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Article: How light color influences plant growth.(The garden)
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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* Blue light: plants react to the intensity of blue light. Lessening the blue light will cause poor growth--the strength of the radiation in any other part of the spectrum is not as important as the intensity of the blue, which shapes height and quality.
* Red (660 nm) and infrared (730 nm) (also known as IR or far red) light: Intensifying the total of IR in relation with 660 nm red makes plants grow tall and thin. On the other hand if red is increased while IR diminished, plants will be short but thick. Plant reactions are not linear with the red/far red ratio ...