How was full spectrum light discovered?
When time-lapse photographer John Ott was growing a pumpkin for Walt Disney’s Cinderella, the female flower fell off the vine. So he changed the fluorescent light tubes in his studio and started over. But the new tubes put out a different colour and the male flowers fell off. He quickly learned that plants needed all the colours of the rainbow for proper biological health. That started a lifetime of investigation on the effects of light on life – plant, animal and human. Further research uncovered the many effects on body, mind, and spirit and earned John Ott an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work. (For more information, see Who was John Ott?
When time-lapse photographer John Ott was growing a pumpkin indoors under standard cool white lights for Walt Disney’s Cinderella, the female flower fell off the vine. So he changed the lights to warm white lights, the male flowers fell off. He observed that plants needed all the colors of the rainbow for proper biological health. That started a lifetime of investigation on the effects of light on life – plant, animal and human. Further research uncovered the many effects on body, mind, and spirit and earned Dr. Ott an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work.
