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All mesh hole size and window thickness & properties aside, of the two, which would allow more sunlight or would lead to more redness or growth in the plants - a mesh window or a glass window?
Hey Jim, you are right about glass blocking some of the UV rays that the plants need. That is a problem that people have when they keep certain lizards and things that need the vitamins from the light but the glass filters them out.
Most glass blocks lots of UV. Ultraviolet radiation is said to be responsible for inspiring the nice coloration in our plants leaves. It is also the main component in sunlight said to inhibit undesirable fungi and nematodes.
I know that those glasses are promoted. But I don't really know why anyone ever buys them. Many animals need full-spectrum light for proper health. Maybe we humans do too. No use of light filtering glasses for this person, thank you very much.
Josephy, thank you for providing the link about glass and UV. Our apartment recently had all of the windows replaced. So now I need to ask the contractor what glass they were using and how much UV it allows.
So would you say that plants that allow the sun through a screened window would allow more UV than that of glass and thus be more beneficial?
I found that I had all kinds of redness produced by many sundews when I had them at the window sills at the lab. But the butterworts at those window, at best, tuned mildly pink. Why the difference?
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