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Should house plants receive supplemental lighting in winter?

11 years ago

Newbie here. I live in the Southeastern U.S. and I was wondering how many of you would consider supplemental lighting in winter for plants that are located in a West facing window. I can't seem to recall the angle and for how many hours that window might receive sun in winter. I am guess 2-3 hours at most if the sun sets here around 5:30 in the depth of winter.

The plants on a table in front of this window are mostly considered "low light" or "low light adapted" plants. I have the following: English ivy (I kind of expect this one is tricky), golden pothos, lucky bamboo, snake plant, watermelon peperomia. None of them are that large, just average size.

I have a Chinese evergreen, peace lily, and several heartleaf philodendron adjacent to an East facing window, but not in front of it. Those guys may need some help, I know.

If so, my thought was to get two of the clamp task lights and place them on either side of the table, anchored right over the plants. I would try to find CFLs in the daylight "blue" spectrum in the highest wattage that the lamps could safely handle.

Thoughts? Do I even need to do this in winter since plants go a little dormant then?

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