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Swapped my grow lights for south-facing windows and never looked back
I used to run two 300W LED panels for my indoor succulents, but after moving to a new apartment in Portland with huge south windows, I switched to natural light about 6 months ago. The color on my echeverias got way deeper, and I stopped dealing with leggy growth. Anyone else ditch artificial lights for natural sun on their plants?
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ryan9528d ago
Wait, you're in Portland and you ditched artificial lights completely? I'm honestly shocked you made it through an entire winter there without your succulents turning into sad, stretched-out ghosts. I mean, I get that the color on echeverias gets wild under real sun, but up here in the Pacific Northwest you're basically gambling with overcast for months on end. I tried the same thing when I moved to Seattle and by February half my collection looked like it was begging for a light panel. How did you not lose like three inches of growth on everything?
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Feels like you're overhyping this a bit. Natural light is great and all but my LEDs give me consistent results year round without worrying about Oregon's grey winters. Pretty sure a lot of people just get lazy and blame their lights when the real issue is watering or soil mix.
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