I live in Perth, Australia and it’s currently winter. Window is NW. This pic is taken at 4:20pm. The light only hits them around 4pm-6pm, light doesn’t come in all day until them. Worried about scorching the leaves. Don’t have any east or west windows. Can only go on this shelf anyway because our kittens will eat them. Should I move the billitiae to the top shelf?
by randomname0003
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*don’t have any south windows either, this is the only spot in the house they can go (small rental)
I think that lighting is great! I would be thrilled if this was my only lighting lol. Suggestion, alocasia lloovvee light. So I would move those closer to the window on the shelf with the direct lighting. However, if you like this set up better, just keep an eye on them once a day around 6:30 (after the light no longer hits them). See if any of them have a bad reaction. Then you can move accordingly.
“bright indirect light” is an utter crock of shit.
It’s meaningless nonsense and I’m sorry that’s the guidance you’ve been given.
I’d say that’s nowhere near enough sun for them, personally.
My Billie sits under nearly 600w of grow lights and gets direct sun for 4 ish hours a day – it’s huge and happy.
Sunburn is usually caused by uvb, which is blocked by glass, so is really hard to get indoors.
You’re best off downloading a light app – Photone – and actually measuring what they get. Get a reading in ppfd – photosynthetic photon flux density (big words that just mean “light that can be used for photosynthesis) and then check that against the known metrics of what your plants need to thrive.