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title: "I’m thinking my grow lights aren’t bright enough for my plants. They…"
description: "I’m thinking my grow lights aren’t bright enough for my plants. They are mounted to the side of the entertainment center and are full spectrum and on for 12…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Curly Jo"
published: "2026-05-04T23:27:15.725535Z"
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# I’m thinking my grow lights aren’t bright enough for my plants. They…

_Posted by Curly Jo on 2026-05-04_

I’m thinking my grow lights aren’t bright enough for my plants. They are mounted to the side of the entertainment center and are full spectrum and on for 12 hours per day. I love my setup but my plants are growing super slow it seems. If I add another light, I would like it to be something maybe tall and definitely unobtrusive in my little plant corner. Any suggestions?

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## 3 comments

### Curly Jo commented on 2026-05-04

This is how bright the lights are, there are no other lights on in the room in this pic

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### Phil commented on 2026-05-05

You have a difficult situation because you have plants that’s need light in abundance with plants that need a lot less. Your current lighting doesn’t look to be sufficient. My tropical shelving is from Barrina. Each shelf is a 38 watt LED tube. Barely enough for some of those plants. 16 hours a day. The succulent lights are much brighter. Unfortunately it would be best to separate your plants by light need. I have the same issue. I want my plants to thrive but want it all to look good. But it’s all compromise unless you can cram all your plants around a bright window.

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### EllenLikesPlants commented on 2026-05-05

I’m not sure of a good solution either as I’m in a similar boat! Spent some time today researching grow lights for my office but not finding any that actually looked attractive.

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