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Mia

Hi everyone! I just hung up my plants earlier today and now I’m feeling a little nervous about the change. They’ve been on the windowsill for the past 3 years, and I moved them off to hang them up. My windows are north-facing and the room does get good light, but I’m worried it might not be enough and that they won’t do as well in the new spot. Would love any advice or reality checks from your experience with hanging plants - especially after moving them from a long-time home. Really appreciate you all 🤍 Plants shown from left to right: Marble queen pothos Variegated baby sun rose and Monastera Neon pothos Chinese money plant

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  1. Ikares

    I’m no expert, but I think you have some low light plants, meaning plants that are usually on the forest floor that grow under the tree canopy. In my opinion, they should be fine.

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  2. Madison

    The only thing is that they will be getting a lot less light hanging in the window light like vs being directly in the windowsill. If you want, you can download a free light meter app or buy a cheap one off of Amazon to see how much light they’re getting now.

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    • Mia

      Thanks for your advice! I’ve attached photos to the post that show the intensity of the light coming from the window to the plants that are hanging. I will look into the light meter options you suggested. I know planta app has one so will test that out shortly. Question for you — Before when the plants were on the windowsill, the fuller parts of my plants were facing towards the window. Now, I have the fuller pants facing towards the living room and away from the window. Would you suggest I move them back towards the window? And do you have any guidance on which plants should need more light than the others? I’ve listed the plant types in the post. Thanks!

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  3. 9s

    Hi, if you can name your plants in your set up, it’ll help. From what I can see, from top left, pothos will be fine up there, I can’t see what the second plant is, third plant may be a Hoya? This is a high light and needs top down light. Pilea is the 4th one and needs all around indirect light. Bottom row hanging off second planter is an adansonii, which prefers higher light but can tolerate medium. In my opinion, if you imagine your face where your plant pot is, can you, at any point of the day, see a part of the sun? If you can’t, it’s too low light for most medium light plants. More than 4 hours, I would consider medium light. And if you see the sun for more than 8+ hours, it’s high light. The important thing is that the sun can see the tops of your pots. A lot of vining plants tend to get bald if there’s no top light and becomes a long vine.

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    • Mia

      Thank you for the advice! I just updated the post with a list of the plants that are hung up. I found something on Amazon that could help with plants that need top light (pic attached). I’m also considering hanging the plants a bit lower since I find the higher up they are positioned, the less light they are getting from the window.

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    • Mia

      Also, now that I’ve listed the plant types in the post, do you have any guidance on which plants need more light than the others? Your feedback here will help me understand the best possible order of plants in the line up!

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    • 9s

      Hey girly! Sorry I didn’t see your response!! Marble Queen is a medium light plant. Low light will give you brown on the variegated parts that should be white. Variegated baby sun rose is a high light plant. If you want the pink in it, it prefers full sun to sun stress. You cannot achieve full sun indoors but it can still be a happy green. Monstera is a high to medium tolerant. Medium light, you get more long vines and smaller leaves. High light, you get a compact plant with big leaves. I personally think this is up to everyone to decide how they want their own aesthetic to be - I like the bigger leaves but the smaller leaves look so cute trailing on shelves. Chinese money plant is a bright indirect light plant. In high light, it’ll sweat and the tips of the leaves will start to burn and brown. Think of the light behind a sheer curtain with the sun shining through it - that’s kind of the range it wants. Not in the dark but getting speckled sunlight. Lemme know if you need more help 🫰

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    • Mia

      Thank you so much! 💗

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