Re: Light spectrum

["Dr. Joseph Arditti" <jarditti@UCI.EDU>]

At 04:47 PM 01-10-05, you wrote:
> Dear Hrishy
>
> Advice I got from a very helpful engineer at Thorn Lighting here in
> Australia was that, of all the standard fluorescent tubes, "cool white"
> tubes were the closest to the absorption spectrum of plants.

It best to supplement them with standard incandescent bulbs.   The
combination provides a good spectrum at a low price.

Joseph Arditti

Dr. Joseph Arditti, Professor Emeritus
University of California, Irvine, CA 92604
E-mail: jarditti@uci.edu