While some plants can acclimate to higher light levels with time, there is a limit to how much an individual plant species can handle. Because of that fact, moving a plant from inside to outside (or outside-in) can shock its leaves and cause sun scorch.
They acclimate to their environment’s lighting by producing leaves optimized to take in the amount of light provided. Different from human eyes that adjust quickly to varying light levels, plants are incapable of the quick switch from dim to bright lighting.Īlthough most don't realize it, plants change their growth to favor current growing conditions. Even though plants don’t have eyes, they do perceive light! They sense light quality (color), light quantity (intensity) and light duration (time). Have you ever walked into a house after being outside on a bright, sunny July afternoon? What could you see? Darkness, right? Our sophisticated human eyes are capable of adjusting to dim lighting in just seconds.
Before we explore how to know if your houseplant is getting enough light, let’s talk about how plants perceive light.
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