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JAP69 — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 14:01:42 GMT

I could take a polished aluminum bowl to reflect light. Turn the bowl upside down and have a convex reflector. LOL

Original Blog Entry: Container garden [sunlight for plants a problem for my back yard]

JAP69 — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:24:04 GMT

I have numerous trees in my backyard which is not very large to begin with. The patio deck area only gets sunlight in the morning for a few hours during the summer months. Now that it is fall the leaves are dropping but the growing season is about over for summer warm weather crops.

I have been thinking about this problem and thought about putting up convex mirrors in the yard to direct sunlight on the plants. Just done a search on using mirrors for directing sunlight on plants and found that it is done by gardeners. I only read one article this morning on using mirrors for the garden which was not too lengthy.

Looks like I may purchase some convex mirrors for directing sunlight on the plants. Done a search on convex mirrors and found they are expensive. Something like $40.00 and up.

Will need to find out about UV rays requirements for plants and whether mirrors redirect UV rays or they take away the UV rays. Also will need to find out if mirrors strengthen UV rays or not.

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