
The sun still comes out in the winter.

You're forgetting the important fact that any hope the plant had in surviving ended when it was separated from its root structure. A plant gains all of its nutrients from the soil/substrate, which it uses as its energy source. Photosynthesis is simply a process by which it converts one form of chemical energy into another, which involves consuming CO2 and producing oxygen. Without the chemicals in the soil, it has nothing from which to grow.

>>7741197
>plants get their energy from the soil
But that's wrong. Did you never take a biology class in high school?

>>7741197
>The sun still comes out in the winter.
Yeah, when trees don't have any leaves so they can't photosynthesize anyway.

>>7741208
>christmas tree
>evergreen
>no leaves

What's wrong with you?

>>7741215
>implying both deciduous and coniferous trees don't store sap for the winter
>implying deciduous trees don't live off it entirely for almost half the year