| mayres, My light stands were not in a windowless basement but neither was it in a window, so no direct light and I'd say only a little indirect light. I would say the florescent light was the primary source with the natural light being supplimental. I did use timers to carefully control the number of hours of light, 14 hrs in winter, up to 16 in summer so maybe what you suggested, happened. Maybe what I lost in intensity, I made up for in length of "daylight."
The addage "you learn somethign new every day" applies here. Even after 10+ years of growing, I did not know, nor had I ever heard, the intensity/length-of-day question you posed. It never occured to me you might compensate for an intensity deficit by lengthening the "day."
It's quite interesting..... |