The light is installed and all works well. I see you have 3 blue LEDs vs the clone system with only 2. I expect to get a more balanced light with the extra blue LED and wish I had known about your product before buying the clone system... Your bar seems to have a wider dispersion of the light than the "other" bar. I have it installed on a shelf over the sink for my wife's violets and herbs. The spill over light that makes it to the sink level takes some getting used to as it makes the white plates look like they aren't clean! Think spaghetti sauce grease spots that don't sponge off. Nice product and a definite recommend for anyone with limited space, heat concerns and a shortage of $$$ to give to the power company. Thank you. Charles Kassel- Bohemia, New York |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Hydroponics System at Alfred State College: New Ideas Sprouting Up Everywhere
ALFRED, NY, April 2008--There may be snow on the ground and a nip in the air, but the
cropping season is well underway at Alfred State College. Thanks to new greenhouse and
lighting technologies, the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Technology, located
in the central Southern Tier, is growing vegetables year-round.
Conventional greenhouse technologies are already widely used in Western New York; thus,
Alfred State is focused on how greenhouse systems can be made more sustainable, using
new growing technologies. There are many methods of hydroponic production, including
growing the plants in solid media such as peat moss, perlite, or even sand. These media,
which are lighter and less buffered than soil, allow growers to quickly and directly deliver
nutrients to their crops. In the college’s greenhouse, hydroponics is being used for dynamic
root growth. The plants are grown in polypropylene tubes which have thin streams of
nutrients running through them -- a technique known as Nutrient Film Technology. The results are remarkable: for example, full lettuce
heads are ready for harvest one month after planting.
The hydroponic vegetable production is overseen by Dr. Matthew Harbur, ASC assistant professor, Agriculture and Horticulture Department.
This project is just one of many exciting initiatives underway at the college’s new Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture (COSA).
Harbur and Alfred State students are currently growing lettuce in the greenhouse, which includes red and green Summer Crisp, Oak Leaf,
red and green Romaine, and Lollo lettuce. Other crops include herbs, edible flowers, other salad greens, and tomatoes. Volume will
further increase as additional greenhouse models are constructed later this year. The greenhouse hydroponics system promotes a more
sustainable food culture and local food production. The varieties of lettuce being grown now are provided by Johnny’s Select Seeds from
Maine.
The development of an LED (light-emitting diode) light system for the greenhouse sparked Harbur’s interest in a hydroponics system. The
lights use far less energy than pressure sodium lights and there are no hazardous issues of florescent lights. The LED lights are used to
supplement the winter sunshine, which alone is too weak to support rapid vegetable growth. The first lettuce crop from the greenhouse was
sold to ACES (Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services—the campus dining and vending operation) to be used in the Central Dining Hall
to feed ASC students. Soon ASC students will harvest 30 heads a day, which is roughly 20-30 pounds of lettuce per week.
“Many people think growing with hydroponics isn’t as sustainable as growing plants in soil, but it reduces the greenhouse space that must
be heated and lit, and increases the competitiveness of local vegetables with imported foods,” says Harbur, who also serves as director of
COSA. He added, “There are a lot of advantages with hydroponics: less footage required per pound of food produced and, in our system,
the ability to grow additional plants below our hydroponic system.”
Kathleen M. Bayus
Office of Communications
TA Parish Hall
Alfred State College
Alfred, NY 14802
P: (607) 587-4228
F: (607) 587-3290
Hydroponics System at Alfred State College: New Ideas Sprouting Up Everywhere
ALFRED, NY, April 2008--There may be snow on the ground and a nip in the air, but the
cropping season is well underway at Alfred State College. Thanks to new greenhouse and
lighting technologies, the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Technology, located
in the central Southern Tier, is growing vegetables year-round.
Conventional greenhouse technologies are already widely used in Western New York; thus,
Alfred State is focused on how greenhouse systems can be made more sustainable, using
new growing technologies. There are many methods of hydroponic production, including
growing the plants in solid media such as peat moss, perlite, or even sand. These media,
which are lighter and less buffered than soil, allow growers to quickly and directly deliver
nutrients to their crops. In the college’s greenhouse, hydroponics is being used for dynamic
root growth. The plants are grown in polypropylene tubes which have thin streams of
nutrients running through them -- a technique known as Nutrient Film Technology. The results are remarkable: for example, full lettuce
heads are ready for harvest one month after planting.
The hydroponic vegetable production is overseen by Dr. Matthew Harbur, ASC assistant professor, Agriculture and Horticulture Department.
This project is just one of many exciting initiatives underway at the college’s new Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture (COSA).
Harbur and Alfred State students are currently growing lettuce in the greenhouse, which includes red and green Summer Crisp, Oak Leaf,
red and green Romaine, and Lollo lettuce. Other crops include herbs, edible flowers, other salad greens, and tomatoes. Volume will
further increase as additional greenhouse models are constructed later this year. The greenhouse hydroponics system promotes a more
sustainable food culture and local food production. The varieties of lettuce being grown now are provided by Johnny’s Select Seeds from
Maine.
The development of an LED (light-emitting diode) light system for the greenhouse sparked Harbur’s interest in a hydroponics system. The
lights use far less energy than pressure sodium lights and there are no hazardous issues of florescent lights. The LED lights are used to
supplement the winter sunshine, which alone is too weak to support rapid vegetable growth. The first lettuce crop from the greenhouse was
sold to ACES (Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services—the campus dining and vending operation) to be used in the Central Dining Hall
to feed ASC students. Soon ASC students will harvest 30 heads a day, which is roughly 20-30 pounds of lettuce per week.
“Many people think growing with hydroponics isn’t as sustainable as growing plants in soil, but it reduces the greenhouse space that must
be heated and lit, and increases the competitiveness of local vegetables with imported foods,” says Harbur, who also serves as director of
COSA. He added, “There are a lot of advantages with hydroponics: less footage required per pound of food produced and, in our system,
the ability to grow additional plants below our hydroponic system.”
Kathleen M. Bayus
Office of Communications
TA Parish Hall
Alfred State College
Alfred, NY 14802
P: (607) 587-4228
F: (607) 587-3290
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