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title: "Sooooo I happen to live in a basement where I get good light for the…"
description: "Sooooo I happen to live in a basement where I get good light for the plants I have! However, as the months get colder I don’t get as much sun down here! What…"
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author: "Britt Brat"
published: "2025-08-15T04:34:00.296479Z"
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# Sooooo I happen to live in a basement where I get good light for the…

_Posted by Britt Brat on 2025-08-15_

Sooooo I happen to live in a basement where I get good light for the plants I have! However, as the months get colder I don’t get as much sun down here! What grow lights work best? I have an extra terrarium grow light will that work the same? Do plants need different light bulbs? Sorry for the little rant! I want them to live through the Utah winter!! (Some of my babies included)

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## 5 comments

### Amie206 commented on 2025-08-15

IMO Soltech has the best lights. That said many people here swear by barrina or sansi. One thing that helped me understand lighting (second most important thing after water) was reading “The New Plant Collector” by Darryl Cheng. It has SO MUCH info on carrying for a wide variety of houseplants and he really explains how much light a variety of plants need

#### Britt Brat replied on 2025-08-15

I’ll have to check that out thank you!!

#### happysoxdonkey replied on 2025-08-16

It’s a great book. Also his book the new plant parent is awesome too.

### happysoxdonkey commented on 2025-08-15

I have two Sansi grow lights and they’re fantastic. Got them on Amazon.

#### Britt Brat replied on 2025-08-16

I’ll have to check them out!! I keep seeing packs of grow light bulbs that I can just screw into a lamp but I wasn’t sure if they are worth it!!

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