Indoor Plants and Lighting

Artificial can be easily controlled to suit your plants.

It’s nice to have beautiful plants indoor while in order to get the best result what you need to know is the best lighting condition for the plants. Different plants require different amount of lights. It some cases when it is necessary, you also can consider the artificial light in order to make sure your plants get enough amount of lights.

Even though in general the flowering plants need more light than the foliage plants yet croton (foliage plant) needs lots of light to keep its vibrant leaf color. At the same time most plants with thick, fleshy leaves need less light yet the cacti do very well in bright light. Total amount of time spend in light also can influence (not necessarily the intensity) for some flowering plants like Christmas cactus, chrysanthemum, kalanchoe and poinsettia. With proper care of soil, water, and humidity, most plants can do better with less proper lighting.

It is easier if you have window with enough amount of light.

Natural lighting always the best for plants to grow properly as it’s contains all spectrum oflight. Still proper lighting condition need to be aware – not to expose your plants directly to the sun. The positioning of your windows also important if you home located in Northern or Southern hemisphere. There also other factors that will influence the amount of light entering your room if the window is blocked by buildings or trees, so check on your plants changes often to notice any changes.

Artificial light on the other hand can be a good source of light for your indoor plants. Even if you have room with no windows artificial light can still provide some amount of light for your plants to grow. There are plenty of artificial lights suitable for growing plants indoor – mostly for the hydroponics grower. These lights designed specifically to focus on helping the plants to increase the photosynthesis – and to help the plants to produce flower. The blue light and the red light are two lights spectrum that need by plants to grow healthily. You need to check on the supplier’s manual to suit your need. The new LED grow lights are the best for result and save more energy.

LED lights can produce good result and save energy.

Too much light and too little light can cause unhealthy effect to your plants. It can cause burning or bleached effect on the leaves. These leaves will permanently damage – just remove it and keep your plants away from direct sunlight. While when you plants showing yellowish old leaves and spindly new leaves – indicate too little light. Move it to little brighter area but not to direct sunlight.