Re: Genlisea is flowering

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Wed, 30 Jun 93 10:01:18 +0000

>Rob, light intensity drops very fast the farther you get from an artificial
>light (too bad Barry isn't here to give us the equation!). Three feet will
>result in a considerable reduction in light intensity. One way I've gotten
>around this is to prop up smaller plants by placing their pots on some sort
>of support. The pots may be lowered as the plant grows, always keeping the
>apex only a short distance from the light. (sorry if you've already thought
>of this and it seems obvious!).
>-Michael

The intensity of light drops off with the square of the distance. So if your
lamp is 3 feet away, the light will be 1/9 of the intensity than at 1 foot,
and so on.

BFN

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