When consumers visit garden centers in spring they will most likely buy flowering plants that are ready for their home gardens. To satisfy consumers' wishes, producers start growing crops far in ...

HPS, or high-pressure sodium, bulbs are one of the most popular HID (high-intensity discharge) lamps in use today. Heavier in the orange-to-red wavelengths, HPS bulbs provide excellent spectrum for ...

In Canada, as in other higher latitudes, there is not enough natural light for production of many greenhouse commodities during the darker months of the year. In these regions, it is necessary for ...

Indoor grow specialists all over the world use blue-heavy metal halide lamps (MH) for vegetative growth and switch to red-heavy high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps for flowering, but is this pricey, ...

Annual bedding plant seedlings or plugs are considered high quality when they are compact, fully rooted transplants with a large stem caliper and high root dry mass. Greenhouses in northern latitudes ...

Signify has introduced a new concept for Philips GreenPower LED Toplighting Compact that allows 1-to-1 replacement of high-pressure sodium lamps with Philips GreenPower LED Toplighting Compact ...

EAST LANSING, MI—When consumers visit garden centers in spring they will most likely buy flowering ornamental plants that are ready for their home gardens. Studies have shown that consumers favor ...

LEDs are capable of replacing HPS for supplemental lighting for cut gerbera production during darker periods. In Canada, as in other higher latitudes, there is not enough natural light for production ...