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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: lisa taranto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] 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 • • • • RICYCLE GARDENS 11 W. 7th St., RVA 23224 h. 804.231-7767 ww.tricyclegardens.org ------------- next part -------------- non-text attachment was scrubbed... ame: not available ype: text/enriched ize: 438 bytes esc: not available rl : http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_li st.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080725/ae580102/attachment.bin _______________________________________________ he American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's ervices to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out ow to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080725/3d80ae4e/attachment.html _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
