Understanding Natural Light Levels for Thriving Houseplants // Do You Have Bright Light, Bright Indirect Light or Low Light for Houseplants?

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

You are likely overestimating how much light you have in your home for your houseplants, plant friends! Yes, it's a tough truth to swallow. In fact, the largest cause of houseplant death is a misunderstanding of light. That’s because our houseplants perceive light differently from us. Don’t worry, because I have your back. I've spent seven years learning about light and distilling everything I've learned into this one short episode to break down how you can confidently assess the natural light in your home and buy the correct plant that will do well in that environment.

This episode is part of the Growing Joy with leafjoy mini series. Thanks to Proven Winners leafjoy for partnering on this episode.

In this episode, we learn:

[04:50] Why it’s important to know your light level before you go plant shopping!
[06:06] How plants use light for photosynthesis to produce their food
[07:22] Why chlorophyll is important
[14:58] Why low light plants = low light tolerant
[16:43] #1 Understanding your window orientation + light exposure
[18:12] Look for obstructions outside your window
[20:57] #2 Defining direct, indirect, and low light situations!
[24:27] Supplement with grow lights
[25:34] Troubleshooting common light issues

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For a complete guide on indoor light levels,

check out the full show notes and blog here!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I am so sorry to break this to you plant friends but you are likely
0:03.9	overestimating how much light you have in your home for your house plants.
0:09.1	Yeah, I know it's a tough truth to swallow.
0:14.0	I didn't swallow it for a while because I spent what I feel like the first two years of my time
0:19.7	as a plant parent misunderstanding my light. The majority of my time as a plant
0:24.4	killer,
0:24.7	killer for the first 27 years of my life.
0:27.4	I thought I had bright light and I had like the lowest light possible.
0:31.1	Light can be very confusing when it comes to understanding light in regards to house plants
0:37.0	because what we perceive as light is not necessarily what our house plants perceive at light. But fear not, plant friends, I so have your back. I've spent seven years
0:47.8	learning about light and distilling everything I've learned into this one short episode that will empower you to leave so
0:54.8	confident in understanding how to set your plants up for success and
0:58.2	simultaneously set you up for success to have a thriving joyful plant hobby.
1:04.0	Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast,
1:11.0	where we not only learn how to care
1:14.9	for plants successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to
1:19.1	cultivate more joy in our lives by doing so. I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing Joy, the Plant
1:27.0	Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness, Speaker, podcaster, and most importantly,
1:31.4	your new best plant friend.
1:32.8	On growing joy with plants,
1:34.0	you'll find conversations about house plant care,
1:36.4	gardening tutorials, and wellness
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