How to assess light: "bright indirect light" vs where should I put my plant?
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This is so helpful! Light needs is the most difficult concept to understand as a novice plant parent.
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this is best video on light indoors I have seen
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Please make more of these videos.
One about your artificial light above the shelf would be awesome!
Yes! I promise that one is coming up soon!
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This is great, finally something different about light and plants instead of the same generic videos about "bright indirect light." Thank you, can't wait for next one!
Thanks! People need better guidelines on light...vague description of light is what kills plants!
Short, clear, and extremely helpful. I don’t remember adding any comment on youtube videos before this one. Thank you.
Really? Are you new to TH-cam?
Fantastic video! I’m a science teacher & this is exactly what I needed!
Loved science class! Keep inspiring young minds!
Best video I’ve seen about light for plants!!!
I really appreciate how you're not way too hyped and acting a fool like some of these other plantubers.
Finally understand the lighting instructions more, super helpful!! Thanks 🌿🌿🌿
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I love how smart your videos are. I wish I had watched them when I was a new plant parent. There is so much to learn from you. Gosh, you're a genius.
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Thank you, this is so much more helpful than vague "bright indirect light"! I thought my plants all needed to be in window sills to get any light and my calathea have gotten sooo crispy
Thanks Darryl! You coudnt describe a indoor situation better! I just loved the plants view!
You explained this perfectly 👌🏾
Wow thanks a lot for the detailed explanation! And graphs! Already feeling more confident in finding the best lighting for my plants 😆
Great job, Darryl!! Love the animations/visuals for the light and sun ☀️♥️
Thanks, Heather!!!
Your shirt lol
Thank you for this video! It reaffirms my current plant positioning when I doubt myself and want to move my plants around.
Excellent explanation Darryl :) Much needed!
I absolutely enjoyed this video! After watching your video I’ll be moving some plants around and I think they will be happier. I love your channel. Now, for the next one. Thank you.
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful and I'm sure your plants are happier!
This makes so much sense, I have watched a bunch of videos on light and still did not understand. Can you do an expanded version though going into a lot more detail? Thank you so much!
Another thing that would help me to know concerns the direction my windows face. Many other videos and tutorials say, for example, "place the plant about a foot away from a north-facing window." What if, for example, I live in an apartment with only south- and west-facing windows? Sun still comes in and I can calculate the hours the light is available but I assume the "strength" of the light is different from all directions. Thanks. I am another fan of your videos.
Super informative - thank you!!!!
Thank u. Very helpful. Merry Christmas
The best explanation of indirect bright light I've ever seen on YT! Thank you! Subscribed :)
This was a nice explanation of a pretty generic term. The breadth of sky view comparisons were great!
Informative. Need more on that.
Very helpful! Thank you.
Thank you for teaching us, personally been struggling with this for years
You're welcome! Making this connection is the first step to better houseplant care!
Really helpful! Thanks heaps
Thank you
What a FANTASTIC tutorial!
Darryl? Is that really you?
I’m happy to see you back on TH-cam!!
Thank you for sharing this...lighting or that I’m not providing it, worries me
Light is the most important but least understood concept for plants. I want to give people a concrete way to know if they are getting the light right. As such, one may come to face the reality that their space cannot support hundreds of plants!
I guess if you want to look after a plant, you need to think like a plant! Very informative, thank you
Cool T-shirt! Also, great information. I killed a fatsia japonica thinking I could leave it somewhere very sunny if I increased watering, the poor thing just stopped drinking and died very quickly 😔 if there were more similar sized or bigger plants around it then it would have probably sought a bit of shade from them but I ignorantly had it surrounded by seedlings. Interestingly, I’ve had a small avocado tree for a year and a half now getting near zero sunshine but has constant indirect light and it’s grown at least 3 feet so far with huge, healthy leaves! And the best ever - a calathea rufibarba, notoriously fussy, has been quite strong near (but not beside) a north facing window here in Ireland. It got a bit of draught damage in its previous spot but bounced back. It would definitely prefer more light as it’s underside isn’t so dark red as it could be but it’s been happily drinking, “waking & sleeping” and slowly growing in its current home.
Wow, where have you been? Glad to see you’re back...please do an update on your houseplants, it’s been a very long time 🤗
Yes more about light!
This video was IT! Thank you.
Yes this vid is SUPER HELPFULL for me as a new plants mama. Can you recommend when is the best time to put the plants imto sunlight? Thank you
very professional knowlege for our beginners. thx
holy shit, welcome back!
This was so incredibly helpful, you have no idea. I was struggling with my aglonema, didnt know where I should place it. This video was recommended at the right time. Thank you. Also, please can you make a video about placing plants on open roof and in which direction (east west etc) plants of flowering categories, crotons etc should be placed. And how to manage sun exposure during different seasons of the year. Thanks again.
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Can you please do a video on lighting for plants? Like grow lights?
This is clearlest video about light!Others TH-camrs lie! My calateas are dying! Now, I'll put it where they see more sky and receive a few hours of direct sunlight!
The complication is the fact that the sun moves across the sky but the sky itself provides the indirect light. You want maximum view of the sky BUT IF the sun comes into the view for LONGER than 2-3 hours, block it with a white sheer curtain. Understanding this complication is key.
Is that why plants in office settings do so well because they have florescent light all over.. which means grow lights are needed
Thanks for this video!!!! I have a monstera adansonii - and I’m so confused as to where I should put it! 😫 thank you for this!
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Thank God for this video 😅
This is genius
Very informative, thank you! Can you do a video about darkness as well? How much do the plants need, minimum and maximum? I have a street light directly outside of my apartment window that turns on at night. Does that mean I should not put plants in that window? I also live in Scandinavia, which means the variation in hours of light is very big depending on the season. How does that effect my plants? Do I need to take any special considerations? Thank you!
Thank you for your video Daryll.. Very informative. Would you do a video on begonia gryphon (or your begonias in general) care please, because i don't see any plant youtubers own that one and you seem to have a lush one 💚🌿
That t-shirt.
Helpful, thanks
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Amazing!
in which case, should we change the plants of place according to the solstices? The positioning of the sun changes according to the year, correct? And if in a certain period, I do not have the most favorable window to offer?
If the plant must have direct sun, then yes. But a wiser way would be to acquire plants that grow well in your space as is ;)
Thank you so much for this video. Pls help me to place my some indoor plants
1. Spider plant
2. Rubber plant
3. Orchid
Looks like they are not growing. I have south facing big window. And there is a wall on west side of my room, I have all my plants placed there. It gets some direct light for few hours in a day.
So an east facing window basically? Unless next to a window they will have no sky view?
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Does indirect light means placing the plant near window pane.Please reply.coz I live in middle East . cannot open windows in deserty area.
can you explain the amount of sunlight required for a healthy pepper plant grow indoor? thank you.
What about leaf burn in direct light?
great videos and book! where can i get that thirst tho? :D
Thanks! The link is in the description :D
Found this video really helpful! Needing your advice regarding the faded leaves of my calathea exotica. I think I may have been exposing it to light for too long which caused the leaves to loose its bright green colour. Is there a way to fix this?? Pls help!!!
maybe I'm a golden retriever but there's a high pitch whistling sound that nearly killed me in this video
I apologize - there definitely was a sound that I couldn't hear while editing but somehow got into the final cut. I've figured it out for future videos!
My peace lilies in balcony are dying even if I placed it in shaded area pls help :(
It turns yellow then brown :(
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hi! but what about the artificial light. i see you have a cissus discolor, i have mine on a totem and under artificial light and its about 8ft from my window, so it can get pretty bright, but it sits upwards on the wall... i wish i could have you come to my house and help me
If you use a grow light, you MUST get a light meter. There's no meaningful way to assess the strength of artificial light without a light meter.
@@HousePlantJournal thank you. I'm not getting great readings on mine.. but my oxalis is under it and loves it.. does your discolor grow slow?
@@jsegrest83 the discolor is gone now. It gradually thinned out but also developed a thrips infestation so I discarded it, not wanting to spread the infestation. What exactly is "not great readings" to you?
@@HousePlantJournal not accurate ... it will say too dark or it says bright or in the middle... do u have a ig? I could send u a photo of my light tomorrow. I'm in Pennsylvania so we have mixed days right now
@@jsegrest83 you must be using a light meter app. My IG is houseplantjournal
What about for a monstera ?
Monstera is tropical foliage: widest possible view of the sky but direct sun tolerance is 2-3 hours
House Plant Journal oooh thanks ! I just got one, so I’m figuring out where to put it :P
What is that high pitched buzzing sound 😭
LITERALLY WHAT IM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
Am I the only one that hears a high pitch sound? Its so bothering for me that I was unable to watch the whole video :(
Isolde Irene López-Oliver Reimers just turn down the volume and you wont hear the hum of background machinery 🙄🙃