subject: Making Use Of Grow Lights For House Plants And Other Indoor Gardening [print this page] Not all of us are fortunate enough to live in areas where it easy to grow plant life. This includes house plants as well as other types of plants like vegetables. With so many of us wanting to be as green as we can be these days, even those of us who live in apartments or condominiums can grow some vegetation if we have the space. Sometimes if you live in an apartment or other closed in space where you have a limited number of windows, like a basement apartment, it can be hard to grow even the simplest of house plants. This is when an indoor grow light can be beneficial.
How many grow lights you will need depends on how many and what type of plants you have. If you are trying to grow plants indoors that require a lot of sunlight and you jut do not get enough in your home, then grow lights are indispensable. What makes using grow lights such a convenient and useful item is that you can make sure that your plants get the exact amount of light suggested for optimum growth and health. When they have had enough for the day, you can simply turn it off. There is no need to move the plants or provide shade for them like it might be necessary to do if they were outdoors.
Many people make use of indoor grow lights to help start seedlings for their flower or vegetable gardens. The grow light can accelerate the development of seedlings and get some plants ready for outdoor planting faster than if they were only exposed to sunlight. Grow lights can help you get your seedlings started long before the last frost has come so as soon as the ground outside has reached the recommended temperature for planting, your plants will already have a great head start. Of course, you will need to research each plant individually to know how much light they can take and how fast they should develop. Providing plants with just enough light can be important because exposure to much light could cause them to burn up.
If you are using your grow light for houseplants that are going to remain indoors permanently, then you should place your light above where they will be situated. If you are going to use a grow light for seedlings that will be moved outdoors, then you might want to have it placed in an outbuilding or perhaps even your garage. You can leave the light hanging there from year to year to use as you need it.
