Location & Light | Indoor Plants And Balcony Gardens | Gardening Australia

The Great Indoors Part 2 - Location & Light
Craig Miller-Randle shows us how to pick the best light location for indoor plants.
Light is an essential ingredient for your plants, and one way to ensure they are getting the right amount indoors, is to replicate the natural environment of a forest. A forest has different layers and lighting zones, and your home can be also be categorised into three main zones:
01:28 | Direct Light
The kind that streams in through a north-facing window. It’s harsh and bright, so it’s best for plants that are used to exposed conditions like succulent and cacti. Plants that are not suited to direct light can get sunburnt leaves.
02:45 | Indirect Light
Most indoor plants will be happy here, especially those that come from rainforests like monsteras or philodendrons.
03:45 | Low Light
It can be tricky to get this zone right, but careful plant selection makes all the difference. Craig has success with Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior), Snake Plant (Dracaena trifasciata syn. Sansevieria trifasciata) and Devil’s Ivy (Epipremnum sp.). If a plant is not getting enough light, you might notice the stems getting longer with more space between the leaves as reaches out to find more.
To work out how much light you have, there’s a high tech option such as a light meter, or a simple low tech option - hold your hand up against a leaf and see how much shadow it casts. The sharper the shadow, then the more light that it’s getting.
05:02 | Temperature
This is also very important, and many indoor plants come from warm and humid rainforests. Most important is to keep the temperature consistent and watch out for plants being too close to heaters or cold windows.
If your place is just too cold over winter, you can try Craig’s bubble wrap insulation trick - simply wrap a spare sheet of bubble wrap around a pot like a blanket!
Every house has unique challenges and opportunities. Understanding the basics of what your plants need will go a long way to creating your own indoor jungle.
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This Channel pumps our some serious informations....! Whoa! Who agrees?!?

[@FairleyTrashed]

I can’t believe no one has mentioned the apartment. The plants are stunning, and the information *chefs kiss*, but that apartment is a showstopper. So beautifully detailed with great light and character. 10/10

[@langleygratuito620]

The most useful guide about indoor gardening. Thank you.

[@jopurchase]

Um, can Craig’s segments be longer please🤗💚😁. Really good lighting info, simple and clear! Thanks for sharing.

[@theonghantan862]

Thanks for all the imformation🥰🥰🥰

[@leis1161]

Amazing

[@peiyichiang]

More Craig!

[@karenjess9097]

One of the best most informative videos I've ever seen . This guy needs his own show!!!

[@pinkfrangipani5131]

Thanks Craig. Great tips and suggestions and love the way you explain things. Articulate and informative.

[@PlantedinPots]

I guess I’m going to buy bubble wrap now! Such a great tip! Love how simple and clear you explain things when you are when talking about plants !

[@Dave-yt1kw]

Craig watched your segment on ABC..the most hypnotic memorising presentation of indoor plants we have ever watched.... You’ve given us some great info enormously helpful....Thank you for sharing .... and yes .... a home is never completely dressed without plants....

[@magnusbolger1997]

My brain was buffering for a moment with that north facing window... Uh... Australia!

[@xccude]

Same when I watch videos from people who live in the USA and they mention south facing

[@aniafish]

Thank you Craig for sharing your knowledge and inviting us in to your beautiful space

[@justinamontgomery2618]

I love your plants, your space, your home, beautiful beautiful job making your home your home....I like how your videos are short and showing lots of your personal collection...so happy I found your channel in MN, USA...our North window is our lowest light window here! South window highest light! Can't wait to watch more!

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Thank you so much! We're glad to have you here watching :)

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Wonderful

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Thanks 🙏

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You’re welcome 😊

[@melvinho77]

We need a masterclass from Craig!!!

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Wow,such a green thumb guy! I collect trending tropical plants too but not so easy here in Calgary Alberta Canada.Since young age in Philippines, where Im originally from, I already love and collect orchids and tropical plants. I migrated here in Canada and still trying to have a collection of tropical plants. Watching your videos is very inspiring to collect and take care of my plants. Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@Chariflare]

This is literally a lifesaver, great vid

[@GardeningAustralia]

Glad it was helpful, Frida! Thanks for watching.

[@NewMindGarden]

Amazing.. Absolutely amazing

[@susilowati5303]

Beautiful i love

[@Dixiwonderlandyoutube]

This is way to short! Need at least 1 hour with Craig 😁

[@farmerboy2194]

We need a whole day to say criag I need help please

[@epiwhittaker5617]

Thank you for all the useful tips like putting bubble wrap around it or the shadow shade.

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Yes please, more of this ❤🌿

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Amazing and beautiful plants, love it 😍

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ur videos so soothing and relaxing...Thank you

[@mitalipandey7870]

thanks for the information on lighting i especially liked your pictorial depictions...I could relate to it...

[@Orchidart59]

Love love love your place and indoor gardening. Have just watched all your Videos. Want more please. I would like to know more about each plant. Breaking it down. Thanks so much.

[@Koepukoepu]

Beautiful video making and top notched explanations, thank you!!

[@karenhart4316]

Thanks I love my indoor plants 🧤👒🐨🇦🇺🥰👌

[@elizabethcowen8079]

Bubble wrap is going to be my style of planter...A central Highlands winter will demand this. Also as I love the messy, untidy, lived-in look I think I will go for a "just wrapped from the florist look" - I will not trim the bubble wrap.

[@ren8240]

I would love if Craig could do a segment on best indoor plants that are non toxic to pets, I always find conflicting info on the internet so some clarification would be fantastic! 🌿🌱🌴😁🐕🐈

[@GardeningAustralia]

Noted! :)

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Just discovered your channel. Stunning collection.

[@GardeningAustralia]

Thank you so much!

[@helenat2446]

What I find so difficult is how the light changes during the seasons due to angle and intensity of the sun. Every few months I have to move plants around.

[@brendanbang6636]

This is the best way plants thrive, I normally move plants twice a year, spring and late autumn.

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Those Green Plants are truly beautiful....i love it. Thank you for sharing your great work....Much apprecited.

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Wow your voice is so different from what i imagined :) i followed u on Ig for a long time

[@bumbles3304]

Thank you, so helpful video.

[@hitchhiker_1969]

1:88 For those viewers in the northern Hemisphere, this would be a south-facing window.

[@Joy1957K]

Thank you. Very helpful info. 👍😊❤️️🇦🇺

[@sherinaemamali7533]

I’m curious ... what about vacations?

[@yimyim5166]

how about growlights? or artificial lights?

[@lourdesreveles3067]

Help, how do you get rid of the annoying mosquitoes? I don't want to get rid of my plants, but my husband doesn't want me to have them indoors anymore. I am suffering from this, I love my plants but I don't know what to do, nothing works for me.

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Where can you buy these indoor plants from?

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any help for rowing food indor ?

[@gkremer1]

does anyone know the name of the plant on the right hand side at 5:05

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Hi

[@Daisy.florina]

do you have maidern hair plant?

[@kymbreli]

This is AWESOME. But Craig lives in the Southern Hemisphere. Bright indoor harsh light would come into a SOUTH facing window in the northern Hemisphere. Also, places like America have TERRIBLY unhealthy standards of soil. Best to look for a local nursery instead of a “bog box” store to get potting soil. Google, read threads, be thorough because American standards of everything is way way way lower than Aussie