Hydroponics Vertical Farming

 The plant factory is a closed growth system. It is usually mainly hydroponic culture, but also aggregate culture. The facility manually controls light, temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration, so that growers can produce mass vegetables all year round.

Vertical farming also belong to plant factories.

In 1957, Christensen farm in Denmark is said to be the origin of plant factory.

Advantage

1. Stable supply

It will not be affected by climate change, pathogens and pests, fixed nutrition and stable quality.

High security

Because there are no invasive pathogens and pests, it is not necessary to spray those pesticides for prevention and removal. It can be produced through pesticide free to ensure production. In addition, the bacteria are less, because there is no deposition of soil or analogues, do not wash, or can eat only simple washing, which can also reduce the cost of labor and water. With these, the food service industry is already using them.

2. High speed production

The damage of continuous hydroponics will not be caused. In addition, by controlling light intensity, temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration, we can produce the best environment for plant growth and promote plant growth.

3. Intensive land use

By moving the seedlings according to the size of the moment of the plant, it can be cultured at the maximum density and further set at the stage of multiple shelves arranged diagonally, which can further improve the land use efficiency.

4. In labor welfare

Cultivation techniques can be standardized, and people lacking agricultural knowledge can also work part-time. In addition, because of the simple working environment, there are plant factories in sheltered workshops where the elderly and the disabled can work.

Here are the plant factories we have built all over the world

If you are interested in plant factories, you can contact us. We have successful cases of building and assisting customers to operate plant factories in the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and China. We not only provide hardware equipment but also guide customers to improve output and quality based on our years of planting experience. Instead of selling products, we provide a complete set of plant factory solutions.

If you are a beginner of plant factory, you can experience it with our SG40 small indoor plant factory, which can greatly reduce the cost of learning plant factory.

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Do LED Grow Lights Change The Spectrum Of Indoors Gardening?

Question：

Does LED grow lights change the spectrum of indoor gardening?

Some netizens shared with us some answers.

Chris Walker

Plants need a specific light spectrum. Whether the plant receives that spectrum from the sun or a lamp, the plant still needs a specific spectrum.

Guillaume Aaron

Yes, of course, and we can change the ratio of the spectrum for high yield.

Red light: Red light is responsible for making plants flower and produce fruit. It’s also essential to a plant’s early life for seed germination, root growth, and bulb development.

Blue light: The effect of blue light on plants is directly related to chlorophyll production. Plants that receive plenty of blue light will have strong, healthy stems and leaves.

Emma

Full spectrum LED grow lights for indoor plants is an artificial light source mainly design to stimulate the growth of plant.

Best LED grow light for weed are used for horticulture , indoor gardening like LED Hydroponic Garden and also other use like plant propagation, aquatic plant.

Grow lights LED full spectrum is an alternative to sun light for indoor garden, it provides a light spectrum similar to the sun

LED grow lights change the spectrum of indoors gardening in the sense that the LED Grow lights has tremendous effect on the photosynthesis on the plant and also the kind of LED grow light matter.

Dimmable LED grow light is very good for indoor garden cos it allows you to vary light output without adjusting the height and allow you to dim or adjust the effect of heat and the light rays on the plant.

Matthew Brown

Indoor gardening (hydroponic gardening) is different from planting herbs, fruits, vegetables in the presence of the sunlight. For the purpose of photosynthesis, the indoor grow light system is considered and serve similar purpose as the sun rays. You should install indoor grow light for succulents designed for supplying the necessary amount of light and change the spectrum of indoor light into the required visible light (blue, orange, red, etc.).

How do I choose LED grow light?

You want to start an indoor gardening project, that’s great! However, before you embark on the project, there are several things that you will have to do.

· Buy the best LED grow lights; the LED light you buy will affect the growth of the plants. The different lights have been designed with features that favor different growth cycles. For example; there are those that favor the flowering plants, while others favor the vegetative growth.

· Still in the buying, you are advised to choose the perfect company to buy from. There are many different good companies out there, with the Vanten LED being on the best.

· The LED grow lights come in different color spectrums including; red, blue, orange,white etc. these color spectrums favor different growth cycle. You are thus advised to choose wisely.

Using The LED Lights

It is onlythrough the proper using of the LED lights that your plants will attain theiroptimal growth. It is also important for you to place the light in a perfect position.Inadequate lighting will lead to stagnation of the plants. The plants tend togrow towards the light and so it is important to place the lights in astrategic position.

