LED in alstroemeria is red-hot : more and more grower are choosing LED fixtures as an addition to HPS lighting . Alstroemeria company Together2Grow has also follow this . They have install Hortiled Top fixedness from Hortilux . Grower Bernard Zuidgeest require to increase production by 10 to 15 % and improve the character of the crop .
The consumption of supplemental ignition has been old-hat in the alstroemeria development ; as this assist growers to bring about year round and optimise the quality . Although many growers have limitation ; especially with the heat energy irradiation of the HPS fixtures . “ Alstroemeria is a cold craw ” , says Bernard Zuidgeest , co - proprietor of Together2Grow . This fellowship grows alstroemeria on 8.8 ha , part over 3 locations ( Kwintsheul , Schipluiden and Poeldijk ) . “ Naturally this crop grows around the equator , where they have inhuman nights . This think that you’re able to only use the HPS fixture to a sure level . At our placement in Kwintsheul , for model , we have 140 micromol / m2 / s of HPS light . This is too much , which mean we have a lot of spare heat . In short ; alstroemeria wants the visible radiation but not the heat . ”
For this grounds Together2Grow decided to invest in 5000m2 in light-emitting diode for their location in Poeldijk . At the beginning of this month , 47 micromol of LED was install in addition to the existing 95 micromol / m2 / s of HPS . “ In this nursery we grow Virginia ; a craw that reacts very well to extra light . I expect with the LED fixtures an increase of 10 to 15 % in production . On top of that we think the character of the crop will meliorate in the winter months , especially with good bud background and heavier stems . With these outlook we trust to earn the investing back within five to six years . ”
Conscious choice for Hortiled Top and HortiluxTogether2Grow consciously chose Hortiled Top secureness from Hortilux for multiple reason . “ Important for us , was that we could deploy the fixtures in the existing C - profile ; behind each HPS fixing hang an light-emitting diode fixture ” , say Zuidgeest . “ We did not have to purchase extra profile . The more profiles you have the more light you lose . Besides this , the Hortiled Top fixity are robust and solid , and provide us with the idealistic light distribution per m2 . Now we have the right amount of lightness everywhere in the greenhouse . ”
Zuidgeest is also very satisfied with the collaboration with Hortilux . “ It is a well-read ship’s company . An reward is that Hortilux produces and installs the fixtures , so you only have one full stop of contact . Next to that they are practically around the street corner which makes it potential to flip quickly . ”
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