which light makes the flowers grow the best?

Question

which light makes flowers grow the best ? incandescent light or sunlight. also what other lights are there that are available at my house

Answer 1

I'm always amazed that people think sunlight is full spectrum light. Stars (our sun) each have a distinct spectrum of light that astronomers use for identification. In addition, a planets atmosphere will filter out various wavelengths. Finally the amount of atmosphere light travels through makes a big difference. Light is bluest at noon, on a mountain, at the equator. Light is reddest at sunrise or sunset, on a beach, near one of the poles. New technology can produce lighting superior to sunlight for plant growth but it's expensive. As to the second part of your question, "other lights around the house". A four foot shop light lamped with one cool white and one warm white bulb produce more usable light than expensive "grow lights". CFs (compact fluorescent) are the new kid on the block and come in many different "flavors" of light. One, called 'Sunlight' by Lights of America, is a very good plant light.

Answer 2

Wikipedia appears to have a list of various house plants and their lighting requirements, linked below. The minimum listed is 1000 lux. I believe an incandescent globe emits less than half that amount of light, though I couldn't find a reliable source on this.

You'll likely need some kind of bright light box, which essentially emulates sunlight. My search for just that is what led me here. Hope this helps. I'd be happy to help you out further if I can.

Answer 3

Sunlight makes plants grow better. While incandescent light has the same spectrum of light as sunlight, the relative intensity of sunlight is much higher, especially in the parts of the spectrum the plant finds useful.

Answer 4

Sunlight is best. Incandescent light tends to be "yellow" that is the reason it is difficult to see yellow marks on white paper in that light.
Daylight tubes are also better than the filament bulbs.

Answer 5

Sunlight. Natural light is the best light.

Answer 6

You want to find a "full spectrum" light, which sunlight is. You can get full spectrum from special fluorescent, and sodium arc lights work well too.

Answer 7

i'm no professional, yet one challenge i will imagine of is that you'll nicely be watering too a lot and the small flora are demise from damping off. it truly is a fungus that kills seedlings. Or it ought to easily be that the circumstances are not proper for the plant to advance. possibly it isn't the right soil or the flora are not being drained staggering.

Answer 8

Sunlight not diectly falling on the flower.

Answer 9

I suppose its sunlight. Its natural and anyway it traps SUNlight. Haha! =D

Answer 10

natural man. sunlight.