Greenhouse Lighting
IEP Invernaderos provides advanced lighting solutions to optimize the growth of horticultural and ornamental crops, especially in regions with low solar radiation or during the winter months. Through the use of assimilation lighting, such as efficient LED lamps, we control photosynthesis, flowering, and plant development by adjusting specific wavelengths to meet each crop’s needs. These technologies, which are more sustainable and long-lasting, ensure an ideal light environment that boosts productivity. Discover how our lighting solutions can transform your crops.
Assimilation Lights
In general, artificial lighting is widely used in countries with low levels of solar radiation, where natural light is not always sufficient to ensure proper vegetative growth.
Light is a limiting factor in the production of horticultural and ornamental plants. For this reason, the use of artificial lighting in greenhouses is common when the goal is to increase the rate of photosynthesis during winter months or to extend the duration of daylight in order to promote or inhibit flowering, depending on production needs.
To achieve these objectives, there are various types of lamps, each characterized by a specific spectral composition. However, traditional lighting systems (such as mercury vapor, fluorescent, or high-pressure sodium lamps) are now increasingly being replaced by LED lights, which are more energy-efficient and allow the selection of specific wavelengths that best suit the plants.
Being able to determine which wavelengths are essential for triggering specific effects (for example, red and far-red light stimulate flowering, while blue light regulates stomatal opening, phototropism, and seedling inhibition) is crucial when designing the most suitable lighting system for each crop. In this regard, LED lighting offers many advantages over more conventional systems.
