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Chloroplast energyRunning
Leaf canopy. Light exposure at 5.2 h. Glucose produced 0.23 units, Crop requirement 1.35 units. Currently glucose produced is short by 1.116 units.TUNINGGLUCOSE PRODUCED5.2 H0.23 units
t = 0.0s

Glucose produced

0.23units

Crop requirement

1.35units

5.2 h

Leaf canopy. Light exposure at 5.2 h. Glucose produced 0.23 units, Crop requirement 1.35 units. Currently glucose produced is short by 1.116 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.