David Hollywood Jul 13, 2012:

Enhancing Solar Light To Grow Vegetables
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5 posts - 4 authors - 13 Feb 2008
I imagine fields organized in stripes, East-West, alternating stripes of light-loving plants with light-shy ones, and mirrors between them.

Kate Collyer Jul 13, 2012:

For conciseness... maybe something like: they shun/flee light?

Alternatively, turn the whole idea around and go for the idea of darkness-loving/seeking.

Kate Collyer Jul 13, 2012:

I'm not aware of any noun which can embody this meaning in English. A verb phrase would be much easier, e.g. (to use Jonas's proposal) they are light-averse; or (mine) they shrink from the light.

I wonder (if you want to stick to the plant imagery) if you could make them anti-sunflowers [which in Fr and It 'turn to' the sun], i.e.: they turn their faces from the sun?

Sadly all of these are much more verbose than the German!

Nicole Schnell Jul 13, 2012:

I reclassified your question. .

Kim Metzger Jul 13, 2012:

How bout light runaways?

Kurt Beals (asker) Jul 12, 2012:

A few lines Here are the first lines: "die dächer von weiter oben umgesiedelte wolken /
kleine tiere, die langsam in den himmel kriechen /
und einfrieren. lichtflüchter. sie teilen das recht /
aller dinge zu schweigen."
Nicole's right that these could be animals (which of course is strongly suggested by the "kleine tiere"), but the author told me she had the plants in mind -- so I could use a word that applies to animals as well, but it shouldn't be a word that exclusively refers to animals.

Kim Metzger Jul 12, 2012:

With Nicole absolutely. Give us a line or two. And please reclassify your question under Art/Literary.

Nicole Schnell Jul 12, 2012:

We need at least the relevant line If the poem is not about plants at all, it doesn't make sense to look for a botanical term. Insects and other animals can be "Lichtflüchter", too.
TIA!