For bonsai plant gardening indoor light often becomes inadequate. The light is better outdoors, which is the reason why bonsai plants are mostly grown outdoors. It may not be perceptible to our eyes, but the reality is gardening light levels drop sharply, the more you are away from a natural source of light.

It is said that the yard grow light levels reduce by half, with every 50cm from the window. This means light for plant growth is too low, even if you are having a bright windowsill. Glass cuts off most of the UV rays that plants need for photosynthesis. Bonsai trees near windows facing south may fail to get enough lights, but the sun might burn their leaves.

Inadequate light is certain to spoil plant growth. Any attempt made to grow will result in long internodes, and the plants tend to become ‘leggy’. In the effort to catch maximum light, leaves will become over-sized. To get the required gardening grow indoor light, trees grown indoors should be placed near sunny windowsills or provided with fluorescent lamps above it. This could be more than enough for many tropical plants but not so for ordinary woody temperate species.

Aquarium lights or ordinary fluorescent lamps kept about 6 inches above the tree for 14-16 hours every day can be used as supplementary lighting arrangement. Also it is not advisable to place trees near windowsills, closed with curtains during night. The temperature in between the

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