Re: [AGA Member] Red Pigment-K spectrum anecdotes

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Uh, forsaking empiricism for a moment, I wonder, less
light-using pigment means it needs less light?  Why
wouldn't it need more to continue to grow and remain
healthy?

Are we assuming that only one condition is resonsible for
red color?  Why are we assuming that?

Scott H.
--- MotomanBarton@aol.com wrote:
> Well, i'm not sure about red plants needing lower
> intensity to stay red 
> because the reason they are red is because they have more
> red pigment then green 
> pigment and the green pigment is the only pigment that
> can absorb light. So it'd 
> only make sence that it would need more light to survive.
> 
>     Sorry if i missed anything i miss most of this
> strain.


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