I am just wondering if anyone has noticed their plants open and close as they feel like it and has had success curbing their behavior to your liking.
My rotala rotundifolia + Ludwigia repens would open up starting around 7:00 AM and then when my lights came on at 11:00, they would have leaves almost pointing to the ground; it wasn't until later in the photoperiod that they would perk back up and look nice.
I have now let them dictate my photoperiod: 7:30 - 4:30 ... my pogostemon erectus opens up a bit later than those though (he must be a night owl).
I attributed this to the light that comes in my back window and down the basement stairs to the fish tank ... it is a tiny bit of light (both are covered), but will this cause it?
It is not a huge issue, but I would like to push my photoperiod ... can I curb their behavior by covering the tank with a dark sheet during the off hours or is this just in their DNA?
Josh
My rotala rotundifolia + Ludwigia repens would open up starting around 7:00 AM and then when my lights came on at 11:00, they would have leaves almost pointing to the ground; it wasn't until later in the photoperiod that they would perk back up and look nice.
I have now let them dictate my photoperiod: 7:30 - 4:30 ... my pogostemon erectus opens up a bit later than those though (he must be a night owl).
I attributed this to the light that comes in my back window and down the basement stairs to the fish tank ... it is a tiny bit of light (both are covered), but will this cause it?
It is not a huge issue, but I would like to push my photoperiod ... can I curb their behavior by covering the tank with a dark sheet during the off hours or is this just in their DNA?
Josh