3 Ways to Increase Light In Your Home for Houseplants - Ep 165
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- If it's one thing we often run low on when it comes to houseplants (aside for space)-it's light, which is imperative for a plant's existence. This is a straightforward video on techniques I'm employing in my home in order to increase light for my plants.
Here are some of the products that I make mention of in the film and others that I didn't get to film. Please note that these have affiliate links and I will earn a small commission if you decide to make a purchase, which is also helpful to me:
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⇒ 48" AgroMax t5 fluorescent lights (under the shelf) - amzn.to/2VEnyxq
⇒ 48" AgroMax t5 fluorescent lights (under the shelf) - bit.ly/34SjnCm
⇒ 48" AgroMax LED strip light (under the shelf) - bit.ly/3aB0GEx
⇒ Digital Timer for Lights - amzn.to/2zeaMOw
⇒ Root Farm grow light - amzn.to/3eCiG4g
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I’m saving up to bust a hole through my living room ceiling😅
We live in the woods and our limited windows face the WORST directions so we basically live in a cave. 🙄 We have vaulted ceilings though so I'm dreaming of installing massive skylights whenever I publish my first book or hit the lottery! 😆
We recently had a tree fall on our house taking out a portion of our roof. I suggested making it a skylight, no one found me funny. ;)
Hahaha you made me laugh
Do it , do it , do it , do it , do it
I never thought of adding mirrors to increase light - that's genius!
^^^
Yeah, I have one tiny roof window, and during winter theres barely any light. I wrapped kitchen aluminium foil on walls around it and suddenly whole room is shining cuz its blasting light in 360. A good little tip you can also do if u dont have a mirror is to take a cardboard cut out and tape aluminium foil or grow foils on it, and put it in a corner/place where u notice that light is mostly breaking during the day.
I’m a high schooler right now pursuing a scholarship at a top botany school and I cannot explain the impact you have had on my life! My love for plants has always been strong, but to see someone that is living my dream was like a major bomb! I really hope I can shake your hand one day!!!
What school
Weh moxt, east xt, soim D
keeping the windows very clean and removing window screens you don't use often is a small way to make more light enter as well.
Growlights actually helped me to be happier during winter times, I didn’t know it was a thing until made a research about it. Thank you for these helpful tips Summer! 🍃🌿💚
I started collecting houseplants before I realized that my apartment wasn't exactly ideal. I have mostly northern exposures and then one western exposure with a HUGE TREE right outside that essentially filters the light... so I've got some grow lights. They aren't the prettiest thing, but I've hidden them under shelves, etc. Unfortunately my two larger LED ones are just mounted to the wall, but my bird of paradise is happy as a clam.
Can you talk about how close plants should be for lights? It's so confusing with the wattage, LED vs fluorescent, etc, and then what would translate to "Bright, bright indirect" etc.
She did this video which is helpful th-cam.com/video/HOfInBVkNEk/w-d-xo.html
And here's a relatively cheap light meter. www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B005A0ETXY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@@barbll000 Ah, thank you! Now i"m spending my whole morning thinking about grow lights even more than I already do... I guess that's what happens when you start loving your plants!
You can go to a big box store and buy those cheap hang on a door mirrors. I made a plant shelf where the plants sit on top of such a mirror. I do not crowd them together. In winter, when there is even less light, I place a second one behind the plants on that shelf. It reflects the bulb light beautifully shining down from above them.
I have a collection of orchids and live with a roommate in a split level studio, I'm downstairs and have tiny windows. With two grow lights that function as regular lighting and some mirrors, I have orchids ranging from full sun to low-light and they're quite happy. The range of good full spectrum eco-friendly (minus UVA/UVB) bulbs for growers has really exploded lately and I'm thankful for that!
mirrors are a great solution. I have a big mirror in my bathroom that helps bounce light around from a couple east facing windows. The Soltech lights are very pretty, but pretty expensive too.
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Omg, that window mirror idea is ingenious! I need to try that! It really hadn't even crossed my mind that that could be an option, but for my deep corner northwest&northeast windows in the livingroom, that would be perfect!
Mirrors are a great suggestion. As a bonus, they give the illusion of a larger space. I use them all over to make my rooms look bigger!
Thanks Summer. I hadn't thought of bouncing light off the ceiling. I'm on it! Lots of love, stay well xxx
HGTV and other shows must be absolutely daft for not picking you up yet! 💛
Excellent ideas! I don't think I've ever seen someone show the results of just using regular LED lights for plant growth...and your plants look amazing. So thank you for that. It really helps. Stay safe up there in New York! 🥰
Go watch cannabis growers they been doing it for years pretty much since they came out
You are saving my plants
Beautiful ideas, Summer! Thank you for sharing them.💕🌿
LED lights are legit. I've got a potted basil growing under a counter light in a kitchen that is 20 feet away from the closest window, which is under a deck and gets next to no light. The basil is happy.
