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Nowadays LED lighting is already much used in greenhouses. LED's are used for multilayer cultivation as well as for assimilation lighting. The big advantage of LED is that they can be constructed in such a way that they only offer your plants the light that they can actually use for photosynthesis.

This means that there is a significant amount of energy saved, by only offering the plant the light spectrum it uses for photosynthesis and by not wasting any energy in an useless spectrum for the crop. Greenhouses that use LED lighting can be recognised by a faint bleu/red glow, in contrast to the much stronger orange halo of sodium and SON-T lamps in other greenhouses.

Modern LED lighting can enhance plant growth up to 40%. The durability and longevity of LED's makes them the perfect and green alternative to standard horticultural lighting. They can significantly stimulate plant growth, while the energy consumption is drastically reduced by the use of targeted illumination at 660 and 450 nanometers. In addition, the LED's offer many other advantages such as their compact form factor, high efficiency, long life, and low heat output. All this offers the grower flexibility. Most LED's are also dimmable and controllable, this brings you the advantage that you can create the optimal growth cycle for your plants. LED's switch on immediatly, they don't need to warmup like the older HID bulb's!