Can plants hibernate?

Question

Why? Because lunar bases will have limited amounts of power stored in fuel cells during the 2 week lunar night and crop illumination demands lots of power. If the crops could be cooled down and hibernate during 2 weeks of night under low light or no light at all it will make lunar bases more likely to suceed. Eventually, there will be solar power plants on both sides of the Moon and a power grid for constant power to bases. Getting a nuke pwr. plant to the Moon will face intense opposition but would be the best thing for a lunar base. During lunar day plentiful solar energy could power all sorts of industry and supply filtered light for crops, but at night we'd power down industry and rely on stored power. Just a small nuke for crop light would be welcome. If we can't have it and crops can hibernate for 2 weeks/mo. farms could still suceed. O2 would be stored up by day and CO2 could be frozen out by night cause the hibernating plants won't be able to recycle CO2 to oxygen.

Answer 1

Depends on the plant species. Some trees shed their leaves in fall and don't grow them back until the next spring. Anyway you're thinking wayyyyyyyyy too much about plants at a lunar base. Anything brought there would most likely be stuck under some kind lamp to simulate light conditions on the earth, so your problem is moot.

Answer 2

They don't hibernate, they go DORMANT, when the weather changes signal that winter is coming.

Answer 3

Are you reachin', preachin', or teachin'?
Cause it sure sounds like you got a plan all figured out.

Answer 4

Is the moon made of cheese?

Answer 5

YES....................
AND TREESSSSSSSSSS
ARE THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE..................
LEAVES FALL IN FALLLL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
COME BACK SPRING....