Our plant growth chamber has some problem with the lights, and we would like to solve this problem by installing some LED system. We have an offer of CI-800 programmable LED growth system (http://www.cid-inc.com/ci-800.php).
Has anybody used it? I don´t know if It is too much and if some domestic LED's could be enough?
If you know how to do some soldering you can make your own with LED strips. Mix the colors of the LEDs until you have the right wave length for your plant species.
I did lots of LED projects and can tell you, this product looks well done! LEDs need to stay cool otherwise they won't hold long enough. I can see a well proportioned cooling grid above the lamp. So I would give it a try.
Similar projects: http://urbanfarmers.com has some experience in that field. We from ZHAW support the spin-off: http://www.zhaw.ch/fileadmin/php_includes/popup/projekt-detail.php?projektnr=1112 - You may ask Doris Tausendpfund for more details. Best regards, Remo.
I am trying to make some right now and I learned that some cooling device may be important, thanks to Remo. We would like to make tissue culture cheaper in Africa and help organised farmer groups operate a community lab where they can root plants and wean them off. I case they need limited light in a growth room they would use these LED lights even powered by solar.
In Spain there is a biotechnology laboratory in BMCP (Valencia) who use the LED system to the growth chamber. Here is attached the information.
Hello,
For our projects of vertical gardenning systems we are going to use the special leds from d-led.
Please look of their products on following web site :
http://www.d-led.net/pages/8.aspx
You need to supply the wavelength @460 nm (blue) and @630nm (red) for the plants.
Look also at:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/90W-LED-Hydroponic-UFO-Plant-Lamp-Grow-Light-Red-Blue-/261234352306?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd2c7e0b2
Look also at:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xhorticulture+leds&_nkw=horticulture+leds&_sacat=0&_from=R40
I'm making the controller to ON/OFF the units in appropriate timing depens on plant type and day ligth intensity.
Best regards,
Radislav Yanai
We have good experience with http://www.lighting.philips.com/main/application_areas/horticultural/vegetables-and-fruits.wpd in our climate rooms.
Hi Daneil
it is possible to mount your LED lights with some assistance offered by a electrician, you can use digital timers to program switching time and so on...but be aware of their light intensities and the height of mounting over plants...
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