Can plants grow under lights?

May 2021 7 139 Report

Can plants grow under lights?

so there is this cience thingy at my school and my friend asked if i wuld do it. so i thiught up this project that i like it is...what is the effect of lemonade,pepsi and water on plant growth. so i would get 3 same plants and .... so i wondered if plants could grow directly under the engery-savings bulbs in my room? oh and can u tell me if this is a godd idea for a project? if u have a better u can tell me! thanks! =)

Science & Mathematics / Botany

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Absolutely they can. It's the light they put out, not the amount of electricity they use, that matters. I raise African violets as a hobby, and mine are totally raised indoors under plain old shop lights with 40-watt fluorescent bulbs. I win blue ribbons at shows all the time :-)

Edit: To the person above who mentioned Seattle - I live just 15 minutes from downtown Seattle; I promise you that you do NOT have to have a "vitamin D" lamp (whatever the heck THAT is). As long as you have a bulb with a reasonable spectrum of light, you'll do just fine. If you get a fluorescent fixture, go for one "cool white" and one "warm white" tube, and you've got it made. A shop light is a cheap means of lighting an area for plants, and you can pick one up at any hardware store.

First it's an awesome idea for a project. It's on the study of pH balances effect on plant growth. Unfortunately, unless you have special growing lights, there going to have to sit near a window. I did a science project back in the day on the effects of salt and buoyancy by trying to float an egg in water and finding the right combination of salt and water to make the egg completely neutral buoyancy, meaning it is suspended in the container of salt water.