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title: "Snake plant lighting question…which of these 3 options is best?…"
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# Snake plant lighting question…which of these 3 options is best?…

_Sarah님이 2024-12-04에 게시함_

Snake plant lighting question…which of these 3 options is best? They’re my only 3 options for my house layout:

1\) directly in an East facing window  
2\) directly in a South/South East facing window that gets bright indirect light  
3\) under grow lights about 10 feet from a window

## 7개의 댓글

### Sunny님이 2024-12-04에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You should get a light meter or use a light meter app to measure the amount of light at each location. Then, check the lighting needs of the plants online. The grow light manufacturer will state the amount (ft-candles, lumens) of light their grow lights put out at certain distances.

Many variables affect light including location, time of year, weather conditions, obstructions, distance from the light source and even pollution. It’s more accurate to measure the light. 🍀🪴

#### Sarah님이 2024-12-04에 답변했습니다.

Thanks for the input. That’s not something I can do right now so I’m just taking my best guess since I don’t have a meter lol.

#### Lauren’s Plants님이 2024-12-04에 답변했습니다.

They have a light meter on this app that you can use. It works really well, they just recommend doing it around mid afternoon because that’s when it’s the brightest outside

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-04에 답변했습니다.

Go into the site. Click lighting. And at the top it measures the light, face your forward facing camera towards the light where the plant will be. It's pretty accurate, was only about 20 difference than my actual handheld light meter.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/LABcXOiTFudmBUCsau2S0dZnnxDdeMAvwSHhNs7sG2k/FdeisoNqRoec5-2cpg4ezg.webp?size=large)

### Alyssa님이 2024-12-04에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’d put it in the east facing window and then slowly transition it to the south east facing window, contrary to what people think, snake plants can actually tolerate lots more light and will grow more when given the chance, given that they’re from arid African plains originally. They survive in low light but thrive in higher light.

#### Sarah님이 2024-12-04에 답변했습니다.

It has been in the East facing window for a few months and considering moving it to the SE window. You think it’s been long enough to now be in the SE full time?

#### Alyssa님이 2024-12-04에 답변했습니다.

Oh totally, especially in these winter months I’m sure it would love all the sun, sadly my place only has east facing so I’m low key stressing over my plants this winter lol

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