Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:31:28 -0500 From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3836$foo@default> Subject: RE: RE: Seed Germination and Light Levels
> > After a while, the surface of the medium seems to change
> > somehow since if you stop misting, the algae does not
> > appear. Any suggestions why?
>
>I would guess that something else, which is slower to get established
>than the algae/moss, fills that nich and there isn't any room for
>algae anymore. I have no idea if this is true, but it seems likely...
I've noticed that when I do a relatively hard spray with water of a surface
that has algae that the physical force of spraying disrupts the sheen of
algae, probably by burying it beneath the surface, which seemingly kills it
from lack of light. But invariably, it comes back in time.
David
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