Plants in the bathroom are great for several reasons, even if they aren’t in the house.
Cleanliness and health are maintained through these decorative ornaments and they also serve a practical purpose in your home environment.
Indoor plants are great for improving air quality by removing toxins from the air. While it’s a good idea to have plants in every room, bathroom plants are especially important because of the high humidity.
No matter what kind of bathroom you have, and regardless of the lack of windows or sunlight, you can still succeed by keeping the right plants in your bathroom.
Throughout this article, you will discover which plants thrive in bathroom settings with low lighting.
Can plants survive the darkness of a bathroom?
To survive and thrive, plants must undergo photosynthesis (a process of converting light energy to usable energy). Some plants require less light for this to happen, so success with bathroom plants starts with choosing the right plants. There are several ways of approaching this process.
- Make sure that the bathroom plant you select can grow well in low light conditions. Low light, high humidity bathrooms tend to suit plants originating from rain forests quite well. These circumstances can also be good for air plants, like bromeliads, and some succulents too.
- To expand your lighting options and add needed light to your bathroom, use a grow light and/or overhead fluorescent lighting.
- Make sure your bathroom plants are rotated so they can receive sunlight from another window.
- It is especially cruel to throw away cheap plants and replace them with others when they die due to lack of light (you should be ashamed if you do this).
- Buy silk or plastic plants and throw your hands in the air. Having artificial plants in your home will not benefit you with their air purification properties and Impostors pose a serious threat to the environment as a whole.
The ideal way to grow plants is to carefully select them and provide them with proper lighting if they need it. Fortunately, there are many suitable plants to choose from. rainforest plants can be found under the canopy.
How Expensive Is It To Use Artificial Light?
My research indicates that plants need sunlight, so artificial plant lights might be an option for your bathroom houseplants.
The full-spectrum light bulbs are affordable and can benefit both you and your plants. If your bathroom lights only use regular light bulbs, you can replace them with full-spectrum bulbs for just a bit more.
The bathroom can benefit from a greater quality of natural light with full-spectrum bulbs. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is wintertime depression caused by seasonal mood disorders. Full-spectrum lighting is a proven mood elevator.
You can also get full-spectrum CFL grow light bulbs quite affordably. You don’t want to use them in overhead sockets for a couple of reasons. First, flipping them on and off can wear them out too quickly.
Second, these bulbs are best placed near plants for better results.
The bulbs in any lamp can be used to provide direct light to your plants so they grow well in your bathroom while providing you with comfortable lighting.
It’s well worth the expense to keep a grow light bulb or two burning continuously, since it’s quite affordable (pennies a day) and the benefits of healthy plants thrive in your bathroom are excellent.
When you leave your bathroom windowless or in a very dark environment, you might choose to use full spectrum lighting to make the room even more comfortable and calming for you and your guests.
In addition, you may be pleased to learn that most bathroom plants reproduce rather wildily when well-kept. You can give your friends living plants on almost every such occasion if you arrange your bathroom garden with proper artificial light and the recommended occasional watering. Think of the money you’ll save!
How to Manage Your Grow-Light
Light bulbs placed in decorative lamps or light fixtures close to your plant will provide the light plants need. Smaller plants that need less light may do well with overhead full-spectrum lighting left on a few hours a day.
If you want to leave your grow-light on continuously, you can or set it to limit it to 12 hours a day with a timer like Fitnate. This lets you manage your light for you so you don’t have to keep an eye on it.
Humidity levels and temperature
Your bathroom is probably typically kept at a consistent temperature for your comfort. Your plants probably like it too if you are comfortable.
You’ll have to alter your bathroom’s current habit of keeping it cold unless you plan to take a bath or shower if you want your plants to be happy. It will be beneficial to you and your plants to have a small heater running on a low-temperature setting (or program your smart thermostat to maintain an appropriate temperature in your bathroom).
Natural humidity levels in the bathroom fluctuate quite a bit. After taking a shower, humidity levels rise rapidly and briefly. The humidity in most tropical plants, bromeliads and succulents in terrariums is very good. At other times, you may need to mist your plants to increase humidity.
Which Bathroom Plants Are The Best To Choose?
There is no shortage of choice in plants that thrive in low lighting, comfortable temperatures and reliable levels of humidity. A variety of low light bathroom plants in succulents, bromeliads, epiphytes, and tropicals will enliven your bathroom decor.
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