Is it possible to illuminate seedlings with ordinary flashlights: we know the exact answer

03.11.2023 18:22

If tomato seedlings stretch out, ficus loses leaves, and hibiscus does not bloom, there is only one reason - lack of light.

To solve the problem, you will have to take care of artificial lighting, advises the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

However, this does not mean that you can illuminate plants with the light coming from a regular flashlight.

Such a device will only harm them, since it emits heat and leads to the heating of seedlings and “green pets”.

The correct solution in such a situation is to use phytolamps and only them.

Seedling
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Although it may not be obvious, they are significantly different from ordinary lamps.

Phytolamps emit light in the spectrum that plants need to grow.

The blue (violet) and red ranges play a decisive role. The first of them is the basis of photosynthesis, while the second is important for such a process as germination of grains.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti