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I think you're imagining something else. Here's what I mean: _________ Mirrored ceiling L L L lights | | Mirrored walls | |
by tocomment 16y ago
I think you're imagining something else. Here's what I mean:
_________ Mirrored ceiling
L L L lights
| | Mirrored walls
| |
| P P P Plants
| M M M Mirrored surface with holes for plants
| S S S Soil
So any light that misses a leaf, reflects off a leaf or goes through a leaf will simply bounce around the room until it hits a plant.
I'm sure mirrors still convert some light to heat, but it seems like it would be a big improvement.
- dalke 16y agoI see - you are talking about artificial lighting of the plants, while I was thinking of sunlight. With sunlight the ceilings will block the light going to the neighboring plants. What you are saying seems to make sense for some circumstances, though I earlier pointed out there's isn't that much light which is going to waste which could be used for photosynthesis. I looked around for "mirror garden", on the thought that home gardens would be the most likely candidate for using mirrors, but the only mentions there were for decorative purposes. I suspect there's a strong economic reason which makes it not practicable. Perhaps it's that a greenhouse with glass is more efficient because it makes better use of free natural light.
- tocomment 16y agoMaybe when my kid is older we will do this as ascience experiment. See if a "mirror garden" plant can grow with less light and how much less. Expect a blog post in ten years..