I don't have my book right now but I remember reading in Jorge Cervantes book that if you have light directed at the underneath of the plant you will actually hurt it. The bottom of the leaves can't use the light so they just get burned. Sorry I don't have my reference but I DO remember reading that cause I was wondering the same thing.
UseHerName Reviewed by UseHerName on . Plants use of reflected lighting I was curious about whether or not plants can use any light that would be reflected from the underside of the plant. For example if I had sort of a reflective bowl under a plant to catch light from the sides and bounce it back up, can the plant use any of that light? I know that the tops of leaves is how it gathers light normally. I just wonder because I can easily do this without a whole lot of extra work and I just wanna know if there would be any benefit to that or not. My guess is no but I Rating: 5