@@andreabishop3684 Just a regular under the counter LED light. The basil is so tall that it's touching the light. The plant has lived there for about a month and it is really going! It's formerly a hydroponic from the grocery store and now it lives in a pot. The light I have is from Home Depot. It's a series of 3 bar lights about 8 inches in length that we adhered under a shelf near my sink, and it plugs into the wall and turns on with a switch on the cord. It was a weird rig to give me more light so I could see dishes to wash them, but it was a very unexpected with how the basil liked it. Hope this helps!
@@andreabishop3684 Yep, LED are full-spectrum, so they give plants the red and blue light they need to grow. LED grow lights have red and blue spectrum boosting and optics that direct the light in specific directions, which is why they cost more. But even a regular LED light will benefit a plant some.
There is a cool TH-cam video showing an experiment using a CD to see the color spectra of different bulbs. It‘s called “Compact Fluorescent vs LED lights colour spectrum” by Matthias Wandel.
This is just want I need. Thanks so much for sharing 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Grow light is so important especially living in tiny NYC apartments!! Thanks for the tips
Love the idea of the mirrors by the windows.
Thank you so much, especially for the great idea of hanging up some mirrors, I have a few left and this method helps to saves some energy costs too!
These are great suggestions. I love the mirror idea, very clever. Thank you and stay well, Summer.
Thank you! You too!
YOU INSPIRE US--if only you could see my INTERIOR GARDEN..in an old 109 years old house..the skylight helps them grow up..thank you-ROSE..
Thank you summer! Great info and discount code!! I’ve been wanting a soltech solution light for so long!!
I love those GE grow bulbs. They work amazingly. They brought my forgettii back from the brink of extinction.
TheSleepy Teacher they seem to be the only grow bulbs that don’t look red.
Alsooooo enjoy the creation around us!!!
Try to garden, watch a sunset, or even go on a drive to get the wind in your face!
These are some great ideas. Thanks Summer!
The condo we bought last year has a row of ceiling to floor mirrors along one wall in our living room, I would say it is about 14 feet of mirrors! Before we moved in, I tried to convince my husband to remove them. We never ended up removing them, because it would have been such a difficult job. They're about 10 feet tall, and there's 7 of them. However, a year later, I am SO thankful for these mirrors and glad we didn't get rid of them. While they're a little "80s" looking, I feel like we have worked with our space to make them look good. And the amount of light they bounce off our all-white walls is amazing. I have plants in the interior of the room that have been doing great because of this. We also have south and west facing windows in this room, so it's really quite a great space for plants. Just had to share about my experience with the power of mirrors!
Your house is my house goals and i have no doubt about it
I’m moving into a new house on Monday that has mostly northern facing windows. With over 100 plants im not sure why I thought that was a good idea. There is one room with a western facing window that I hope to make my plant room but i have so many that I know I’ll have to make some adjustments for my northern exposure as well. I will probably be adding a lot of grow lights. Thank you for this video it gave me a lot more confidence about my situation
Thank you so much for this! I love the mirror idea. I may pair it with a lamp on top of an armoire.
I use $30 Amazon LED strip lights on all my plant shelves! They work like a charm, set them on a timer and my plants love them!
How long we need to switch the lights on for plants??
@@SureshKumar-wy5yu I have mine on a 12hr cycle.
I too have mine on a 12-hour cycle.
Are they normal LEDs or LED grow lights? There's a big difference in the light spectrum.
I'm a new succulent plant lover and already stewing about how I'm going to get them enough light in a northern winter.
Your ideas about mirrors reflecting light back, and grow lights placed below a shelf are ideas I can use! Already picturing a long mirror hung on the slim side of a china closet next to a south window! Thank you.
Awesome tips, thank you
Your channel is my first go-to when I search for information about plants and all related. Thank you sooooo much for the great work
You guys are great. I hope after all of this ascension is complete, people with adopt this lifestyle of reconnecting the nurture with nature. The possibilities are so creative and absolutely limitless. Great ideas. Thanks for sharing. I love the mirror invention. Its perfect to combo natural light. I use those remote GE lights for closets, bathrooms and staircases. There portable which is nice and they last a long time without stressing your electric bill.
I have a mirror reflecting a window. Works great for the room. Plants loving the light
Great ideas. Thank you.
