What are the 4 four critical areas in vertical farming works?
To understand how vertical farming works, there are four key areas: 1. Physical layout, 2. Grow Lighting, 3. Growth medium, 4. Sustainability characteristics.
First, the main goal of vertical farming is to produce more food per square meter. In order to achieve this goal, crops are planted in layers in the tower life structure. Secondly, the perfect combination of natural light and artificial grow light is used to maintain the perfect brightness of the room. Use technologies such as rotating bed to improve lighting efficiency. Here with many different types of grow lights for indoor plants, But LED Grow Light is the most popular. With the help of natural and artificial grow light, vertical farming can maintain perfect light levels in the crop environment all year round. Thanks to LED technology, vertical farmers can change the season with a touch. A vertical farmer in Rotterdam explained that using LED grow lighting system can increase production by 20% to 25% compared with traditional grow lighting systems. They even experimented with different light colors to see which combination worked best.
In addition, farms use specific technologies, such as rotating beds, to ensure that each crop receives the required amount of light from all angles. In this way – combined with LED grow light system technology – vertical farms can achieve the best lighting efficiency.
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Features;
Providing 4x6ft lighting cover per light and it combined by 8 led grow light bars 960W with 2100umol/s PPF and high PPFD 2128umol/m2/s@6in for indoor plants. Dimming and waterproof IP65 very suitable for hydroponics system. RJ port daisy chain up to 200 grow lights for large scale commercial indoor plant cultivation. Taking Newest Fins Heat Sink for heat dissipation and it’s faster 40% than other standards grow lights ,High Yield and low heat output, Super slim and less weight ,Very good for high power grow lights hang on the higher ceiling and safe .
Third, use air culture, water culture or water culture medium instead of soil. Peat moss or coconut shell and similar non soil media are very common in vertical agriculture. Finally, the vertical farming approach uses various sustainability features to offset the energy costs of agriculture. In fact, vertical agricultural water consumption decreased by 95%.