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title: "If this grow light only hits the top of this plant, does that mean…"
description: "If this grow light only hits the top of this plant, does that mean the bottom trailing vines will loose their variegation? Or do they get their energy too make…"
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community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "Carrie"
published: "2024-05-04T06:09:49.435919Z"
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# If this grow light only hits the top of this plant, does that mean…

_Posted by Carrie on 2024-05-04_

If this grow light only hits the top of this plant, does that mean the bottom trailing vines will loose their variegation? Or do they get their energy too make variegation from the top

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## 3 comments

### Jmruff11 commented on 2024-05-04

One the plant put the leaf out the variegation won't change. If anything it will get darker as the leaf matures. When it comes to the light it's hard to know. I had one under an old grow light then as soon as I changed it all my leaves were heavily variegated.

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#### Carrie replied on 2024-05-08

Did the leaves that were not being hit by the grow light change too green?

#### Jmruff11 replied on 2024-05-12

No I still had good variegation but the majority of my plant was getting good light. However once the leaf is produced the variegation shouldn’t change much regardless of the lighting situation.

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