Brand new to indoor gardening. I arranged this whole area today and want the best chance for these guys. I had this light from a failed attempt at growing weed. Pink princess philo, monstera, money tree on top shelf.
by seekeroftrooth69
Brand new to indoor gardening. I arranged this whole area today and want the best chance for these guys. I had this light from a failed attempt at growing weed. Pink princess philo, monstera, money tree on top shelf.
by seekeroftrooth69
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Purple light is more suitable for Bloom. Is there a blue light? And aim the lights down not in your eyes.
There’s the short answer and then there’s the very long answer lol.
To make it simple, these lights provide very low PPFD levels, which is what we measure for plant-usable light. You can measure this using a light meter or the app Photone, which is free.
Plants need full-spectrum light, so these blurple lights are more of an eyesore than a useful tool.
Most tropical plants have a photoperiod (amount of time with light) of 14-16 hours. A growlight timer is recommended for this. I set mine from 6-8.
I recommend buying some Monios T-8 lights to achieve a similar look, or a panel like Viparspectra’s. These will be much stronger and will let your plants grow at a thriving PPFD level, not just a survival one.
Farther than one-two feet from the light, and you’re already drastically decreasing the PPFD.
A good grow light isn’t cheap, but a cheap grow light isn’t good. You can find them on marketplace too! I highly recommend the investment.
I disagree with not using cheap grow lights. They WILL work, you may just need to play with the distancing of them. I see you switched the light mode which is good. I’d keep them on 12 hours a day.
I’d personally put the monstera and the pink princess on the shelf with the window AND add some extra light as they thrive in bright light conditions. I don’t know enough about money trees to tell you about that light. I’d check amazon for grow lights you could attach to your shelves. I use them and I’ve had great success with alocasias, philodendrons, pothos, ficus, monsteras. The only thing that hasn’t handled it well are my calatheas
I run 7am to 7pm every day and my babies don’t complain
You actually answered the time and hours sorry about that
12 hours! It matches their natural habitat. I looked up the ranges of some houseplants a while back and the daylight hours is between 12.5 hours in summer and 11.5 in winter. Some people use 14 or even 16 hours but to the plants, that would be like living California or Washington!