aml1014
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This theory applies to me I my climate at least. I live in the high desert where humidity is very low nearly all summer except on the occasional rainy day. Also we have very high U.V. intensity making it difficult to put non natives into a full sun spot. My tropicals grow in summer, but seem more in a heat dormancy most of the time. Around now when I stow the tropicals away in the greenhouse, the heat levels have dropped as has the U.V. intensity.Nothing wrong with far out there..let's hear this theory.
Now for my greenhouse conditions.
Temperture regularly stay between 65-90°f which is very similar to their natural range. Also the humidity in m greenhouse is consistently between 80-100% relative humidity at all times, which is also very much like their native climate.
Now this is where it gets FAR OUT THERE.
In summer our day is about 16 hours long. In the tropics the sun is out about 12.5 hour per day everyday, forever! As it just so happens, that's about how long the days are in winter (maybe sightly less then 12).
Tropicals also go through a dry season and wet season in nature. The difference in moisture between outside and inside my greenhouse is immensely different.
So in summer we are hot, dry, and the sun torches everything, in winter my conditions for the tropics is so nearly the same as their natural climate that It only makes sense to me that they will grow faster.
Maybe I'm on to something, or I truly am a NUT!
What's your thought on my theory?
Aaron