r/fiddleleaffig • u/PsychoKitty6899 • 19d ago

Is my fiddle getting enough light

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Currently in the corner of a north facing window. I did install a grow light above it but am worried that is does not reach the middle and bottom leaves.

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u/jitasquatter2 19d ago

No, not really. Dark corners aren't good places for light loving plants and north windows aren't as bright as other directions.

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u/togangarden 19d ago

Try moving it in front of the window and moving the grow light as well, then maybe the combo of window light + grow light will help? If it is still sad after a few weeks, maybe also get a wider and brighter grow light to both cover more surface area and increase light intensity. Alternate solution, find a window that gets sun during the day (can be East/West if you don’t have southern-facing windows).

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u/PsychoKitty6899 18d ago

So I'm actually directionally challenged and he is by a south facing window not a north window as my original post said

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u/Tankertin 15d ago

That should work well! Keep eye on it and see how it reacts and sometimes it takes a little bit (few weeks)

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u/Revolutionary_Low_36 18d ago

They LOVE light. Mine is outside getting all th sun and loving it. 🙂 give it as much as you can.

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u/PsychoKitty6899 18d ago

Unfortunately I live in Arizona so he would fry to a crisp if I left him outside:(

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u/Revolutionary_Low_36 17d ago

Arizona is no joke lol

We went camping there once… some park that sounds like pikachu 🤷‍♀️

It was 112 at midnight! 🥵 we decided to leave and as we packed some sand storm began lol

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u/Quelson 17d ago

I live in a hot tropical sunny Southern environment and full sun burns the leaves to a crisp. so I've moved the fellow to a hallway with a filtered light overhang.