Well then how bout this? BTW do you have some best? Please show me some best so I can be impressed. LOL
And now back to greedy companies and their poorly designed, inadequately engineered and woefully unimpressive lighting.
Philips Lighting, a global leader in lighting, announced the launch of the Philips GreenPower
LED flowering lamp 2.0, an even more energy efficient way to extend daylight or interrupt the night growing cycle in greenhouses for growers that cultivate strawberries, cut flowers, bedding plants and cuttings. The new Philips GreenPower LED flowering lamp 2.0 builds on the first generation of Philips GreenPower LED flowering lamp and comes in two different spectral versions with light recipes for growing cut flowers and soft fruit. The new highly energy-efficient lamp is designed to increase the yield, quality and consistency of crops and accelerate flowering. Its design draws upon over twenty years’ experience that Philips Lighting has in
horticultural lighting to serve the needs of growers.
The
first generation of the Philips GreenPower flowering lamp provided an important benchmark for energy efficiency following trials in 2014 and 2015 at the Research Centre Hoogstraten in Belgium, an independent horticultural research center. The next generation lamp provides an optimum spectrum and high light output and allows growers to save electricity costs by being 90% more energy efficient than conventional incandescent lamps. The lamps have a standard E27 or E26 fitting allowing them to be used in existing installations, avoiding unnecessary modifications and reducing set-up costs.
To help growers achieve the best results for their crops, Philips Lighting has invented light recipes which combine the following elements: light spectrum, intensity, uniformity, timing and positioning. The Philips GreenPower LED flowering lamp 2.0 is available with two different spectral versions: one offers a combination of deep red and white (DR/W) and the other a combination of deep red/white/ far red (DR/W/FR). The DR/W light version inhibits flowering of short-day plants, and has for example been very effective with chrysanthemums. The DR/W/FR light version is ideal for photoperiodic lighting of bedding and perennials. It can extend the day or interrupt the night cycle to promote elongation of the stems of strawberries and stimulate flowering.
“Being the first to market with a flowering lamp almost seven years ago, the Philips GreenPower LED flowering lamp 2.0 pushes the boundaries of how growers can gain control of crop quality and yield for their customers even more,” said Udo van Slooten, business leader for Philips Lighting’s Horticulture business.
The Phillips Green Power LED flowering lamp 2.0.
Lower maintenance costs
The Phillips Green Power LED flowering lamp 2.0 looks like an incandescent lamp, but is made of robust plastic that mitigates the risk of damage to crops that can occur from broken glass lamps. To reduce maintenance costs, the lamp is designed to last at least 25,000 hours* and is rated for IP44 and UL damp and dry conditions indoors. Trials in countries which use photoperiodic lighting to produce cuttings or cut flowers have reported that the flowering lamp 2.0 is much more stable on the energy grid compared to incandescent or ”twisters” (CFLs), so there is less risk of quality issues in crop production. The two spectral versions of this new LED flowering lamp are available to provide full installation flexibility.
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Heliospectra Promotes Sustainable Cultivation Methods and LED Light Strategies in Medical Cannabis Industry
Heliospectra, a world leader in intelligent lighting technology (
https://www.heliospectra.com/) for controlled environments horticulture, forecasts that America’s growing public support of legalized medicinal and recreational cannabis use will push industry to more sustainable cultivation practices and cost-effective
LED light strategies.
“An increase in the number of licensed greenhouses, indoor facilities and regulations will focus the industry on sustainable growing techniques and the documented data that integrated
LED lighting systems and control technologies provide,” said Staffan Hillberg, CEO of Heliospectra. “Commercial cannabis cultivators recognize that the ability to dynamically adjust, monitor and customize the full light spectrum specific to plant need ensures consistent crop health, product quality and harvest results.”
Given the distinct possibility that November election results will expand licensed recreational states from four to nine in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry, financial and advisory firm Viridian Capital Advisors (
http://www.viridianca.com/) predicts that attention will now shift to operating margins, long-term profitability and business efficiencies.
“As downward pricing pressure from the commoditization of cannabis continues, growers are rapidly adopting more advanced cultivation products and processes,” explains Scott Greiper, President of Viridian Capital Advisors. “Technology solutions, including LEDs, enable cultivators to establish competitive advantage and cost-effective operations while boosting yields.”
Heliospectra continues strong sales momentum of its programmable, full spectrum LED lighting solutions (
https://www.heliospectra.com/led_grow_light_products) within the American and Canadian medical cannabis communities, bolstered by the unprecedented customer results achieved at The Grove Nevada (
https://www.heliospectra.com/blog/grove-nevada-experiences-unprecedented-positive-results-their-grow-using-heliospectras-led-grow), Green Leaf (
https://www.heliospectra.com/blog/heliospectra-closes-deal-alaskan-entrepreneur) in Alaska and other cultivation leaders who maximize revenue and return on investment with consistent harvests and quality crops while significantly reducing energy and HVAC costs.
All hail the all-knowing, no-showing Internet stoners and their calculators!
"Ah, is there room for both of us?
Both of us apart"
. And how do you KNOW it won't grow great? I think it's fascinating that CREE has finally gotten into horti. 130lm/per watts or less can grow some great weed from what I've seen and smoked. Personally all this performance talk reminds me of geeks and their video cards talking abourt Winmarks or whatever it was instead of how much fun the game is. But that's just me I guess.
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. COBs are the throwers and discretes are the shapers in my little slice of the world...but as long as your happy it's really six to one, half a dozen to Dawgs momma.
Peace And Here's Carl And His Wa Wa 
