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The One Thing Growers Ignore About Lighting: Darkness
Every commercial cultivator knows how much lighting matters. You obsess over spectrum, intensity, photoperiod timing, and you hang fixtures with laser precision. But here’s the uncomfortable truth. Most lighting problems don’t happen when the lights are on. They happen in the dark. The dark cycle is a hormonal signal Cannabis is a short-day plant. It relies on long, uninterrupted nights to trigger and sustain flowering. That dark period isn’t exactly downtime, but rather a biochemical countdown. During that dark period, the plant builds …
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Canopy Lighting in Cannabis Cultivation
One of the biggest challenges for indoor cannabis growers is replicating the sun’s ability to penetrate the plant canopy, particularly the lower portions. Outdoors, photons[1] from natural sunlight strike leaf surfaces at multiple angles throughout the day, ensuring light distribution throughout the plant. By contrast, traditional overhead lighting in indoor cultivation struggles to reach the lower canopy, limiting photosynthesis and yields. To remedy this problem, canopy lighting has emerged as an effective method for ensuring all parts of the plant receive adequate …
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HPS versus LED Lighting
When cultivating cannabis indoors, growers have no shortage of artificial lighting sources to choose from. However, the most popular options are high-pressure sodium (HPS) and light-emitting diode (LED) lights. In this blog post, we discuss why these two are preferred over other artificial lights, the differences between them, and what to consider when choosing HPS or LED lighting. Why use HPS or LED lighting over other options The challenge with using any artificial light to replace natural sunlight is the energy cost, its …
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