Re: light intensity
Well, I finally got around to looking into this.
I was a little surprized, but now I'm not when I
think about it... there is very little difference
from a pure "amount of light" standpoint. That is
my incident light meter shows no difference between
straight sky and being under 6-mil plastic. I'm sure
there is "some", but its very small, not even a
third of a stop. At that magnitude of light, its
very hard to measure the difference.
I think perhaps the light is a little more diffused
under the plastic... and that might even help, who
knows?
Again, like I said before, I don't think this is the
end of the story. There is more to be learned here.
But I don't think the "full cloche" people are loosing
anything as far as the amount of light goes.
Regards, Cliff
>From: LIpumpkin@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@hort.net
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Subject: light intensity
>Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 17:02:20 EDT
>
>Hi Folks....help me out here with an experiment...I need DATA !
> Anyone with old camera equipment (or new) light meters? Go outside and
>take
>a light reading in the sun/haze or unobscured area......then go inside your
>plastic hoophouse/hut where your pumpkin plant is.
> Whats the intensity unobscured?
> Whats the intensity in the hut under plastic?
> Whats the mil thickness of the plastic?
>
>Thanks...we will all learn from this........post the info here on the list
>or
>send it to me private.....Im curious !...thanks..G
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