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Re: False Light Cycles

DAVID SIMS wrote:
> 
> Rob
> What seeds are you trying to grow that "just do not respond to any
> artificial conditions"?  What type of grow lights are you using?
> Sincerely, David Sims   sims@dmi.net
> 
> ChroniPepperoni@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > Hello. I am coming to terms more and more with plants whose seeds "just
> > do not respond to any artificial conditions" and I take it to be sage
> > advice that I've gotten about this.
> >
> > However, I'm still holding on to the idea that what is wrong in part may
> > be that that the indoor lights being on timers are on X number of hours
> > and that's it, which is pretty unnatural. Manual adjustments end up very
> > abrupt.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience or information in the area, including
> > any source of equipment with a photodetector that can sense the outdoor
> > light and control the indoor lights to re-create it? (Preferrably
> > affordable)
> >
> > I have only seen photosensor systems for home security that have an
> > on-off function, nothing with a dimmer or simply a system like I
> > mentioned.
> >
> >                                        TIE (Thanks in Excess)
> >
> >                                         Rob
When in the past we delt w/ day lenght .....we used a light sensor in
conjunction w/ a clock...when the light got dim the sensor turned the
extra light on....then later the clock turned it all off after the right 
amount of day had been supplied.....NOTE: This was all based on the
premise, that some plants are just day lenght sensitive...not daylight
sensitive...or in other words, some plants want 16 hours of light...any
light..... just a certain time frame from dark to dark acording to the
time frame you want to mimick.   Other plants just want a strenght level
of light...as in candle power verses time.....It seems to me that an
example of this would be asisatic lillies who want a certain day lenght
and a certain light level, before they are fooled into compliance.
                               "DEE"
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