Re: Photoperiods and the Dark Cycle

From: Boyd Pearson (boyd@ihug.co.nz)
Date: Sun Aug 09 1998 - 15:08:08 PDT

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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:08:08 +1200
From: Boyd Pearson <boyd@ihug.co.nz>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Photoperiods and the Dark Cycle

>From: "Steve Gordon" <gordon@rapid.co.uk>

>On a lighter note, did you know that theoretically you can light your plants
>for 10 minutes out of 30; they will keep growing because of the after effect
>until the lights come on again!

The information I have says that dark periods longer than 0.04 seconds are
photosynthetically unproductive. Can you tell me the source of your
information ? It looks extremely dubious to me.

Boyd.

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