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The plant shop in Portland sold me a 'low light' fern and it fried under my desk lamp in 4 days
I finally looked up what 'low light' actually means for ferns and it's not a dark corner, it's like 200 foot candles, which is way more than my apartment gets. Now I keep a $15 light meter app on my phone and I've stopped killing things, mostly. Does anyone else think plant labels should give actual numbers instead of vague words?
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miller.rowan29d ago
Wait, 200 foot candles is low light? I always figured low light meant something like a shady spot that gets a little sun now and then. A $15 meter app telling you your whole place is basically a cave is kind of a gut punch. No wonder every fern I've ever brought home turned brown and crispy.
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