How to ensure your grow lights help your succulents
Using Grow Lights for Succulents
In this section, the speaker discusses how to use grow lights for succulents and their effectiveness.
Benefits of Grow Lights
- Grow lights help maintain a compact shape and beautiful colors in succulents.
- The amount of light needed varies depending on the height and location of the succulent.
Types of Succulents that Respond Well to Grow Lights
- String of dolphins flatten out into a dolphin shape under grow lights.
- Echeverias do well with 12 hours under grow lights.
- Haworthia needs less direct light and should be kept further away from the grow lights.
Placement of Succulents Under Grow Lights
- Distance between succulents and grow lights should be about 12 inches for smaller plants like echeveria lilac mist.
- For taller plants, increase distance between plant and light source to avoid burning or damage.
Adjusting Light Exposure
- Adjusting the amount of time that they're on can help bump up growth in some cases, such as leaving them on for 14 hours instead of 12 hours per day.
- Swapping out bulbs or moving lamps closer can also change the amount of light exposure received by succulents.
Understanding Grow Lights for Succulents
In this section, the speaker talks about how to use grow lights for succulents and what to look for when setting up a grow light system.
Using Grow Lights for Succulents
- The speaker suggests experimenting with the amount of time and distance between the grow light and the succulent.
- Ghost plants are used as an example of how grow lights can help keep succulents healthy.
- When setting up a grow light system, it's important to find a nice and compact one that works well for your specific succulent.
- The speaker provides tips on what to look for when choosing a grow light system.
Conclusion
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- String of dolphins (also known as string of stingrays) is mentioned as an appropriate name for flattened out succulents.