Re: light intensity
Hi,
Have you also tried the light intensity test under a cover of Remay? If so I
would really be interested in the the results. To me it looks like Remay doesn't
let as much light through as plastic does.
Thanks in advance,
Martin Reiss
Germany
Cliff Warren schrieb:
>
> 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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