RE: Supplemental light
A grower near me used blue and red (different wave length for these
colors)Christmas lights in his enclosures this year at night. Not sure
if it helped (although it did provide a small source of extra heat for
the plants) but I plan to try it this year.
Lynne Weber
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Frank Edwards
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:55 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Supplemental light
Hello All:
I am new to this list....though I was on it several years
ago....probably
late 1996 or so. I'm back!
Wondering if anyone has any experience with using supplemental light in
your
patch? If so, how much, what type of lamps, and how close to the plant?
I'm
hypothesizing that since in trees the leaves change color in the fall
with
diminishing sunlight as the environmental trigger, perhaps I can stop
natural die-back of older leaves in my patch with the addition of
supplemental light at the beginning or end of the day. If I can stop
that
dieback, the food factory keeps churning, the pumpkin keeps growing,
etc.
Anyone doing this? If so, what were the results?
Anyway, I did a search and saw a thread on this topic dating back to
1999...just wondering if anyone has any more recent info...
Frank
Hudsonville, MI
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