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Will Plants Survive Indoors Without Sunlight?

March 19, 2022 by Cindy
will plants survive indoors without sunlight

All houseplants need some light to survive. Plants harvest solar energy and turn it into sugar they can burn to grow and flower. Without sunlight, your indoor plants will soon wither and die. Will plants survive indoors without sunlight? No, they won’t (at least not for long). They may survive a few days to a … Read more

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Is Light Through a Window Direct Sunlight for House Plants?

November 4, 2021July 30, 2019 by Cindy
Sunlight through a window

Some houseplants need direct sunlight and others need indirect, but what does that really mean? We set out to discover if the plants we were growing in “direct” light were truly getting the rays they need. Here’s what we found. Is light through a window considered direct sunlight? It depends. If the sun’s rays directly … Read more

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How to Know if Your House Plant is Not Getting Enough Sun

November 4, 2021July 29, 2019 by Cindy
Is Your Plant Getting Enough Sun?

All plant parents, at one time or another, have struggled with a houseplant that isn’t getting enough sun. We recently had a plant that just wasn’t thriving in indirect light. At first, we thought it was an issue with water or soil. But after some research, we found it was displaying all the signs of … Read more

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