[net-gold] INDOOR GARDENING: Growing and Caring for Indoor Plants (Part 2)
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- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 19:41:02 -0500 (EST)
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INDOOR GARDENING:
Growing and Caring for Indoor Plants (Part 2)
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Growing and Caring for Indoor Plants (Part 2)
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Master Gardener Barbara Collier
State Gazette
http://www.stategazette.com/story/1823677.html
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The Master Gardener Handbook lists the following as the chief
environmental factors affecting plant growth: light, water, temperature,
humidity, ventilation, fertilization and soil.
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* Light - All plants need light for photosynthesis to produce
carbohydrates (sugar) or food for the plant to grow. This is the most
essential factor for indoor plant growth. There are three aspects of
light: intensity, duration and quality.
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Intensity influences the manufacture of plant food, stem length, leaf
color and flowering. The intensity of the natural light in the home
depends on nearness to a window. Windows with a southern exposure have the
most light intensity and the area is warmer. Windows on the east or west
of the home have about 60 percent of light intensity as the south and are
less warm. The northern exposure receives about 20 percent as the south
and is the coolest.
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The duration of natural light depends on the length of daylight. Some
plants need shorter days to set flowers. Poinsettia and Christmas cactus
are two of these plants.
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The quality of natural light depends on the type of glass in the windows,
whether or not the glass is dirty, if there are buildings or shrubs
outside, the weather, the season, or curtains on the windows. The quality
of artificial light refers to the wavelength. From the Master Gardener
Handbook: "For photosynthesis, plants require mostly blue and red light.
Incandescent lights produce mostly red and far-red light, but are very low
in blue. Fluorescent lights vary according to the phosphors used by the
manufacturer. Cool-white lights produce mostly blue light, and are low in
red light; however, they have the advantage of being cool enough to
position quite close to plants. Therefore, either a combination of
warm-white and cool-white fluorescent tubes or incandescent lights with
cool-white fluorescent tubes should be used."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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