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From: manderse@orion.cf.uci.edu (Mark Andersen)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,sci.bio
Subject: Re: More dodgy products (i.e. Re: Ott Computer Safety Light)
Message-ID: <2640@orion.cf.uci.edu>
Date: 6 Sep 89 16:46:02 GMT
References: <15388@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1199@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Reply-To: manderse@orion.cf.uci.edu (Mark Andersen)
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In article <1199@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> zanussi@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:
>In article <15388@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
>                   PHOTOTRON - State Of The Art In Biotechnology
>                   =============================================
>                            Over 80,000 sold worldwide
>
> My master's thesis concerned the cannabinoid profile. 
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

>  In fact you will grow the plant six (6) to nine (9) months with an average 15 
>cm internodal length (the distance between fruiting sites). That will produce a
>fruiting ratio at the tops of the plants equal to only ten percent (10%). Ninety
>percent (90%) of the plant material is unusable and the plants are killed off 
>after harvest in preparation for planting the next crop.

>+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>!      Peter Anderton       Janet: ZANUSSI@UK.AC.LIV.CS.MVA                    !
>!     (aka Zanussi or       Internet: ZANUSSI%MVA.CS.LIV.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU !
>!   The Motorway Pervert)   UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!zanussi@uk.ac.liv.cs.mva       !
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>     These are my opinions, and mine only, since no-one ever agrees with me.

Isn't it painfully obvious that this ad is directed specifically at people 
trying to grow a particular species (i.e., _Cannabis sativa_) of indoor 
plant? Hence the concern with small size, low power usage, quick growth, etc.
A coffee-table sized growth chamber is not going to produce much of a crop
of staple grain, anyway.

Mark Andersen                   manderse@orion.cf.uci.edu
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92717