Do adult plants require _SOME_ darkness?

[Dave2000]

Life will find a way even in poor conditions so I feel the word "require" should not be used, rather the question is whether going to the extra effort to provide the darkness where it otherwise wouldn't be, is worth the effort. I can't answer this, but they will do better with a few hours of darkness.

 

[meinchoh]

Thanks for the lead.

However, the few articles I read suggest that aspects of the Calvin cycle is "light-independent" which does not necessarily imply it is "darkness-dependant"

One thing I did read which seems to suggest darkness might be important is:

Some plants synthesize the transition-state inhibitor carboxyarabinitol-1-phosphate (CA1P) in the dark. RuBP Carboxylase Activase facilitates release of CA1P from RuBP Carboxylase, when it is activated under conditions of light via thioredoxin.

But do peppers qualify as "some plants?"

So, what more do you need?

 

[Terravexti]

Light is for plant growth. Darkness inables flowering and fruit growth. If you want to grow a plant, 24/0 will be okay, but for a proper life cycle the chilie will need some darkness.