I didn't know most of these!! Thank you!
You DO have a ton of plants!! Good ideas!
Omg. You have a very beautiful jungle there🥰🥰 love it. Thank you for the idea of how adding more light. 👍
i’m moving into an apartment that has significantly less light than my current place, so these suggestions are great!! i’m definitely going to invest in some mirrors
Thank you. Been struggling w figuring something out. 🌱🌵
Great advice! Thank you 🌱👍🌿
These are fantastic ideas! ♥️
Thanks for the information ✌🏼
Thank you for the tips 💕
You're so welcome!
Great video mate . Just what I was looking for.
Excellent DIY cheap option for everyone! Use kitchen aluminium foil as a mirror! U can cut cardboard and tape it on it, that way u can move it and hide it when u have guests or people around. I did this on every corner on my room that I noticed gets most focused light, and putting foil makes light bounce making it way shinier.
Awesome Video! Thank you so much for sharing.
Just ordered my strip light 💡 thanks!!
Summer you are amazing
I have a grow room with white walls and 5000K led lights. It costs me $16/mth. In my south facing bay window, I hung a couple foil emergency blankets to reflect the sunlight on the back side of the plants.
Another plant-loving Oakes! Hello! Thank you for the ideas. Going to use this in my apartment.
Love your all videos...excellent ideas
These are really good and simple ideas that one can do! 😄
the mirror beside the window is brilliant! i never thought of that!
This was such an excellent video!!! Thank you for all the tips!
Good to know thank you
Hi Summer, great video, and I'm liking your suggestions on bringing in more light. I am going to be painting my walls a lighter color, because now they are the light colored paneling and I am not fond of them but I have made it work for now. I do have windows from all directions which is helpful, and I have gotten grow lights, I still would like more grow lights. I do live in Idaho and I'm sure my northern exposure or East is different than other people's east or north, so we do what we have to for our plants. I really like the mirror idea. Thanks for all of the great tips on extra light for our plants. Stay safe and I will see you soon, XOXO, bye for now.
Fantastic ideas.
Thanks Summer, at the moment here in Uk not a lot of sun which doesn’t help the lighting,
Your video is great I’m about to buy my first grow light, mirror s sound such a good
Idea. Your plants look beautiful, healthy and thriving. Please keep the videos coming, take care xx
very cool video thanks a lot!!!
My succulents are on the bottom shelf to collect the most morning/afternoon sun they can. Plus several grow lights to combat the cloudiness they would have to deal with otherwise. I think I’ve finally made an arrangement they can be happy with.
Very good!
Thank you, good ideas with the mirror
Great ideas! Thank you :)
Gorgeous home
This is a great video, thank you. Super practical. I never thought of the inset mirror idea but I like it. Some things I'm trying: 1) keeping the foliage free of dust, which of course blocks light ever so slightly, 2) I'd really like to install a solar tube (sun tunnel?) through my ceiling -they're much cheaper than skylights.
Aquarium led full spectrum lights are great. Pop one under a shelf and then your set.
Great video
I also have recently moved and where I moved to bearly has any light coming in at all. I'm currently looking into grow lights but I do need a super bright light for a few of my plants. Learning grow lights can be a headache and can also cost a arm and leg.
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Thank you for the discount code just got my yesterday !
Thank yu sis I will look up ge grow lights
This is just what i needed, mirrors sound like a great idea!
what a great idea with the mirrors!
very informative video. thank you
that’s so many plants!!
Flat white paint will reflect more useful light for plants and will probably be cheaper than using mirrors.
Thanks very interesting Love the Mirror Idea .
I use a growlight bulb in a similar lamp, but I've also connected it to an Alexa adapter so that my Alexa device turns it on every day at the local sun rise time and turns it off at sunset. My other growlight from amazon from a friend has a timer feature built in.
Great video Summer thanks. I needed some grow light tips.
Just flagging up. The soltech via Amazon link just brings up incontinence plants in the UK 😀
I use the HEMMA product from ikea. It’s a pendant light socket and I attached a LED flood light bulb that Is 1,800 lumens 🌱🔌💡
Thank you!! I am getting some of those, simply and cheap.. the result is great too.. beautiful plants!!!🙏🏼
I really wanted to know more about the window mirror set up, like are they just leaning against the wall or have you secured them in some way, if so then how? And since the mirror seem like a perfect fit, did you make a special order for the measurements , did you cut it yourself, or were you just superlucky to find the correct size somewhere? :)
She probably had it cut to fit there.
Lex try buying one of those long, door mirror from discount store..about 15-20 brand new or less in goodwill, just lean up against the wall close to a window..put some plants on the floor at the base, some plants on a stool at mid-level and hanging plants at the top level.
