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Questions tagged [sunlight]

For questions about quantity of sunlight.

Light is essential for photosynthesis. With the exception of houseplants under artificial lighting, all plants receive this in the form of solar radiation (aka 'sun').

Plants vary greatly with regard to the amount of light they require or tolerate. Use this tag for questions about how much sunlight a plant should receive or can tolerate. Sunlight can vary by length of time and intensity.

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Will reflected light, from a mirror, work on plants?

There is a space in our house where we would like to put plants in, however, the closest window is about 15ft away and only from one side. I was wondering if adding mirrors, to the darker side to reflect the light, would help.
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Morning vs Evening Sun?

I am going to be planting some flowers into a few flower beds in my house. The sun essentially rises in the back of my house and sets in the front. So this gives about half/half as far as the sun goes (With the south flowerbed getting slightly more…
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What is an appropriate amount of light for a half barrel water garden?

I'm planning on building a water garden on my south facing deck. I plan on having water cover plants and fish. I also plan on having the barrel elevated a few centimeters to allow air flow. I'm located in the North West and I figure the spot I'm…
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How many more hours of sun will my plants get in the summer

We just moved to a new place so I am not sure what spots get what amount of sun during the summer hours. I found a website to calculate the angle the sun will be during any given month but I'm not sure how to factor in the height of the house and…
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Why is this plant slanting towards one side?

I had planted this golden duranta from seed about one month ago, presently it's growing but is slanting/tilted towards one side as you can see. When I took this pic in the afternoon, it was still somewhat tall but during cloudy days or in the…
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Wanting to plant shade plants? But where?

My house is a north facing house.....however I feel like there isn't really an actual shady spot anywhere? Even the northside gets the morning sun for quite a bit of time. I have a bleeding heart plant that is on the northside of the house that does…
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Is reflected sunlight the same quality as direct sunlight?

I have a spot that receives small sunlight... I was wondering what devices can I use or how can I reflect sunlight from other locations... and if that would help. For example, I saw that if you have a transparent tube filled with water, it would act…
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sunlight through 3D printed vase

I am planning to print vase using 3D printer. I am using transparent material. Will plant inside get sunlight through material ? I will keep top open, I want to know how deep I can put plant into vase. I don't have much experience in gardening…
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How much sunlight do elephant ears need?

These elephant ears/taro (Colocasia esculenta) have put out leaves, three plants in all. Two of them have only one small leaf and the third one has two big leaves and two small ones. These have been kept in complete shade all the time. Should I…
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What is the level of sun on the north side of this railing?

I am planning some container plantings that will go on the north side of a deck railing very much like this one (in the Northern Hemisphere): Without the railing, this location would receive unobstructed sun from essentially sunrise to sunset. I am…
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