It certainly won't be too much. As far as being enough, try it!

Well it has the 2 lights that are putting out 1450 Lumens each, at 6in away from the plants. Most are growing and blooming, some are showing signs of to much light, the tight browns,reddish leaves,brittle leaves....so i was just wondering if any one else had used theirs for this purpose, or for 'house plants'?

Guess no one has tried this. I am going to take all my gardens offline with gardens growing in them, dry them out, and put violets on the growtray on all 3 of them. The one that has violets under the lights already, like I said,seems to work for 80% of the plants...so...lets see which ones can take the light on all 3 gardens. I bought a bunch of mini violets the other day, and have no room for them. Hope mini violets arent more sensitive. These look really nice. Could get them all under the lights in 1 garden.

Hello Aveo,

I grow AVs under lights too. They aren't in an AeroGarden likes yours though.

You have several options to fix your problem. First, you could reduce the amount of time the plants are under lights. Try 10 hours for a few weeks to see how your plants respond.

You could also move the lights further from the plants....like 12 inches or so. But, I don't think you're able to raise the lights any further with your system, right?

Last case scenario would be to remove one of the lights.

Typically, AVs that are grown under lights are grown in a 2-bulb fluorescent system that produces 4000-5000 lumens over 4 feet of space. The lights are about 10 inches from standard sized plants and 6 inches from semis, minis, and seedlings.

FWIW, different plants do react differently to the intensity of lights. Plants with dark green leaves or with purple/red blooms can take more intense lighting than lighter bloomed flowers and light green plants.

I hope this helps.

Here is a link that might be useful: African Violet Brats Forum