April: 10 stories on lighting your greenhouse

LED HPS, PPFD, PPSD, DLI, PAR. Familiar with all these abbreviations? Then you are probably a greenhouse grower with an interest in lighting your crop. In April, we have published many articles on greenhouse lighting. Find 10 stories about lighting your crop in today's year overview!

Agrokultura Group increases yields in greenhouse with LED grow lights

"The right light is essential for the plant"

Signify has implemented a pilot project at the greenhouses of Agrokultura Group, LLC. According to the results from the trial period, the combination of HPS and Philips…

Vertical farming gaining popularity among traditional growers

'Where in recent years vertical farming enthusiasts have perhaps been mainly qualified as hipsters with a rather expensive hobby, this new branch of horticultural sport is…

P.L. light systems celebrates 40-years in business

"Our dedication to provide lighting solutions and support has never changed"

P.L. Light Systems has reached an exciting milestone, as the company celebrates 40 years of delivering professional grow light systems to the horticultural industry. The…

"A custom light optic provides extra-wide, uniform light dispersion over the grow area"

GE Current, a Daintree company, has launched the Arize Factor Multilayer (ML) Series, the latest addition to its lineup of horticulture fixtures for indoor farms and…

"Studying the strawberrry will enable us to find the ideal light for it"

Fluence by OSRAM, a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, announced today its ongoing research at…

LED company agrees to expand installation at Allegro Acres

"Now we can adjust our greenhouse lighting in real-time"

After the successful harvest of the first greenhouse crop of winter-produced peppers using LED lighting technology in Canada, Sollum Technologies is pleased to announce an…

Kazakhstan colors pink with 55,000 m2 LED installation

At the beginning of January 2020, a tomato greenhouse in the south of Kazakhstan was woken up by horticulture LED lights for the very first time. At first, it was just 5,000…

Cambridgeshire greenhouse to use LED lighting to increase plant yields by 27%

Greencoat Capital, a UK investor in renewable energy, today announced an £86m project to construct an advanced greenhouse at a site near Ely, Cambridgeshire.…

Norway's nursery grows more tomatoes and peppers year-round by using LED lighting

Norwegian consumers are currently eating fruits and vegetables that have traveled thousands of kilometers from Southern Europe before they reach the shelves in Norwegian…

The ABC of PAR, PPF and PPFD

There is a myriad of factors for growers to take onboard when building a greenhouse or grow area. Firstly, there’s plant lifecycles and grow light positioning. Then, there’s…