My neighbor in 3B changed my mind about grow lights

I always thought grow lights were a waste of money for balcony growers. Sun is sun, right? But my neighbor from apartment 3B, an older guy named Rick, caught me complaining about my leggy tomato seedlings last month. He just said 'your balcony only gets 4 hours of direct light, that's not enough for fruiting plants.' That hit different because he was right. I'd been stubborn about keeping things natural but my cherry tomatoes were pale and never ripened. So I grabbed a basic $40 LED panel off Amazon, nothing fancy. Now my basil is actually bushy and my peppers set fruit for the first time. Has anyone else had to admit they needed artificial help for their balcony setup?

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wells.morgan2mo ago

Read somewhere that even plants have a minimum light threshold like a DLI number, so grow lights make sense.

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tylerw722mo ago

Bet my houseplants are out there judging me every time I forget to turn their lamp on. Guess I need to get them a DLI report card now too.

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