BASICS
The first thing you need to do when lighting plants, is pick up the lighting rule book and destroy that sucker. It's important to apply a completely different approach than with conventional lighting.
GROWTH AND DISPLAY
One must decide if they require growth lights, display lights or perhaps they want to be a little greedy green fingers and have it all.
GREEN WALL
Important questions when producing a green wall include: What type of plant species will be installed? Is the green wall located indoors or externally? Does the green wall receive supplementary sunlight? Not so important are questions like 'do people still buy those Abcrunchers?'
SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION
Plants respond differently to specific wavelengths and specific wavelength intensities. Therefore, the spectral distribution of lamps is super dooper important for whether your plants perish or thrive.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
All plants use a fundamental process called photosynthesis that produces energy from sunlight along with carbon dioxide and water to survive. Far out man.
PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) refers to a specific range of wavelengths in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (400-700 nanometres) utilised by plants for photosynthesis. If that just melted your mind and may as well have been in Greek, here it is...in Spanish. Radiación Fotosintéticamente Activa (RFA) se refiere al rango especifico de longitudes de honda en la porción visible del espectro electromagnético (400-700 nanómetros) utilizados en la fotosíntesis de las plantas.
PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX
Photosynthetic Photon Flux (PPF) - Defines a light source's total number of photons or micromoles per second (μmol/s). A photon is a particle of light and a micromole quantifies or measures the number of photons. A wonton is a type of dumpling.
PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITY
Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density (PPFD) - Defines the number of photons in the PAR range that land over one square metre per second(μmol/m2/s). Make sure you research the plant species to understand all the requirements for healthy growth. Now punch those numbers into your calculator clever clogs.
