LED lighting helps to plant and harvest fruits in winter

The development of grow lights continues to change our understanding of agriculture. In recent years, with the maturity of LED plant lights technology, more and more plant factories use LED grow lights, and many institutions have conducted research on LED lighting planting crops.

Recently, a Dutch company called Delphy has conducted a study on the use of LED lighting to grow raspberries and blackberries, aiming to harvest fruits during the winter. They first tried using LED lights to grow raspberries and blackberries in November last year and harvested fresh blackberries in March this year. This experiment shows that under limited natural light conditions, the BlackBerry can be successfully cultivated by LED lighting. Based on this experience, in September, the researchers started a new project to grow long-term preserved and frozen blackberry plants and plan to harvest the fruits in December.

According to Delphy, the project is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture and Nature & Food Quality Department, which aims to study the influence of indoor LED lighting and light intensity to promoting crop maturity. At the same time, the research will also develop a future-oriented and energy-efficient new planting concept to grow crops in winter.