Healthy Gardens Love Light

(Newswire.net — June 6, 2018) Cheyenne, Wyoming — Seeing the sun all year round is common in the tropics and equatorial countries but in other regions, a bounty of natural lighting isn’t so easy to come by. Just as human yearn for a beautiful sunset similarly, plants crave light and it’s important that how much each plant needs and how much they’re currently getting are in alignment. 

“Photosynthesis is the process whereby plants turn the energy of light into their own building materials,” outlines GrowVeg.com. “They combine water and carbon dioxide (and a minute amount of other elements) into the complex chemicals their cells are made of. When more light is available, more energy is absorbed, more sugars are formed, more growth takes place, flowers wax bigger, fruits get sweeter and crops burgeon.” 

Light is the super simple not so secret ingredient for the production of top notch fruits, vegetables, flowers and the likes. It’s crucial to ensure that whatever is being grown has the right amount of light for its needs and this where the 3-in-1 Soil Meter by HealthyWiser™ comes in handy as it not only tests for soil moisture and pH levels, it also provides instantaneous light readings with remarkable accuracy. Moreover, measuring the amount of light surrounding plants naturally aids in plant care since sunlight is the best fuel for all plants as it supports photosynthesis but the value of light doesn’t end there. 

“During the course of evolution, plants developed the capability of capturing and utilizing the solar radiation,” explains Banaras Hindu University, Department of Botany in their research paper entitled Role of Light in Plant Development. “These plants gained an evolutionary advantage over those that have not developed these traits. Light besides being an important source of energy also controls many developmental processes like photoperiodism, phototropism and photomorphogenesis of plant growth. 

Now all that fancy talk means that plants have physical reactions to the seasonal changes of day/night time durations, how a plant’s growth response to light stimuli such as leaning towards or away from a light source and how light affects the development of a plant beyond being used as energy for the creation of food. So for the sounds of things, light is a pretty big deal, much bigger than what many people may have thought. 

“It’s been great to help with the different types of potted plants (basil, tomatoes, plumerias, green onions) we’re growing since they all have different needs,” details a verified HealthyWiser™ 3-in-1 Soil Meter customer on Amazon. “The guide on the back is helpful too. The Light meter has been very helpful for us since we have a lot of shade so we’ve been able to move the plants to better lit areas as needed. So nice that it’s one tool that does it all too.” 

Something as basic as light which most people take for granted is the key to unlocking the mega growth potential of plants, indeed of all living things. Gardeners are especially excited about light and tracking the amount their plants receive thus they are equally excited about the HealthyWiser™ 3-in-1 Soil Meter as it provides them with all the data they need to properly care for the individual needs of various plants in their garden.