Using LEDs as a plant growing light source reduces the distance between the planting bed
and the lights, allowing more efficient use of the available growing chamber volume. Using
led grow lights as the plant light source, it is possible to employ up to three or more vertical
layers of planting beds in the area now being used by each single planting bed. This would
effectively at least triple the biomass production of the growth area.
The low heat output of LEDs makes this further feasible. HID lighting operates at
temperatures above 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Which is why adding an additional layer to a
grow chamber utilizing this light would make the heat unmanageable. LED Grow Master
lighting operates at less than 15 degrees above ambient temperatures so they will not
overheat the area or burn plants and people.
Farmland is shrinking and the number of people to feed is growing. Why not turn that
wasted four feet at the top of your grow space into a second crop? The technology is here,
and you know what they say… “Waste not, want not.”–AL