I have never used grow lights before!! This is my first season growing succulents,& i've been successful at it so far,with the help of everyone on ATP!!!!
I have a pot of Sedum 'Rubrotinctum',that grew wonderfully outside.
The first picture was taken with my camera but it takes very fuzzy picture's,so the other 2 are taken with my phone but the date on the first one is the day all 3 were taken.
These picture's were taken not long before they came inside & went under the lights.Someone told me that one of the biggest problems with over wintering this type of plant was they would grow leggy.That's why i bought the grow light to put some of the tender succulents under that took full sun.My husband suggested maybe the light wasn't strong enough, it's strong enough that plants to the side's of the light will grow toward the light & i have to turn & move my plants to keep them growing straight.I have started putting it in outside in the morning in the sun.When i bought these particular plants i did so at different times & the 2nd. pot said 'brown beans' instead of 'pork & beans'.Has anyone heard of 'brown beans' or could this be a nursery preference name,i know nurseries are good at doing this.But if you look at the first pictures the ones grouped together that are greener than the other's are the 2nd. pot bought & labeled 'brown beans',and if you noticed they do seem to look more brown,the other turned blood red.
Here's pictures after being under the grow light less than a month.
I don't know if you can see these plants were taken with my camera (at least they're dated) the green leggy parts seem to be new growth,like new off shoots from the side,bottom or popping up out of the soil from the roots.
Can anyone give me any advice or tell me what i'm doing wrong? Should i start a thread on grow lights & their strengths for succulents.
OH YEA,my light is a T-8,there's 5,8 & 12 right then mine is the middle one.But if this plant needs the heat as much as the sun that may be the problem.
When it was sold to me the salesman said it was a full spectrum but without heat,they were out.He told me i could use the lights they put in tanks with reptiles,they are the same as grow lights with the heat.
Desperately needing advice or a link or what to do with these plants that think they are little baby stretch armstrongs!!
THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE OR HELP WITH A USEFUL LINK OR ANYTHING!!! I can't find a site that explains growing under lights especially succulents that i can even understand.Most of the ones i've found are for people that already know something about it.I need" using grow lights for dummies"
