hangshai
Well-Known Member
How long can plants go without light, when the lights are on tracks. There are two types of tracks, ones that take ten minutes for the light to travel 6 feet in one direction, then 10 mins to travel back the 6 feet to the other end. This is supposed to take the place of two lights, BUT, is ten minutes too long for the plants on the ends to be without light:
here is a simple visual aid:
track - ===========================
|
LIGHT
So it takes ten minutes to go from one end to the other, ->, then ten more minutes to come back. So, is that too long for the plants on the end? Will they not grow to their fullest potential? The thing is, there are tracks that only take 4 minutes for each direction, and they stop at the end for 30 seconds, I know that would be better, but is the ten minutes ok. It actually means for a total of about 15 minutes they would not have the light over them... Any ideas?
here is a simple visual aid:
track - ===========================
|
LIGHT
So it takes ten minutes to go from one end to the other, ->, then ten more minutes to come back. So, is that too long for the plants on the end? Will they not grow to their fullest potential? The thing is, there are tracks that only take 4 minutes for each direction, and they stop at the end for 30 seconds, I know that would be better, but is the ten minutes ok. It actually means for a total of about 15 minutes they would not have the light over them... Any ideas?