Lighting for Indoor Plants: Find the Perfect Spot (or Supplement)

Light = plant food. Without enough, plants starve. Here’s how to get it right.

Know Your Plant’s Category

• Low, medium, high, very high.
• Sunroom/skylights? Grow high-light plants.
• Regular windows? Medium/low light plants.
• Some burn in direct sun—sheer curtains help.

Supplement with Grow Lights

• If you want a plant your space can’t support, add grow bulbs.
• Balance: ~14 hours light / 10 hours dark is a good rule.
• Too much light also harms—watch for bleaching, crisping.

Plants Tell You

• Leggy, pale, leaning = not enough light.
• Scorched, bleached, limp = too much.

Test locations. Observe. Adjust. Your plants will show you the sweet spot.