The
floriculture industry encompasses a wide variety of planting styles from
bedding, to potted and cut flowers. Lighting needs vary based on species and
production styles, however light remains an integral growth variable in
production.
Low
light conditions result in poor quality plants that show an increase in
blindness, stretching and have smaller flowers with thinner stems. If plants
are grown at excessively high light levels, leaf orientation will change to
avoid the light and the plants may also develop “sunburn”.
Cosyfarmer
Horticultural LEDs address the importance of aesthetics and control for
floriculture. Our dynamic LEDs allow for increased control over flowering
times, quality, and robust growth.
Growers
that use smart Wireless Control can adjust light spectra to achieve this
advanced control over their crop, with different ratios of red to blue
light used to influence plant growth.
More
blue light drives vegetative and root growth, while red light promotes
germination and controls flowering. Light ratios can be used to decrease time
to flowering and increase flower count. Light can also be used to influence
growth, creating a taller or more compact plant depending on growers needs.
Increased control over flowering is being used by commercial flower growers to run faster production cycles and to meet tight supply-chain deadlines. When using smartPAR to enable light as a growth variable, LEDs quickly become the most powerful tool in a flower growers toolbox.