[Community_garden] urban street lights effect on gardens?

[powellharris at aol.com]

Lisa,

Our former beloved Rosemary Community Garden was very well-lit by the lamps from the street and parking
lot.  I am a life-long gardener and did not notice any adverse effects on the plants. We are located in Florida.
Our main gardening season is in the shorter days of the fall, winter, and spring so our plants may have actually benefited from the additional light.  I've heard that gardeners grow some gigantic cold weather crops in Alaska
and other places where they have extended daylight in the summer months.

Many of the truly tropical fruits and vegetables do require equal daylight and dark to perform best. 

This subject would make an excellent science fair project for some student.

Barbara Powell Harris
Orange Blossom Community Garden Site-Coordinator
Florida Master Gardener Volunteer
PO Box 3906
Sarasota, Florida 34230-3906
Powellharris at aol.com




 


-----Original Message-----
From: lisa taranto <lisa at tricyclegardens.org>
To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
Sent: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47 am
Subject: [Community_garden] urban street lights effect on gardens?



Hi-
Does anybody have any info on the effect of street lights on vegetable 
lants?
Thanks so much-
Lisa Taranto
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RICYCLE GARDENS
11 W. 7th St., RVA 23224
h. 804.231-7767
ww.tricyclegardens.org
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