One of our editors is from England. The number of sunlight hours by crop can vary but fruiting vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, cucumbers, squash, etc) do indeed require 8 hours. This is why many British start and grow tomatoes and peppers in a greenhouse or they’ll never ripen colorfully. However, root vegetables can deal with six hours of sunlight per day and leafy cool-weather green vegetables can operate on 4 hours a day and partial sun. For a beginner, we advice 8 hours as a general rule as this allows all popular crops (such as tomatoes) to thrive.
One of our editors is from England. The number of sunlight hours by crop can vary but fruiting vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, cucumbers, squash, etc) do indeed require 8 hours. This is why many British start and grow tomatoes and peppers in a greenhouse or they’ll never ripen colorfully. However, root vegetables can deal with six hours of sunlight per day and leafy cool-weather green vegetables can operate on 4 hours a day and partial sun. For a beginner, we advice 8 hours as a general rule as this allows all popular crops (such as tomatoes) to thrive.