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title: "While I do find the Planta light meter useful to get a general idea…"
description: "While I do find the Planta light meter useful to get a general idea of a spot, the $5 Lux Light Meter has been my jam due to the foot-candle measurement; if…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Dave_opuntiaface"
published: "2023-07-09T19:13:59.121Z"
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# While I do find the Planta light meter useful to get a general idea…

_Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2023-07-09에 게시함_

While I do find the Planta light meter useful to get a general idea of a spot, the $5 Lux Light Meter has been my jam due to the foot-candle measurement; if you don’t know what a foot-candle is, then you haven’t spent full weekends each new 2023 season marking up screenshots with times and locations to figure out how to get light requirements without moving a table twice a day for the rest of your life. Also, one doesn’t need to know what a foot-candle is to successfully grow plants haha.

This would also not be a problem if I could do math and relate it to an Almanac of the sun’s position each season. I asked a grad student to calculate this, but she just laughed.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/6d29decc09a24c5985c034cfac56aadf.webp?size=large)

## 5개의 댓글

### Roundshouse Plants님이 2023-07-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

One of the reasons I love plants. The science of it is my happy place. I used to keep track on a legit spiral notebook from year to year. Now I leave myself notes in Planta! I'll have to check out that light meter. Thanks for posting!

### Danika님이 2023-07-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Oh sweet! I was just looking to buy an inexpensive light meter. Thanks for the tip!

#### Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2023-07-10에 답변했습니다.

Seriously, though. I have all the analog types of water meters and was almost pulling trigger on a fancy light meter when my friend said “use your phone’s meter.” Three more clicks and I found Lux. And now I check the lighting strength at restaurants

### Danika님이 2023-07-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Also, do you know about houseplantjournal .com? This guy is amazing. He cataloged every plant type by how much light/foot candles they need. Super helpful.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/z8NlNnzN2bCQiikKWmC4jfK47VZM9QjYJXPHMlEmazc/1a869063745249df98121afc2269e477.webp?size=large)

#### Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2023-07-10에 답변했습니다.

I think HPJ is how I got here ha. I have a similar sheet I started when I was working late and needed a distraction from the tedious tasks of deploying software changes. Mine is way sloppy, and I have a tendency to expand the scope of a project I’m making up. Like adding the climate conditions in São Paulo right now. I went pretty deep ha. I’m going to use this template

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