Suppose you provide some fruit or vegetable plants with sunlamps to provide sufficient light and fertilize the soil to provide sufficient nutrients.
BUT-- cycle the lights on and off on a faster schedule than 24 hours. Say, a 6 hour day/6 hour night, giving them all the light and nutrients in 12 hours they'd get in an ordinary 24 hour cycle.
Can we get plants to 'accelerate' their growth/ growing season...? Plants don't need to 'sleep', do they...?
I imagine they might only produce stunted or dwarf fruits or vegetables, but how much could we speed up their growth? Shorten the growing season...? Anybody know of any research on this?
If this isn't clear, ask and I'll provide more details.
Please, serious answers only! thanks!
2007-09-07
16:33:06
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cdf-rom
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Science & Mathematics
➔ Botany