This "light" tutorial has got to be the most succinct, thorough explanation that I wished I understood beginning my plant hobby, but understand now, years later. Excellent information here. 30 year grower, and I'm agreed. So much more than a peperomia help vid!

The 'widest view to the sky' it really made me understand more. Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to care about other people’s plants! I had asked you a question on my watermelon peperomia on IG, you answered back and commented on the light, I fixed it right away and already the plant is looking much better!

Extremely underrated video

I have all my plants directly in front of a window or very close to one and they're sooo happy. It's because i followed your advice with "widest possible view of the sky".

This is why I find "advice" out there about plants so useless. "Low light tolerant" is the most ridiculous of all. No one explains what "evenly moist" or "filtered light" even means. There was a segment online about if you can comfortably read a book in a room that that is adequate light for most plants. THAT is completely wrong, since you can't lump houseplants into any "most plants" category. People also need to know (be warned) that moisture meters do a great job keeping people from overwatering, but they do not work accurately in chunky soil mixes. If you make your own chunky fast draining soil mixes, the meters will not read correctly in those mixes. People also need to know the needs of their species of plant. Obvious example: if you watered a cactus every time it's soil reaches dry on a meter, you would be overwatering! Obtusifolia has very succulent leaves and can be dry for a little while before needing water, very much like vining pothos. String of hearts, no mater how dry the soil is, should not be watered until the leaves are "soft" and lose their turgidity. People need to research the needs of each species that they own (light, water, temperatures) in order to get it right.

I’m collecting peperomias and yes - light is an important factor but to prevent rotting - we don’t just need for the soil to dry out as the moisture meter shows. We need to touch the leaves and make sure they are softer!! I have some peperomias placed in a really low light situation and I water some of them once per month!! Like 2 weeks after the soil dries out. Especially the varieties with super succulent leaves and stems.

Great video again! I have been doing what I saw you doing in one video: move my plants to a "working" spot when I wake up and then put them back to a "decorative" spot at night. It seems to work, no leaves damage with the cold air that goes through the window at night and I have started seeing new growth. I am also glad I got the light meter =)

Oh my God . This is awesome 👏🏻 Thank you for such a good video with instruction that is beyond any one comprehension. 🙏

So helpful! I’m having the exact same problem with peperomia, and you explained this in a really helpful, clear way. Now I feel like I need a light meter!

Excellent video! Now I understand about light. Thanks

Widest possible view was soooo helpful & simple to remember. My own peperomia thanks you!!

Very informative and useful tips!

Love your channel...i learn a lot from watching your videos 🙂

Amazing explanation!! Thank-you!!

Wow! Great information! Thank you!!

Thank you for explaining house plant lighting methods using window light.

I separated the pups from the mother plant and now I have 6 plants with the mother plant. I don't have a light or a moisture meter but I've kept them all in different ares of my apartment. I have south facing windows and lots and lots of direct light. I'm hoping I don't kill any of them and if I feel like one of them is doing really well then I plan to move them all to the same spot or another place with similar light. I've been really worried about watering but this info is super useful. Thank you!!

Very informative! Thank you!

Thank you so much!😢

To the point, accurate and informative

Thanks! That was very useful!

Thank you 😊

so helpful. thank you!!

Very helpful! Thank you

Unreal! Thanks!

Thank you so so much for my peperomia….hopefully mine is still able to be salvaged

Thank you great info

Great advice! I am dealing with East-south light and have been trying to find ‘the spot’. So far, my peperomia are getting about 2-3 hours of eastern light near the south window until 10:30am. Seems safe enough. Then they get indirect light for another 3 hours until the sun goes over the roof.

Thank you

I can’t get enough of you! You are so smart! 🤗🪴

well said sir.

Thank you! This is my current problem now too. I think my watermelon peperomia has root rot even if I used a moisture meter.

love. very helpful

However, and you are a genius. If they can't move it like (into brighter light) and the plant is doing okay in those conditions then it means letting the plant dry out a bit more past what the moisture meter says. Plants don't read the moisture meter and thus the plant still needed to dry out a bit more. The plant in the picture was not in a dark corner even though it did not have a large view of the sky from inside the house. A moisture meter is a tool along with everything else that you always discuss.

Just moved my plant to get more light. The new leaves were turning yellow and falling and the back of the leaves had white crystal like dots doesn’t look like bugs. Fingers crossed I find the problem

No doubt "placing the plants at the position where they can have the widest possible skylight" is a golden rule we should follow but in cases where we have limited space (in apartments, in particular) and hundreds of plants, some plants are bound to receive less light than the others. It really is a struggle.

I really want to thank you! Your video has helped me a lot... I'm from Chile, and I was having this same problem... My peperomia was turning a little bit black too and lost a little leaf, it was very sad for me i thought that I was watering it too much, but in my country now it's almost winter, and I haven't noticed that my plant was getting less sun that in summer, just because this seasonal thing. Thanks a lot!!!

