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Old 30-01-2003, 10:37 PM
 
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Default Old Ponders ... Full Spectrum Lighting

there are only two main colors, blue and red that chlorophyl in typical plants use.
Ingrid

John Hines wrote:

Simon O'Keeffe wrote:

Most plants can convert light that is given in peaks and troughs (like artificial light) to
a useable form of energy so even though the broken down spectrum is very different than the
sunlight spectrum (which is smooth, no peaks and troughs) the plants treat it almost the
same as long as the color is similar.


Yes, although for green plants (most common) the green wavelengths are
not terribly useful to the plant, being reflected to give it color to
our eyes.