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| September, 2009 Volume 4, Issue 9 |
We Can Grow Anywhere
of cutting electrical and replacement costs. While this is true- low wattage LEDs are capable of extraordinary efficiency in relation to plant lighting- they also open the door to growing in places that were previously inaccessible to gardening. Food production- anywhere. Traveling? Grow your own salad on the road. You can plug your low wattage LED grow light right into a cigarette lighter with a simple adapter kit. Spend your summers in an RV? No problem. A small solar panel or wind generator will easily power LGM5s for fresh herbs and vegetables year round. Live in the dessert? Growing underground is made available by LED technology. Envision a large underground structure, buried deep enough to prevent the scorching desert sun from overheating the plants. No need for cooling or heating thanks to mother earth. Using a small array of photo voltaic panels on the surface, backed up by batteries within the grow room. Year round crops free of pests, pesticides, and wind damage, using only sips of water and nutrient due to the non-hostile growing environment of LED grow lighting. Large growing operations could be setup where land is inexpensive and food is in high demand. round multi-tier production in a greenhouse? Look no further. Providing multiple tiers of traditional lighting causes overheating and therefore cooling costs are prohibitive in the summertime when electricity prices are at their peak. Growing with low wattage LEDs adds only trace amounts of heat to the greenhouse allowing for multiple lighting levels without the heat management issues. Gardening with kids? The barrier in the classroom has been the dangers of glass parts, high voltage, fire/burn risks, and lead/mercury poisoning. All of these factors eliminated by utilizing LGM5 LED grow lights. LED grow lights, bringing the garden to school. Growing on Mars? That it what these lights were originally designed for. The list goes on... With a bit of creativity LED users have a unique opportunity to be the first to grow plants in places that were once beyond the reach of gardeners. We would love to hear where you grow. --AL Thermogradient Tables Now Available
lights as illumination. The system was developed at Virginia Tech by Dr. Gregory Welbaum, Professor and Assistant Department head for the Department of Horticulture. The original table was designed for Cornell University and gave birth to Thermogradient Systems- the company now handling commercial production. Applications include observing biological growth over a broad range of temperatures, screening plants and other organisms ture tolerance, and charac- terizing insect migration patterns at different temp- eratures. Dr. Welbaum uses his thermogradient table to evaluate seed germination and seedling growth at many different temperatures simultaneously. LED lights work very well for this application because they
For more information and price quotes contact Greg Welbaum/ Thermogradient Systems/TASCO, Christiansburg, VA 540-357-5801/ 540-231-5801 or via email: welbaum@vt.edu |
Road Trip Sprout Machine
| Finished Road Sprouts with LED Grow Lights |
| Virginia Tech Using LED Grow Lights |
| Virginia Tech LED Innovations |