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Are Salt Lamps Good for Plants? Let’s Find Out

Are salt lamps good for plants? I know the recent fuss about salt lamps and plants has made you confused and you need answers to those confusing questions. 

Within these pages, you will find all you need to know about salt lamps and their health benefits that you might be seeking. 

Let's Find Out Impact of Salt Lamps on Plants

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Are Salt Lamps Good for Plants

Salt lamps are crystals carved from amber-colored rock salt that gives out a warm, reddish-pink glow. They are known to be one of the purest forms of salt and contain trace amounts of minerals, like calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper, and iron oxide.

You must have heard the reports that pink salt lamp reduce anxiety, stress, and allergies. They have also been known to give you a sensation of relaxation and cleanse your surroundings by removing bacteria.

Furthermore, and helping you breathe well. Below are some truths about these lamps that will help you choose the best salt lamp for you. 


Are Salt Lamps Good for Plants?

Can you put a salt lamp next to a plant

Can you put a salt lamp next to a plant? A salt lamp is beneficial not only to you and your family but also to plants by the phenomenon known as chromotherapy.

According to chromotherapy, vibrations from the range of colors can significantly influence your plants. Thanks to the electromagnetic waves from the light for serving this purpose. 

Get ready to be surprised because salt lamps have heaps of benefits to offer for your plants. (Plus, they match pretty well placed beside a plant stand).

Chromotherapy for Plants

As humans, we are, in a way, limited in the colors we can see. Light gives a full spectrum of colors that provide benefits to plants and other animals.

The electromagnetic spectrum is laid out in wavelengths of light from the longest wave to the shortest wave. Light to us helps improve our moods and aid cell regeneration. For plants, light affects them, as explained below:

Blue Light

Blue light is one of the most effective as it helps plants develop healthily – resulting in healthy roots, stems, and leaves. Your plants would need blue at the beginning of their growth.

Blue light is one of the most effective as it helps plants develop healthily – resulting in healthy roots, stems, and leaves

Purple Light

Purple is the energy booster in the crew. Not just for humans but also plants – helping them throughout their growth phase.

Purple light is the energy booster in the crew. Not just for humans but also plants

Green Light 

I bet you thought plants would have a field day with green. Not really! Instead, they reflect the color to us because objects are known never to absorb colors they are made from.

White Light

Although the white light is barely essential, plants still absorb them.

White light is barely essential but plants still absorb them

Red Light

In chromotherapy, red is a passionate color. It has spectrum with the longest wavelengths and it’s beneficial to plants during their flowering and food production stages.

Red light is beneficial to plants during their flowering and food production stages

Plants absorb colors and lights that make them grow. Salt lamps come in different colors that help sustain your plants and also revitalize you.

Ridding of Extra Humidity

Salt, due to its hygroscopic nature, can attract water. Although, in salt lamps, the evaporation of the water is rapid due to the amount of heat than light emits.

Science has proved that there are billions of organisms in the air we breathe. Numerous times, you have been exposed to these bacteria or allergens without even knowing.

By attracting moisture in the air, these bacteria and allergens present in the air are removed. When the water vapor evaporates, it generates negative ions. 

Goodness of Negative Ions

Negative ions help cleanse the air in your home while giving you a soothing glow that many find relaxing

The issue of whether these lamps produce negative ions has been waging for so long. Well, the answer is yes! Naturally, to get exposure to negative ions (which helps to purify oxygen in the air), you have to be outside, especially around large bodies of water.

With these lamps, you do not have to walk all the way to get negative ions. Why should you? These lamps generate small amounts of negative ions, which helps cleanse the air in your home while giving you a soothing glow that many find relaxing. 

Salt lamps and plants

Wrapping Up Our Guide on Salt Lamps

I bet you feel better now. Knowing loads of benefits, you will be more confident in using salt lamps. Now that you know about chromotherapy and the benefits of colors, you should know that there is a wide range of these lamps in the market that will significantly benefit your home.

Although these lamps do not take the place of quality air filters, their affordability makes them super sweet. Your kids would need a sleep-friendly light.  

Ultimately, your choice of a lamp will depend on your personality and your home setting. You must, however, note that you are not going to fix all your health problems by just sitting beside a lamp all day.

However, if you feel you need more energy and positivity around your home, then a salt lamp would be a great choice. So, are salt lamps good for plants? Yes, they sure are! 

About the Author Ann Katelyn

I'm Ann Katelyn, Creator and Chief Author of Sumo Gardener. Since I was a child I've always been fascinated with plants and gardens, and as an adult this has developed into my most loved hobby. I have dedicated most of my life to gardening and started Sumo Gardener as a way to express my knowledge about gardening with the hope of helping other people's gardens thrive.

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