My house is just weird all the way around with weird spaces and shapes and the like, so everything has to be quite custom. Since my windows are inset into my space, they have wall space around, and yes, mirrors have to be affixed. I used a thin piece of wood that has a groove in which the mirror sits into. And then you can secure the wood. You can try to find the perfect shaped mirror or you can find someone who does glass or mirror cutting.
Otherwise, you can hop into Ikea or any online store where they sell small pieces of mirrors. Stick them all over the wall and voila, u got a mirror wall.
Apart from mirrors , go over to any craft store and you can those reflective mirror-like cardboards. I believe those would help a great deal with bouncing natural light around. Even better if you're renting.
@@summerrayneoakes glass cutting is really not difficult : get a good tungsten wheel cutter , score once with even pressure using a straight edge, use paraffin or thin oil ( like sewing machine oil) as a lubricant. Break the glass mirror using a match stick or similar pivet point and press down on each side of the score line to snap the glass mirror.
Obviously, you score the glass front of the mirror. I am sure there are lots of YT videos on how to do it . The secrete is a good cutter , even pressure and a lubricant
Very interesting, What about electricity bills with all the facilities you added? Can you talk about electronic devices or any other solution to keep humidity and cool temperature for tropic plants
Most/all of the grow lights are LEDs, so they won't add much to your electricity bill. You can check the Watts via the links in the description they are like 9 Watts or so, an old TV will probably cost you much more a month than 10 grow bulbs :)
Unused mirror tiles can be placed on the plant shelves as a decorative feature to bounce the light around the plants.
Great tips in this video🌈🌱🙌
I also have a few vases filled with water around my plants. idk if it actually creates more light but makes beautiful reflections when the sunbeam into them. and also adds extra little humidity in my place ☺️
careful, water can act like a magnifying glass. Just check there aren't really intensely bright, focused spots of light reflecting anywhere into the room, easy fix too.
Actually...Ms Oakes...there are 4 Ways to Increase Light in ones home...The First Way... Subscribe to Your Channel...Thank you again for sharing.
Ahhh thank you.
A higher efficiency alternative to mirror is something like silver or white mylar material (although admittedly a mirror looks better ha).
I'd swap the bulb in your T5 under counter fixture to an led bulb to reduce the heat.
Yes, an LED would be preferable to reduce the heat. I was a sucker for the good sale on these lights!
@@summerrayneoakes i don't know if you've seen them but you can actually just swap the bulb to one with LEDs inside (same dimensions connection etc). That way you can keep the fixture but swap only the bulb?
i used my old coral life fish tank lights in combo with day light spec led house bulbs for my indoor bonsai collection. i do have a few 1000w hps and a 600w hps but they cost a ton in power to run. hoping to get a 1000-2000w led light to run in my 7x7 gorrila tent for my next over winter season. i also have a 60 bucket ebb and flow system. 20+ yrs of indoor growing i have a nice collection of grow equipment
Hi Summer, I love your idea about mirrors. I wondered if you could address fire safety with mirrors in windows? I've seen conflicting information and want to make sure that I would do it in a safe way. Thank you!
Thanks Jo. I'd have to look more into it. I don't have these in my southern exposed windows, as they get enough light and would probably get too hot for most of my plants, but in the NE windows, where it's not "hot" light, I can't imagine it would ever be a problem.
@@summerrayneoakes Thank you! I'm interested for my SE exposure, as most of my plants have to be set back a few feet from the window.
glossy/polished floor tiles/marble helps as well. It really reflect a lot of the lights in the house
getting rid of popcorn ceiling too!
I just need the right light fixture
for my lights but watching was great
I was just looking for new ways to bring more ways to bring more light to my plants. This video came at the perfect time. Thank you 🙏 Do you know if the GE grow lights would still be effective about 4-5 feet away from the plant?
If you're growing seeds, no. But 4-5 feet will give a modest low light for plants that are typically understory plants.
I wish you had said how much energy the lights spend and if it's not too much for the environment/planet
Thank you for the information I am going to do more with my mirror
I love the idea of adding grow lights to lamps! My biggest question is how do you cover windows from people seeing in without blocking light?
You could do two sheer curtains.
It seems logical to me that making the room brighter / giving the plants more ambient light will give them more light so they grow better, but have you ever checked with a light measuring tool if it actually does make a difference?
And does the LED strip work over long periods of time or is it just a small help to get seedlings started?
Can you make a video on what plants to be used for wood mount other than staghorn fern and how to take care of that .
great suggestion.