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Houseplant Care - Light

All plants require light to produce food. Outdoors that is not a problem but for houseplants light can be quite limited.
I recently did a search for "houseplant care" and was surprised to see that the top, non-paid search result defined high light for an indoor plant as any light for more than six hours a day. Here is a quote from that result -
"Houseplants typically require high light (six or more hours a day), medium light (four to six hours a day), or low light (less than three hours a day)."
That is not accurate and I hope if you find that website you will go on to other results or visit my website on Houseplant Care.
Dieffenbachia Houseplant
Light is measured in intensity using a light meter and we use foot candles as a measure of light for interior landscaping.
Low light, medium light and high light fall between 25 foot candles to 250+ foot candles. Low light is at the lower end of that measurement and high light at the upper end.
The amount or length of light that houseplants require is 8 to 12 hours a day. Medium to high light is okay for just about any houseplant for a minimum of 8 hours. That is if you want to keep them growing and looking good.
Morning sun is generally okay but hot afternoon sun may not be suitable for some houseplants.There are many things that affect the natural light indoors such as the size of your windows, the time of year, cloudy, overcast days and even lots of trees growing outside of your windows.
Keep these things in mind as you find a well lit place for your indoor houseplants! Good light is a requirement for healthy houseplants to keep them green and growing. www.PlantAndFlowerInfo.com
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