MANY BENEFITS OF LED LIGHTING
ONE OF THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF LED LIGHTING FOR PLANT GROWTH IS THE INDIVIDUAL LED’S THAT MAKE UP A PLANT GROW LIGHT EMITS A NVERY UNIQUE SPECTRUM OF LIGHT. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN WHICH SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS PLANTS USE FOR GROWTH AND THE MANY OTHER FUNCTIONS EACH SPECIFIC PLANT PROVIDES. THIS ALLOWS THE LIGHTING TO BE CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC PLANTS AT DIFFERANT PARTS OF THEIR GROWTH CYCLE. FOR EXAMPLE MOST PLANTS TO NEED MORE LIGHT IN THE RED SPECTRUM RANGE DURING FLOWERING AND MORE IN THE BLUE RANGE DURING ACTIVE GROWTH PERIODS. THIS ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL LIGHT TO BE ADJUSTED TO MORE CLOSELY PROVIDE FOR THE PLANT AT DIFFERANT TIMES OF IT’S LIFE CYCLE.
ANOTHER GREAT BENEFIT OVER METAL HALIDE OR HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTING IS THE ELIMINATION OF THE PARTS OF THE SPECTRUM NOT UTILIZED BY THE PLANT WHICH GREATLY REDUCES THE POWER OUTPUT FOR USABLE LIGHT PRODUCTION.
ANOTHER GREAT ADVANTAGE IS THE LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAT GENERATED BY OTHER PLANT GROWTH LIGHTING SYSTEM IS GREATLY REDUCED IN THE LED LIGHTING SYSTEMS. THIS CAN BE A CRUCIAL BENEFIT TO GREENHOUSE INSECT CONTROL SINCE MOST PESTPOPULATIONS SUCH AS SPIDER MITES AND APHIDS REPRODUCE MUCH MORE RAPIDLY AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES.
AS LED LIGHTING CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THE COMBINED BENEFITS OF INCREASED PLANT GROWTH PER WATT, A MORE EFFICIENT COLOR SPECTRUM, LOWER COST PER USABLE LIGHT PRODUCED AND LOWER RESIDUAL HEAT PRODUCTION WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE BENEFITS OF LED LIGHTING. ALSO AS PRODUCTION RAMPS UP THE COST OF LED LIGHTING HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE.
