lighting links Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: lighting links
# 10358 byjoe@... on Nov. 1, 2007, 7:38 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
On Nov 01, 2007, at 18:44 UTC, Lucio_de_Souza_Coelho wrote:
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> BTW, IIRC Alaskan farmers often get those prizes of largest pumpkin
> and similar competitions because of the 24/7 sunlight on crops.
I bet: "Summer days of nearly constant daylight allow some crops to be
nurtured to enormous size. Jumbo crops include a world-record 19 lb.
carrot, a 76 lb. rutabaga and a 106 lb. cabbage!"
That's one big frickin' cabbage. Just think what you could do on a
space colony, with 24/7 light, comfy temperatures, and lower gravity!
Joe Strout
Inspiring Applications, Inc.
http://www.InspiringApps.com