LED Grow Lights used in Leafy Green Trials

Philips GreenPower Production Module LED Experiment with Specialty Greens in Lafayette, CA

Lights: Philips GreenPower Production Modules Deep Red/Blue 120cm

Objectives: 1.) Can a variety of greens (gourmet lettuces, high nutrient greens and herbs) be grown under production LED lights well enough and quickly enough to be commercially viable. The target is a 30 day cycle from seed to harvest.

2.) Would two lights per hydroponic unit (ez clone cloner) achieve this goal or are three necessary?

Seeded: 9/15/13

Experiment under lights began: 9/26/13
Initial recommendation to hang lights 16-18” above plants produced leggy and weak seedlings.  Lights remounted above plants 7-8” Philips GreenPower Production Modules are being run 14 hours/day.  Ambient room temperature ranges from 70 degrees during the night to 85 degrees during the day. The nutrient used is DynaGrow at a dilution of 1/2 teaspoon per gallon so about 5-6 teaspoons per cloner. ProTect, an auxiliary nutrient, was used at the same dilution. An ArtDne recycling timer is being used 24 hours per day at a rate of 1 minute on for every 5 minutes off. There will be one nutrient change during the experiment after approximately two weeks to refresh the set up and new nutrient will be applied at the dilution described above.
Specialty Greens is providing growers interested in hydroponics all the they need to grow hydroponically in a 2 ft sq. space!
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Here are some photos taken of the Experiment on 9/26/13

Experiment information provided by Patty Phaneuf from Specialty Greens, and Posted by Maria Luitjohan from Hort Americas.
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