Category: Lighting Education

In the first part of our Horticultural Lighting Guide, we looked at the basics of lighting for plants, we learned what a photon is, what PAR, PPF & PPFD are, and how PAR maps help us determine the number and layout of the lighting fixtures needed for the best illumination.

In the part two, we are building on top of the basics from part one and we are going to be talking about the importance of the color spectrum and even the specific effects of individual colors on the plants. Continue reading Horticultural Lighting Guide – Part 2

We come across many growers who are still skeptical of LED lighting for horticulture. Some of them can’t justify the initial upfront investment, some of them don’t want to sacrifice their HPS fixtures which also provide heat for their growing space, and some of them had a really bad experience with the LEDs before.

As with majority of problems in life and in business, most of them can be solved by obtaining intelligence through education. Therefore, we decided to write this series of articles explaining how lighting works in the horticultural world, what to look for when specifying your lighting and what to straight up avoid.

Let’s first start with the basics. Continue reading Horticultural Lighting Guide – Part 1