· The number of hours the plants need to be placed under the light differs. You are advised to place the vegetative plants under the light for 16 to 18 hours. This will give the plants the much needed light for growth. Once the time has elapsed,you should switch off the LED lights and allow the plants to stay for 6 hours or so.

· Adjust height of the lights; by adjusting you will increase or decrease the effect of the light. During the early vegetative stages, the LED light should be placed at least 300 mm above the plants. This will enable the sufficient supply of light. Once the plants reach the vegetative stage, you should raise the lights above up to 600 mm above the plant. This will, however depend on the type of the plant you are growing. During the flowering stage, maintain the light somewhere between 300 mm to 600 mm above the plant.

· Provide the plants with proper nutrition; you should alter the watering as many times as possible. Over watering and under watering of the plants may affect the growth of the plants. You now, the plants undergo a process called photosynthesis, which causes water to evaporate. You should of course replace the evaporated water, but the level of water should be kept low to avoid water logging.

· Plants that grow under LED grow lights usually require around 30% of feeding. Offering the required nutrients is important for the growth of the plants.

· You should also offer supplementary heating for the plants. During growth, the heat is usually reduced. This is beneficial as it of course reduces plant stress. However, during the cold season, you should ensure that the temperature of the grow room is significantly increased.

Rapid Expansion of Europe and U.S. Market for Horticulture Lighting

Rapid Expansion of Europe and U.S. Market for Horticulture Lighting 
    
The overall horticulture lighting market is expected to grow from $2.43 billion in 2018 to $6.21 billion in 2023, a CAGR of 20.61%. Here are some key highlights: 

• Europe is the largest consumer of horticulture lights, followed by North America (dominated by the US). 
• The European Union’s initiatives to boost the adoption of LED grow lights are expected to create more opportunities for the manufacturers of LED modules and lamps in that region. Philips Lighting (Netherlands) and Gavita (Netherlands) are the most prominent Europe-based lighting companies. 
• The key restraining factor impacting horticulture lighting market growth is the high cost of energy-efficient LED grow lights. In the future, the impact is expected to subside as the prices of LEDs are decreasing day by day. 
• Major companies in the horticulture lighting market: Signify by Philips Lighting (Netherlands), Gavita (Netherlands), GE Lighting (US), Osram (Germany), Agrolux (Netherlands), Heliospectra (Sweden), Hortilux Schreder (Netherlands), Lumileds (Netherlands), PARsource (US), Illumitex (US), Hubbell (US), Maxigrow (UK), Bridgelux (US), Eye Hortilux (US), and Lumigrow (US). 

The target key customers for this business are:

• GREENHOUSES accounted for the largest segment share of the horticulture lighting market in 2018. Greenhouses allow horticulture to be practiced in a protected environment (from natural elements, insects & pests) in a more cost-efficient way than indoor farming (such as warehouses), while ensuring optimum yield. Greenhouses are designed to trap natural sunlight and humidity, making it conducive for growing various types of plants either by using soil as a base or by adopting the hydroponic technique.
• VERTICAL FARMING is changing the outlook of food production. Inter-lighting LED systems are encouraging cultivators to adopt vertical farming on a large scale. In vertical farming, plants are stacked in layers one above the other, utilizing the available space in the best possible way. With vertical farming, space and time are less of constraints on growth. 

• INDOOR FARMING requires horticulture light systems to act as the primary light source with the partial or complete absence of natural light. Indoor farming has benefited from the adaptive re-use of warehouses and industrial buildings. Signify by Philips Lighting has established GrowWise Center in the Netherlands, a city farm facility powered by LED lights to cultivate a variety of crops, such as strawberries, potatoes, herbs, and leafy vegetables. 

• CANNABIS.  This is a subset of indoor farming and is rapidly growing in the United States and other countries where marijuana has been legalized or decriminalized. In the United States California and Colorado are two of the most important regional markets. Advanced LED lighting now commands the largest share of lighting for this use. The U.S. legalized cannabis market reached $13.6 billion in 2019, a 32% increase over 2018, with expectations that sales could top $75 billion by 2027. It is of anecdotal interest that during the COVID-19 pandemic, California declared that cannabis shops were “essential businesses” and could remain open. 

Conclusion.  This rapid review suggests that there is plenty room for healthy growth in lighting for horticulture use in the United States. European companies with advanced technologies or interest in technologies developed by U.S. companies may wish to consider expanding into the U.S through joint ventures or an M&A transaction with an existing LED lighting manufacturer. 


