Efficiency in Floriculture: The Benefits of LEDs for Ornamental Plants

Floriculture is an industry that thrives on vibrant colours, exquisite shapes, and delicate beauty. Your clientele appreciates top-quality freshly cut flowers and potted plants. Like every other industry, technological breakthroughs have greatly influenced its evolution. One of the key innovations transforming the industry is the use of greenhouse LED grow lights for better results.??

Traditionally, floriculture heavily relied on natural sunlight for plant growth. However, this approach poses limitations, especially in regions with inconsistent sunlight or during seasons with shorter days. To overcome these challenges, LEDs for ornamental plants emerged as frontrunners due to their energy efficiency, longevity, and ability to provide specific light spectrums tailored to plant needs.?

In this blog, we’ll dive into the benefits of LED lighting in floriculture, focusing on its efficiency and positive impact on the growth and development of ornamental plants.?

Effects of far-red wavelengths?

The attractive features of ornamental plants are influenced by the specific spectral wavelengths of light. Numerous plant species, including decorative crops, sense variations in the light environment, such as photoperiod, light intensity, and spectral composition to synchronise their growth and development. Most ornamental plants fall into one of three categories: day-neutral (ND), short-day (SD), or long-day (LD) depending on their photoperiodic needs.?

LEDs offer a range of spectrums, including blue and red, crucial for plant growth and flowering. To induce flowering in long-day (LD) plants, it's common practice to include far-red to speed up flowering and also increase the number of flowers present. On the other hand, for short-day (SD) plants, incorporating far-red light promotes growth extension.

However, to balance the amount of branching in the ornamental plant, with the vibrancy of colours, and the right amount of growth extension requires extensive research to find the right balance of wavelengths in blue, green, red, and far-red light.

That’s exactly where we come in at Valoya, where we have conducted hundreds of trials and research to develop light recipes which produce tailored light recipes which enhance flowering and the quality of ornamental plants.

Efficiency Unveiled?

LED lighting systems stand out for their energy efficiency compared to other lighting sources such as high-pressure sodium (HPS). LEDs convert a higher percentage of electrical energy into usable light, reducing energy consumption and lowering electricity bills for floriculturists. High-efficiency LEDs are used in Valoya's Grow lights to provide maximum passive cooling with minimal heat radiation to the plants.??

Positive Impact on Plant Growth?

Controlled Flowering and Bud Development: Valoya’s broad spectrum AP67 is designed to induce flowering and promotion of biomass accumulation in many flower species, including chrysanthemums, roses, Phalaenopsis orchids, etc.?

Uniform Growth Across Seasons: LEDs for ornamental plants provide consistency in light intensity and spectrum throughout the year. This is particularly advantageous in regions with extreme seasonal variations, allowing floriculturists to maintain a steady and controlled growth environment for ornamental plants regardless of external weather conditions.?

Changing to LED lighting in floriculture is a calculated step toward greater productivity, sustainability, and profitability. It's more than just a technological advancement. The benefits of energy efficiency and the positive impact on ornamental plant development demonstrate how LED lighting marks a significant leap toward enhanced plant growth. That’s why Valoya employs data on plant light requirements and growth protocols derived from over 650 studies undertaken with some of the world's greatest research institutes.

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