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Grow Light Recommendations please

3 years ago

Hi Fellow Houseplant Lovers, I’m looking for a grow light to supplement the less than ideal light that comes from my windows. Here is the grow light I am considering. Do you think this would suit my needs or do you have a better recommendation? I have a few succulents and lots of common houseplants like ficus, Peperomia, Christmas cactus, Norfolk Island, autograph plant, Swedish ivy, fiddle leaf fig, schefflera, pothos, etc.
The succulents are doing terribly. I have them about 8 inches from a tabletop LED plug-in grow light (sorry I don’t know the specs) that is on 12 hours a day but they are etoliated and the leaves are much smaller than normal. The other houseplants are doing just okay. They look fine but new growth is slow to come.
I’ve tried to do some “google research” and have had help on another Houzz thread.
I’d like to keep the price under $100, if that’s possible. Thank you for your help.

Comments (7)

  • 3 years ago

    Looking for some advice and recommendations please.

  • 3 years ago

    Where is everyone?

  • 3 years ago

    What kind of space do you have? Pic would help. I say this because if you plan to keep your plans long term, that light config will be exceedingly annoying to manage. Really hard to guess what you will work best without knowing limitations. Are you somewhere with with winter? Small space? No balcony? Etc.

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    there is a guy in town.. and he has the purple version.. and EVERY ROOM of the house.. at night.. glows purple ..... i just dont understand how he doesnt burn out certain cones in his retina ... or whatever the proper terminology is....


    when i did grow light.. standard fluorescent.. i ran them in the basement... the heat generated from the ballasts helped warm the basement.. and since i had them on 16 hours a day.. they didnt keep me awake at night ...


    im not sure how this would work in an apartment.. or small home... you might not even ba able to see the tv.. with all 5 lights blinding you... lol..


    there are a lot of variables you need to address.. and once you do.. perhaps the choice of which light.. will be easier ...


    ken

  • 3 years ago

    Hi Ken and Pagan, I so appreciate your responses. My plan was to put the grow light in a North facing picture window (picture attached). Supposedly the light bulbs include blue and red but shine as a warmer, not stark, light. I’m in the Midwest U.S. with four seasons and North light only works with limited species of plants. I have tropical sand succulents. I have two current grow light setups. One is in the kitchen in a corner without natural light. I have a fluorescent under cabinet light that was causing my succulents to etiolate so I’ve added a tabletop grow light with fingers crossed. The other grow light is in an East facing window that is partially blocked by the house next door, thus the supplemental light. It has a very pleasant, warm light that looks fine at night. It faces my neighbors but they don’t have windows on that side of the house.
    Lol, none of my current lights have that purple light. I’ve included pictures. All suggestions, recommendations, advice are welcome.

  • 3 years ago

    Pagan, I loved your Ted talk and the great suggestions. I’m anxious to try the things you recommended. For a start, the easiest for me would be to put plants that can deal with Northern light in the picture window and install the strip lights in the kitchen corner. I’ve tried my darnedest with the succulents. They have been so frustrating, they are going to a new home. I can make space for some plurple lighting on a bookshelf. Thanks again. Wish me luck.