So I get most of my succulents from Home Depot.They are u...
2ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 3 days ago
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+1 to the above. The brilliant colors are called “stress” colors and are a natural response to long hours of intense light exposure. I use lights that auto-on 16 hours/day and sit about 8” from the plants. Attaching some examples that show the effect.
The first two pics are golden sedum, like yours. They’re both leaf props from the same parent plant, started at the same time. The one with a grow light has more color and is also growing crazy fast. The second set of pics is an echeveria that turned rosy within a week of putting it under a decent light.
One other factor could be the light itself. Not all grow lights are equal. Having auto-on/off lights that can stay on 16 hours per day is big. The other thing to watch for is that the light needs to be CRI 95+, meaning it produces a color spectrum very similar to natural sunlight. I learned the hard way to avoid grow lights that don’t tell you their CRI or spectrum coverage.
The first two pics are golden sedum, like yours. They’re both leaf props from the same parent plant, started at the same time. The one with a grow light has more color and is also growing crazy fast. The second set of pics is an echeveria that turned rosy within a week of putting it under a decent light.
One other factor could be the light itself. Not all grow lights are equal. Having auto-on/off lights that can stay on 16 hours per day is big. The other thing to watch for is that the light needs to be CRI 95+, meaning it produces a color spectrum very similar to natural sunlight. I learned the hard way to avoid grow lights that don’t tell you their CRI or spectrum coverage.
I have a jade plant that had the most beautiful ruby colors when I got it. They said to keep it in full sun to keep the colors- I did- it almost died. Took out of sun nd indoors under plant lights- it came back. The pink/orange/red colors come from the amount of light they get every day. There’s so many plant lights out there- make sure you have to correct light and make sure it gets 6-8 hours of Full Spectrum light a day. You can always google your plants lights requirements and care.