How do plants capture and use light? This question has been studied and
researched for decades, and researchers have long known that plants use
different frequencies of light, for different purposes. Some colors of light make
plants grow and bloom, while others promote compact growth. Scientists used this
knowledge to develop lamps that would let them raise plants without sunlight.
Their new “grow lights” were’t developed from scratch. They took existing lights
and modified them to produce more of the colors of light that are used efficiently
for plant growth. And they were successful.
Today we have many lamps that can be used to help grow plants. They range
from incandescent bulbs to fluorescent tubes, to the very powerful metallic vapor
lamps, such as metal halide and high pressure sodium lamps. And they all have
the same problem: they produce a lot of light that plants can’t use efficiently.
The researchers at SolarOasis took a different approach with their LED grow
lights. They designed grow lights from the ground up, optimized for plant growth,
not human vision. Using LEDs, they selected the colors of light that plants use
most efficiently for vigorous growth and health. The result is a plant grow light that
uses very little energy yet provides all the light your plants need to thrive indoors.
–CEO Solar Oasis