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Name: Lena
Status: student
Age: 13
Location: N/A
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Date: 10/29/2004
Question:
My project is: Does a plant need darkness to grow?

Replies:
Generally, it depends upon the species (kind) of plant. Some seeds have a darkness requirement for germination. Most plants need some hours of darkness to trigger flowering. The following might be useful.

http://www.kidsgardening.com/onlinecourse/sneakpreview.htm

users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Photoperiodism.html

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/hil/hil-8703.html

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hortihints/0012b.html

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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