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Chloroplast energyRunning
Leaf canopy. Light exposure at 5.2 h. Glucose produced 0.234 units, Crop requirement 1.35 units. Currently glucose produced is short by 1.12 units.TUNING1.35LIGHT EXPOSURE →↑ GLUCOSE PRODUCED
t = 0.0s

Glucose produced

0.234units

Crop requirement

1.35units

Glucose produced is short by 1.12 units

5.2 h

Leaf canopy. Light exposure at 5.2 h. Glucose produced 0.234 units, Crop requirement 1.35 units. Currently glucose produced is short by 1.12 units.

What has to balanceglucose∝lightglucose \propto light

What is happening

You arrive at a vertical farm rationing electricity during a grid shortage.

The crop is falling behind. It needs 1.35 units of glucose per day, each unit of light yields 0.045, and the lamp schedule is wrong.