What is the importance of spectrums when growing indoors?
Spectrums are crucial when growing plants indoors because they directly affect the photosynthesis process, plant growth, and development. Here are several reasons why the light spectrum is important.
How much are your old lights costing you?
Check out the latest blog from Iluminar Lighting to get the scoop on why lamps degrade, how reflectors lose their shine, and what you can do to keep your plants thriving. Trust me, you don't wanna miss this!
Sakata Ornamentals Enhances Growth with LEDs
Sakata has replaced its HPS lights with efficient 650-watt LED lights. This way, Sakata reached a higher light level with lower energy consumption
Integration of Philips GrowWise control system with climate computer allows Huisman Chrysanten to light more effectively and efficiently
Dynamic lighting matched to energy market and crop needs. LED system controls integrated via GrowWise control system and IIVO climate computer. New lighting solution helps reduce energy consumption by 20% while increasing light level by 40%.
Enhancing Plant Potential: UV + Far Red for Horticultural Lighting
For healthy plant growth, providing the correct spectrum of light is crucial. With the integration of UV and far red wavelengths into our lighting solutions, Iluminar Lighting is revolutionizing the way plants thrive indoors.
Philips horticulture LED solutions and Hoogendoorn Growth Management collaborate to unlock the full potential of intelligent lighting in vertical farming
This will facilitate an easier integration of lighting into Hoogendoorn's IIVO Vertical climate computer and pave the way for autonomous optimization in growing crops in closed environments.
More efficient cultivation with controlled raising under LED lighting
We have been focusing on improving the plant raising phase at our GrowWise Research Center for several years now. In a series of trials, lettuce plants were raised in a controlled environment using LED lighting, and then transplanted to a professional grower's field.
>20% Light Use Efficiency Exhibited in Tomato Trial
Materials incorporating quantum dots show promise in enabling passive, electricity-free spectrum modification for improving crop production in greenhouse cultivation, but extensive controlled crop studies are needed to further validate their effectiveness.
Trial Grodan and Philips Full LED shows high level quality tomato production with up to 40% heat input reduction
The initial results show that it is possible for tomato growers to maintain high levels of quality and production, even when they reduce the heat input in the greenhouse.
Fluence Launches Next-Generation RAPTR and VYPR Fixtures
The RAPTR 2 and VYPR 4 provide maximum versatility for greenhouse lighting, featuring tunable spectra with optimal light intensity and optical distributions for produce and floriculture growers worldwide
WITH SOLLUM, HEMP PRODUCER INNOVAGRO MAKES THE SWITCH FROM HPS TO DYNAMIC LED LIGHTING
Facing similar challenges and pressures as experienced with cannabis production, Innovagro has made the decision to switch from more conventional high-pressure sodium (HPS) and metal halide (MH) fixtures to dynamic LEDs to better control light spectrum and intensity.
RED SUN FARMS ONTARIO TESTS SOLLUM AND THE BENEFITS OF FAR-RED LIGHTING
THE KINGSVILLE BASED GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE PRODUCER WILL BE CONDUCTING MINI CUCUMBER GROWTH TRIALS
UNDER FIXED FAR-RED LIGHTS AND SOLLUM'S DYNAMIC SOLUTION.
Fluence and Innexo BV's Research Partnership Explores Eliminating Vegetation Phase to Drive Potential Energy Savings for Growers
Initial research findings from Fluence's partnership with Dutch research organization Innexo reveal potential electrical savings of up to 55%
Decoding LED Grow Lights: Beyond the Numbers
With an ever-expanding market and a surge in innovative horticultural LED lighting fixtures, it's crucial for consumers to tread carefully. In 2021, an age-old phrase remains incredibly pertinent: "Lies, damn lies, and statistics."
The Power of Red Light in Greenhouse Farming
The use of supplemental lighting in greenhouse farming has become increasingly popular to increase plant growth and yield and has helped further develop our understanding of how the spectrum of light provided to plants affects plant growth and development.
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