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Lux → PPFD for Houseplants (When It Works, When It Doesn’t)

  • ByRPC Editorial Team
  • Published OnAugust 26, 2025
Measuring light on a houseplant shelf to estimate PPFD from lux

If you’ve ever measured 6,000 lux on your windowsill and thought “so…is that enough PPFD?”, you’ve hit the core problem: lux is for human eyes, PPFD is for leaves. The trick is knowing when a conversion is good enough—and when…

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Hydrogen peroxide drench ratio for fungus gnats (chart)

  • ByRPC Editorial Team
  • Published OnAugust 25, 2025
Home fungus gnat kit with peroxide ratio, BTI, and traps

The room was quiet except for the hum of a clip-fan and that tell-tale flicker at the soil surface. One pour, a soft fizz, and the gnats went silent. Hydrogen peroxide works—if you get the ratio and timing right. “I…

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Anthurium clarinervium PPFD & DLI (Safe Indoor Ranges)

  • ByRPC Editorial Team
  • Published OnAugust 24, 2025
Anthurium clarinervium

If “bright, indirect” has ever felt like guesswork, you’re not alone. Anthurium clarinervium rewards you the moment you translate that phrase into leaf-level PPFD and daily light (DLI) you can set, check, and nudge in a small apartment. See the…

  • Light & Climate

Aroid Light & PPFD Guide: Real Indoor Ranges That Work

  • ByRPC Editorial Team
  • Published OnAugust 23, 2025
Aroid Light & PPFD

If you’ve ever read “bright, indirect light” and then stared at your east-facing window wondering what that actually means, you’re not alone. This hub translates PPFD/DLI into actionable, small-apartment numbers—for shelves, windowsills and IKEA cabinets in US/UK homes. For most…

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