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title: "Is 10 feet or so from a south facing window good enough light? I…"
description: "Is 10 feet or so from a south facing window good enough light? I recently bought this plant stand. I haven’t been able to find a great place to put it in my…"
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# Is 10 feet or so from a south facing window good enough light? I…

_Posted by Pchee on 2024-02-09_

Is 10 feet or so from a south facing window good enough light? I recently bought this plant stand. I haven’t been able to find a great place to put it in my room yet. The best place where I looked aesthetic and seemed like it was getting a lot of light was in thid corner as shown, but I’m a little bit afraid that it’s gonna be too far away from the window as the plants need. The wall to the right of the stand is ~10-11 feet from the windows, which are across the room. Do you think I should find another spot for this? Or is it okay? I figured since it is a south facing window that gets a lot of light not blocked by trees or anything it might be okay.

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## 7 comments

### Cherrybergher commented on 2024-02-09

No 10 feet away is not enough light. More like 1-2 feet away for most plants in a south facing window.

#### Pchee replied on 2024-02-09

Got it. Thank you!

### Morgan commented on 2024-02-09

If you are set on being further back for some of your plants, you could consider grow lights.

### ToPlantHarmony commented on 2024-02-10

Looking at that corner, and considering it’s 10 ft away, I think that level of lighting would be considered shade. You could totally get a grow light though, since there’s a plug next to it!

#### Pchee replied on 2024-02-10

Thank you ☺️☺️

### Dondoo52 commented on 2024-02-10

I agree with other posters however, I wouldn’t put the grow light directly on the plants because at least one of them that I recognize does not like direct sunlight.😉

#### Dondoo52 replied on 2024-02-10

Good to know! Thanks!

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