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Re: Darkness period and plant flowering
Dr Momfish writes:
> When I studied botany at university (many moons ago) we were taught that
> there are "short-day" and "long-day" plants. Since that time this has all
> been overturned. Quite recently, there was an article in the newspaper
> saying that there was no such thing, and that in fact it was the duration
of
> the night period only that determines whether a particular plant will
flower
> or not. Apparently that is that.
Okay, I'll bite. Isn't a short-night plant, by necessity also a long-day
plant? And a long-night plant (that and reduced watering is the secret to
getting your christmas cactus to bloom during christmas) would obviously be a
short-day plant. Yes? I mean, there are only 24 hours in a day, and if you
extend the dark period, you HAVE TO shorten the light time. Or have you found
some cool trick I don't know about yet?
Bob Dixon