Vanten Industrial Group Limited (Guangzhou Vanten Technology Co., Ltd) is a LED lighting manufacturer for growing cannabis and horticulture for sale and make cross-border deals in Europe and the U.S. market. Learn more information of their LED grow lights in the following link  
https://www.vantenled.com/products

Reasons for Fogging in car headlights and Solutions!

As far as the overall structure of the headlamp is concerned, whether it is a common halogen headlamp, a xenon headlamp, or a headlamp with an LED lamp group, there is a ventilation rubber tube at the position of the rear cover, which generates a large amount of heat at the moment when the headlamp is lit or even when the headlamp is in use.

The function of the ventilation tube is to discharge the heat as much as possible outside the headlamp to maintain the normal working temperature of the headlight and ensure the stable use of the headlight.

Cause of Fog in Headlamps.

Water in the air will enter the headlight through the vent pipe and adhere to the lampshade. As water vapor gathers, water droplets will flow down the lampshade.

This situation is mostly caused by large temperature difference, which is most likely to occur in winter and rainy season. After the lamp is turned on for a period of time, the fog will be discharged out of the lamp along with the hot gas through the vent pipe, which basically will not damage the headlights and electrical circuits.

In this case, do not make a move, such as baking the headlights. If you do not operate properly, it is easy to damage the headlights.

In addition to changes in the weather, human factors will also make the headlights “shed tears.”

When a vehicle wades, as the engine and exhaust system are relatively large heat sources, rainwater will form a large amount of water vapor on them, and part of the water vapor will enter the headlight along the vent pipe.

Car washing is more direct. Some car owners prefer to flush the engine compartment with a high-pressure water gun. After flushing, the accumulated water in the engine compartment is not treated in time. After the engine compartment cover is closed, the water vapor cannot be quickly distributed outside the vehicle, and the water vapor that is stuffy in the engine compartment may enter the interior of the headlight.

How to Distinguish between Water Inflow and Fog?

Under normal circumstances, many people are not very clear on how to distinguish whether headlights are flooded or foggy, and they often think that water is flooded as soon as they see water droplets. In fact, there is a way to judge whether the headlights are flooded or foggy, that is, to check the traces of water flow.

We know that when headlights enter the water, they usually enter the water from above the headlights and then flow under the headlights. This will form obvious water flow traces, similar to waterfalls. Even if the water is dry, there will be some traces, just as there will be traces on the road through which snails pass.

How?

If you see that the headlights only form water vapor below and the top is still clean, it is generally a normal fogging situation. It is suggested that you can turn on the headlights frequently and dry the water vapor inside by turning on the lights, which can be dispersed in about a week after normal use.

You can also turn on the headlights in situ at idle speed for a long time or connect the charger and turn on the headlights.

For cleaning work in the engine compartment, the cloth should be used to wipe or high-pressure air should be used to blow, so as to avoid “tide-related” of engine parts as much as possible.

If there is serious water accumulation inside the headlight, it is necessary to remove it, open the lampshade, and after drying, check whether there is any damage or possible leakage on the headlight surface. If no abnormality is found, it is recommended to replace the sealing strip and vent pipe of the headlight rear cover.

Original Factory Non-Destructive Upgrade of Electro-Optic LED Headlights!

In order to better experience LED light sources and safely install and use products, it is recommended that you upgrade electro-optic LED car headlights without damage, improve lighting coefficient and enhance road driving safety.

Vanten LED headlamps have a series of advantages such as high brightness, long-range, strong penetrating power, wide irradiation range, long service life, low temperature, low energy consumption, low voltage, fast start-up, simple installation, no need to damage and refit the original factory location, and the introduction of auxiliary lighting function in the blind area of the car head for the first time in car headlights. Escort your driving at night!

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How to read LED parameters?

The three parameters of LED are mainly brightness (lumen), color temperature (Kelvin) and light type.

Lumen value is closely related to brightness.

Generally, the higher the lumen value, the brighter the lamp. Many merchants will advocate high lumen value to prove that the product is bright, but in fact they have not tested and calculated the lumen value with the correct method.

In general, manufacturers use integrating spheres to comprehensively measure lumen values. However, lumen value is a test result and is affected by many factors.

Current magnitude, thin thickness of lampshade, calculation algorithm and so on all lead to great differences in lumen value, so it is incorrect to judge whether the lamp is bright or not and whether its performance is excellent based on a single measured lumen value.

The color temperature is not the higher the value, the better.

Color temperature is a unit of measurement that indicates that light contains color components. The natural light source in the daytime belongs to a higher color temperature. The human brain will be more energetic and the human eye will feel more comfortable under high color temperature illumination.

