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Apr 7, 2021 8:13 PM CST
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ignova said:

Each home will be different. For some people this will be fine. The best way to be sure is to use some form of light meter. There are free ones you can download for your phone. The absolute accuracy of these is not great, but if you check your measurements against e.g. full sun outside you can get a decent idea of how much light you have. You could also just try growing plants and see what happens. Sticking tongue out If your plants start getting stretched out and weak-looking (i.e. etiolated) then you know they're not getting enough light.



I usually default to the trial and error method.
I have found that coffee, tea, and rose can all agree on one thing... water everyday.

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