Plant Tip: Try Daylight Bulbs
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- Published on Tuesday, August 05 2014 06:47
- Written by BCG Editors
If you want to grow plants indoors and don't have a nice, sunny, south-facing window, try using daylight bulbs. Get a cheap work lamp or two that can clamp onto something nearby (you can also clamp it to a tall stick stuck into your plant's container). Put a daylight bulb into the lamp (which mimics sunlight and will provide the plant with enough energy to grow), and give it 8 to 10 hours of light a day. Just make sure the lamp isn't too close to the container plant (or it will burn the leaves) and that you don't overwater the plants. Indoor plants are easy to overwater, which will result in fungus gnats, mushrooms and possibly plant disease.
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