Therefore, this is also the reason why the color temperature of the headlights is closer to the natural light in the daytime.

The above picture can clearly feel the difference caused by different color temperatures to the eyes, and the color temperature 6000K is the most comfortable value relative to the eyes.

The color temperature of lamp products from major light source factories in the market can reach 6000K. 6000 K is the natural sunlight color temperature between hot sun and cloudy sky, which makes people feel very comfortable.

If the color temperature is higher than 6000K, the color of the light will be blue. If you drive under the lamp with high color temperature for a long time, your eyes will also have obvious discomfort.

The automobile light type refers to the angle and shape of the car headlights light.

A good light pattern has two important positive effects on headlights.

One is a clear light pattern cut-off line, which is a necessary guarantee for safe driving. If there is no clear cut-off line between light and shade, the light type is not only scattered but also not concentrated. What is more serious is that when meeting the driver, the driver will feel dazzling, shake his eyes and affect driving safety.

The second is that a good light pattern can illuminate a wider front road surface, and the driver will have a wider left and right visual field to discover people or animals that suddenly appear from both sides of the vehicle at night.

On the basis of satisfying a clear cut-off line, make the distance between 50m and 75m in front of the car as bright and clear as possible, which can help the driver to find obstacles earlier. The longer and wider the beam closer to the car head, the wider and better the irradiation range.

If you want to learn more about LED automotive lighting, please visit our website: https://vantenled.com or https://vanten.co.uk.

【LED Driving Light】Driving at night is inevitable for all car owners, so what should we pay attention to?

1. Timely check the car working condition of the instrument

The main purpose of driving at night to check the dashboard is to listen and watch, observe whether the engine and chassis have abnormal noise or smell, keep driving at a moderate speed, pay attention to increasing the distance with the vehicle, and be ready to stop at any time to prevent collision between the front and rear vehicles.

2. Pay attention to the use of lights

When driving on roads with street lamps, anti-glare lamps or dipped beam lamps and marker lamps can be used. When driving through the intersection at night, you should slow down at a distance of 50-100 meters from the intersection, change the high beam light to the low beam light, and turn on the turn signal to indicate the direction of travel.

3. Pay attention to the conversion of near and far light

In cities, pay attention to pedestrians crossing the road. When driving at night, the low beam light should be used when the vehicle speed is below 30km/h, and the light should illuminate 30m away; when the vehicle speed is above 30km/h, the high beam light should be used, and the light must illuminate 100m away.

4. Respond to unexpected road conditions in a timely manner.

When reversing or turning around, you must find out the moving terrain, the safety limits of the upper and lower parts and the surrounding areas, and then reverse or turn around. leave more room for entering or turning around. if you cannot see the target clearly, you can use a flashlight or other lights to illuminate.

5. Use the method of repeated exchange of near and far lights to replace the horn.

No horn is generally used for driving at night, and the method of repeatedly exchanging near and far lights is usually adopted. When parking temporarily at night or for some reason, the marker light and license plate light should be turned on.

When driving at night, overtaking should be avoided as much as possible. When overtaking is necessary, the front situation should be accurately identified, then the front car should be followed up, the near and far lights should be continuously changed, the front car should be warned to avoid, and the distance between workshops should be appropriately increased during overtaking.

6. Please use car headlights with high brightness and long range.

In order to save costs, general automobile factories only equip their vehicles with halogen lamps. Halogen lamps have a short range, narrow-angle and low brightness, which are only less than 800 lumens and have extremely fast light decay. Generally, they can only be used for 200 hours.

The Vanten LED headlamps to have ultra-high brightness, which can increase the visible area of 40-60 meters for your driving, increase the emergency response for 2-3.5 seconds, and greatly increase the driving safety.

At the same time, the auxiliary function of blind areas on both sides of the front of the car is introduced to enable the driver to find the danger ahead and on both sides more quickly, thus ensuring the driving safety.

Vanten LED headlamps do not need to be preheated and started like halogen lamps and xenon lamps, and can reach maximum brightness at the moment of starting, allowing you to see the intersection and pedestrians in front in time.

In addition, LED lamps have a working life of tens of thousands of hours, which is more than 20 times that of halogen lamps and xenon lamps, and the aging light attenuation is longer than that of halogen lamps and xenon lamps, thus reducing the trouble and time for you to change lamps frequently.

If you want to learn more，please pay attention to us and visit our website （VANTEN LED：https://www.vanten.co.uk or https://www.vantenled.com）