Plz do a video on how you use your light meter. Also how you apply the numbers.

This also happened to my peperomia obtusifolia. It's not over watered and sits on my east facing window sill where on most days, it gets 2-3 hours of direct morning light. I am puzzled what could have caused this? Thank you.

Damn your good

Hello, I live in a colder place have snow for 3 months time to time ,I keep my phalaenopsis orchid near window, temperature is around 70 all the time, but I try to grow another orchid thru stem it always got rotten , what am I missing here ,I kept my plant in east directio where plants get around 1 hour direct light in the sunrise time, I use garlic water, rice water, aloe vera egg shell water all these things to keep them grow .I use well water not even city water also. I dont over water them ,I always make sure when roots are turning white I need to water .I used heat pad to keep higher temperature, I use lights for them to get enough lights on the shlef ,I also use humidifier for keeping enough humidity ,sometimes it dried alot sometimes it rott.☹

Honestly plant shops should label plants with recommended lumen/ lux levels.

I think saying a moisture meter is useless is a little bit over the top. It's not the perfect tool, but it can be a useful tool. You could say the same thing about a light meter. Having a light meter doesn't garantee your plant not drowning when watering.

I had my string of dolphins plant on my north facing window but it was not doing very well and I wondered why but then i watched some videos and realized that it was not getting enough sun so I put it in my kitchen That has two huge south facing windows so I put it on a table there and it started thriving and vining everywhere won’t make that mistake again 😬

If I were to just take out my plant from potting soil and clean the roots and just put the plant in water. Would it die?

I have a big question If a plant dies and you leave the land in the pot for months, can you go back to using the land? for another plant 🪴 The plant that died did not have a plague, only when I planted it, it died within days.

This problem just happened to my baby rubber plant now. What i did was repot it because i think its having root rot. I washed the root of the plant and placed it on a water for 15mins and repotted it. Its now day2 after repotting, maybe after day 3 ill place it back to where it can get direct sunlight for 2hrs(morning sun). Hope im doing the right things.

My plan did the same thing😳

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If put peperomina down below on floor in front of south facing big 3 kitchen windows, does it have to stay in bright light consistently cuz sun moves and neighbors palm tree blocks sun for a bit? It still getting sun?

Hey , recently stumbled upon your channel, awesome content..new subscriber..what is that plant on your table top in water ?

My dresina is also having black parts on it and i was keeping it on a medium to dark corner now i shifted it to a more brighter place It will survive or not ??

Now I need a light meter.. my epipremnum aureum is on 2m high wardrobe, over the whole 4,5-5m room opposite the window. There is one big and one small window over the whole wall though. I think it's still pretty bright place but you can't see any sky from that place.. :D (all three plants are thriving, putting out new leaves and we have them there for about 13years or something)

Should I cut the leaves that are turning brown ?

How about growing lights? I have growing lights and when I measure the light with an app it says it's insufficient because it doesn't take in the bulb as a light source. However, my plants (peperomia and string of hearts included) are growing nicely so far under a couple of growing lights. Will a light meter take into account the light that a growing light emits?

Do you have any advice on grow lights? Do you think its possible to have thriving plants with grow lights? The light in my new apartment is pretty bad, I have two wide windows, one is West facing but blocked by another apartment building and the other is not blocked by anything but is north facing. I'm currently supplementing light with a hanging grow light at night and keeping the plants in the window in the day. Its just a single bulb, I dont have the space for a large set up, and Ive been rotating plants under it.

If she had just read your book . . . Lol!

Hi Thanks so much for your video!!! I think so many people think they have killed their plants because of this simple rule of not giving the plant enough light and placing the plant in a position without enough light. I'm so lucky to only have large sliding doors instead of windows in my apartment. I only have one window, but many sliding doors. And I have huge balconies. Have you used the moisture metres that have a light metre in them as well, and if you have what do you think of them? Are they reliable- I haven't used one, but I don't really trust they can read the light compared to the digital one you use. What do you think?

Could it be because I was adding peroxide with water. All my plants had little bugs in the soil soil someone on a youtube video said to 3 parts water 1 part peroxide. Could I have over treated it??

Does it have to be natural sunlight to prevent root rot? or will grow lights have the same effect? I don't have great lighting in my home.

I live in a basement apartment and only have one window about two feet wide so I was wondering if putting a light over my plants would help with insufficient natural light

Great information...I really need care tips for a white bird of paradise plant in coco coir type soil

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How to watering peperomia?😢

Will grow light works if you don’t have any wide view of the sky in the windows?

Can artificial lighting be a substitute?

This case also happened to me now..can I still revive this plant? How? Please help. Your new subscriber from Philippines

Anybody know the optimum LUX or FC for ferns??

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