Why Far Red is important for flowering?

The peculiarity of the far-red spectrum is that it can trick plants into thinking they are in the shade.

For shade-tolerant plants, it is more beneficial to have broad leaves when the plant mistakenly thinks it is in the shade.

But for other plants such as tomatoes and marijuana, when they mistakenly think that they are in the shade, they will desperately grow up high in order to get more sunlight, making the stems thin and long, causing "spindling growth".

The spindling plant is not good, but that doesn't mean infrared is meaningless.

In this article (https://www.ultraplantled.com/news/why-you-need-a-smart-control-grow-light-77013.html) we share that plant flowering is closely related to photoperiod.

Both long-night and short-night plants require a certain amount of dark period to bloom better.

At this time, the role of far-red is highlighted. When there's far red, because plants mistakenly think that there is no sunlight, they can enter the "sleep state" faster or better, shorten the time required for the corresponding dark period, and shorten the plant growth cycle.

For example, it may take 12 hours for plants to bloom, but with the intervention of far-red light, it may only take 10 hours.

Many growers claim that through far-red light technology (such as lighting with far-red for 10 minutes before turning off the light), the yield can be increased by about 20% per year.

Based on the above and previous articles（ https://www.ultraplantled.com/news/how-plants-affected-by-far-red-lighting-730nm-77574.html ）, we know that for different plants or different growth stages of plants, the application of far-red can not only enhance photosynthesis, but also increase the yield of plants during flowering.

However, the current method adopted by most growers is to use and control a far-red lamp alone, which not only increases the cost of management, but also brings additional risks (such as spindling plants due to improper control).

If the intelligent control and spectrum adjustable technology of our grow light Ultra Plant? are used: the "plan" can be implemented, so that the far red with corresponding intensity can be turned on automatically only when needed. In addition, it can reduce the cost of purchasing additional far-red lamps and hangers

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