PremiseUntil a few decades ago, few knew what an LED was and very few envisaged its application in the lighting field. Almost no one believed that the LED would become the main lighting source of the future. Today the acronym…
The need to guarantee a production of flowers and vegetables throughout the year has been consolidated for many years and will be increasingly so in the future. The needs of the consumer and the advantages of the producer are many…
Today, vegetable cultivation has become increasingly important in human nutrition and this importance is constantly growing. Horticulture (intended therefore for human nutrition) will have to: Support a growing increase in production to guarantee food supplies to a constantly growing world…
In TOP compact LEDs, hundreds of LEDs fit into a very small space, making it difficult to dissipate the heat they produce. If the front of the light fixture is covered with glass or plastic, dissipation becomes even more problematic,…
We visited a splendid greenhouse that grows freesias (with their intoxicating scent) and orchids. The owners were wonderful, describing the cultivation process for both these flowers, which is completely different from one another. The Netherlands, unlike other Mediterranean countries, including…
The presence of white buds is a relatively new issue in cannabis cultivation, however there are various publications on the subject, such as that of Royal Queen. First of all, you should not confuse white buds with albino flowers, which…
In tomato cultivation, but let’s say in all cultivations with artificial light, total or partial, what makes tomatoes grow are not the micromoles of the lamps but those that the plant receives. If narrow optics are not used, the lamp…
We are back!!! But instead of leaving for the office we are in Düsseldorf for a new Cannabis world fair. This fair represents (we hope) the greatest diffusion of the use, both medical and recreational, of this very multifaceted plant.…
Why asymmetrical optics in tomato cultivation? We know that tomatoes (and many other crops) are grown in rows, equidistant from each other and with precise arrangements to facilitate their cultivation, maintenance and harvest. In winter crops, even at different latitudes,…
Micromoles are like tomatoes. Yes, it’s a joke but … let’s continue. In fact, tomatoes all look the same but when you taste them you understand the differences. Even micromoles are not all the same; if you use 90-95% red…