FREE Plant Care Tips via E- mail. This week we focus on winter light and a few things to keep in mind. As we start dragging out all the holiday decorations, it's easy to make room for everything else by pushing our plants into the corner and out of the way. Keep this in mind when moving plants around during the holidays.
All plants require some light whether natural or artificial.
During the holidays your household may like to keep the lights a little lower and enjoy the colors of the season. That extra 3 to 4 hours of reduced lighting that your plants would normally receive coupled with the possible plants' movement to lower light areas can cause your plants problems. Many plants that can grow in 150 foot candles may not fare too well in the 75 foot candle range. There is an architectural trend going on these days. The trend is that buildings are getting darker.