How to Use a Light Meter for Houseplants
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 Published On Sep 22, 2024

Find out how to use a light meter for your indoor garden, and why it's important to measure the light around your houseplants. The naked eye is not a good judge of indoor lighting.
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Low-Light Plants (50 to 100 foot candles)
Arrowhead vine
Cast-iron plant
Chinese evergreen
Dracaenas, various
Peace lily
Pothos
Philodendron
Radiator plant
Sansevieria

Medium-Light Plants (100 to 300 foot-candles)
African violet
Aluminum plant
Anthurium
Coleus
Ctenanthe
Creeping fig
Croton
Dracaenas, various
Dieffenbachia
Ferns, various
Fiddle-leaf fig
Fittonia
Goldfish plant
Grape ivy
Lipstick plant
Palms, various
Peacock plant
Polka-dot plant
Prayer Plant
Purple velvet plant
Rubber tree
Schefflera
Spider plant
Split-leaf philodendron
Wandering Jew

High-Light Plants (300+ foot-candles)
Begonia
Cacti/Succulents
Citrus
Ficus benjamina
Orchids, various
Hoya
Zebra plant

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