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Growing the Exotic Kaffir Lime
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Joe Cooper
Nov 5, 2015, 2:38:55 PM11/5/15
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Plant Whisperer® to the Rescue!
I mentioned my Kaffir Lime seedlings to a friend a few months ago. As it
happened, he knew of a man who has developed the world's first Light
Emitting Computer - a device he called "The Plant Whisperer®". Rather
than try and explain this magical device, I've linked to the developer's
website so you can read about it yourself. (I have no fiduciary interest
in the company.)
I was delighted when the developer offered to lend me a Mark V Plant
Whisperer® for a few months, programmed specifically for my Kaffir Limes,
After two weeks exposure to the device, the seedlings are showing signs
of explosive growth.
Here are a few snippets from the Operations Manual:
The Mark V controller allows construction of 10 custom 'spectrum'
settings which are stored in permanent memory. (There is also a setting
which turns the light off.)
Spectrum settings are picked up to eight times a day by a program which
is set to a 24 hour cycle. The controller can store 8 programs.
When you set a program to run, it acts as a timer which switches the
lights up to eight times a day. The program calls upon a spectrum setting
when switching the light at those times-of-day entered into the program
when created.
One example might be a period of darkness, ending with a dawning light,
which then becomes that portentious power of morning, eventually
intensifying to mid-day sun; gradually softening toward an evening light
and then on into twilight, finally ending in darkness once again.
I am taking photographs every twelve hours, so that the developer can
create a 90-day time-lapse sequence. These photos are already documenting
amazing progress. When the time-lapse sequence is available, I will link
to it here. In the meantime, I'll share a few photos with you...
Take particular note of the plant on the far left, and watch the change
in the new leaf at the top...you can see the difference in just 36 hours.
A Changing Spectrum World
This photo gives you a good idea of the setup I'm using to photograph the
plants - and a good look at the Plant Whisperer® Mark V. The cables
leading down from the MkV connect both the power supply and the computer
which controls the spectrum changes and their schedule.
The lights are currently on for 18 hours a day and move through six
spectrum changes from red, blue and green to far red, and then go dark.
The wavelengths (measured in nanometers: 'nm') emitted by the LED used in
the Mark V lighting heads are Royal Blue (430nm), Bright Blue (450nm),
Emerald Green (530nm), Amber (600nm), Blood Red (668nm), and Far Red
(730nm).
Two leading horticultural experts explain the importance of this process:
"Light is a potent regulator of plant growth and development, impacting
gene expression to global physiology and metabolism. Plants sense a broad
range of wavelengths, from UV to far-red, through separate
photoreceptors. These light sensors direct adaptive responses under
changing environmental conditions and specifically activate precise
downstream signaling pathways.
"Research studies in photobiology ... have characterized light effects on
many plant behaviors, along with the genetic mechanisms that control
them. Transferring this knowledge to crops has opened a new field in
plant science where variation in light quantity, quality, duration or
combinations can be used to change plant growth, development or
metabolism to influence a desired final product." (Sofia D. Carvalho &
Kevin M. Folta, "Environmentally Modified Organisms – Expanding Genetic
Potential with Light," Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 33:486–508,
2014)
Source: http://hub.me/agQVJ
I don't care WHAT you're growing - these light emitting computers produce
amazing resluts!
--
The Leading Cause of Poverty Are Progressives - Help Raise the Poor:
Promote Capitalism
"Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended
on behalf of people who aren’t and to impose their will on those who
didn’t ask for it." (Derek Hunter)
"Liberals never argue with one another over substance; their only dispute
is how to prevent the public from figuring out what they really
believe." (Ann Coulter)
I mentioned my Kaffir Lime seedlings to a friend a few months ago. As it
happened, he knew of a man who has developed the world's first Light
Emitting Computer - a device he called "The Plant Whisperer®". Rather
than try and explain this magical device, I've linked to the developer's
website so you can read about it yourself. (I have no fiduciary interest
in the company.)
I was delighted when the developer offered to lend me a Mark V Plant
Whisperer® for a few months, programmed specifically for my Kaffir Limes,
After two weeks exposure to the device, the seedlings are showing signs
of explosive growth.
Here are a few snippets from the Operations Manual:
The Mark V controller allows construction of 10 custom 'spectrum'
settings which are stored in permanent memory. (There is also a setting
which turns the light off.)
Spectrum settings are picked up to eight times a day by a program which
is set to a 24 hour cycle. The controller can store 8 programs.
When you set a program to run, it acts as a timer which switches the
lights up to eight times a day. The program calls upon a spectrum setting
when switching the light at those times-of-day entered into the program
when created.
One example might be a period of darkness, ending with a dawning light,
which then becomes that portentious power of morning, eventually
intensifying to mid-day sun; gradually softening toward an evening light
and then on into twilight, finally ending in darkness once again.
I am taking photographs every twelve hours, so that the developer can
create a 90-day time-lapse sequence. These photos are already documenting
amazing progress. When the time-lapse sequence is available, I will link
to it here. In the meantime, I'll share a few photos with you...
Take particular note of the plant on the far left, and watch the change
in the new leaf at the top...you can see the difference in just 36 hours.
A Changing Spectrum World
This photo gives you a good idea of the setup I'm using to photograph the
plants - and a good look at the Plant Whisperer® Mark V. The cables
leading down from the MkV connect both the power supply and the computer
which controls the spectrum changes and their schedule.
The lights are currently on for 18 hours a day and move through six
spectrum changes from red, blue and green to far red, and then go dark.
The wavelengths (measured in nanometers: 'nm') emitted by the LED used in
the Mark V lighting heads are Royal Blue (430nm), Bright Blue (450nm),
Emerald Green (530nm), Amber (600nm), Blood Red (668nm), and Far Red
(730nm).
Two leading horticultural experts explain the importance of this process:
"Light is a potent regulator of plant growth and development, impacting
gene expression to global physiology and metabolism. Plants sense a broad
range of wavelengths, from UV to far-red, through separate
photoreceptors. These light sensors direct adaptive responses under
changing environmental conditions and specifically activate precise
downstream signaling pathways.
"Research studies in photobiology ... have characterized light effects on
many plant behaviors, along with the genetic mechanisms that control
them. Transferring this knowledge to crops has opened a new field in
plant science where variation in light quantity, quality, duration or
combinations can be used to change plant growth, development or
metabolism to influence a desired final product." (Sofia D. Carvalho &
Kevin M. Folta, "Environmentally Modified Organisms – Expanding Genetic
Potential with Light," Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 33:486–508,
2014)
Source: http://hub.me/agQVJ
I don't care WHAT you're growing - these light emitting computers produce
amazing resluts!
--
The Leading Cause of Poverty Are Progressives - Help Raise the Poor:
Promote Capitalism
"Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended
on behalf of people who aren’t and to impose their will on those who
didn’t ask for it." (Derek Hunter)
"Liberals never argue with one another over substance; their only dispute
is how to prevent the public from figuring out what they really
believe." (Ann Coulter)
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