May 23, 2025
If you grow cannabis, poinsettias, or any other photoperiod-sensitive plants, you know light is a major factor - if not the crucial factor - in...
Growing Insights
Our thoughts and insights on technology, methodology, and industry trends for all things related to the LED grow light world.
The Perfect Moment: Optimizing Harvest Time for Yield, Potency, and Profitability
May 22, 2025
Introduction Harvest timing directly influences cannabis yield and phytochemical profile. Until recently, growers had sparse scientific guidance and relied primarily on intuition. Now, controlled studies...
Blurple Grow Lights: What Are They And Are They a Good Choice?
May 22, 2025
What Are Blurple Grow Lights? Blurple. It’s a funny word and one you often hear when discussing cannabis lighting. In this article, we’ll take a...
5 Reasons to Use Under Canopy Lighting in Your Grow
May 22, 2025
Under canopy lighting has grown in awareness over the past year and many growers are curious about it. It is a big part of what...
PM2: The Key to Powdery Mildew Resistance?
April 15, 2025
Introduction Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the most common plant diseases that challenge cannabis growers worldwide. It can affect plant production in any type...
A Flicker of Genius: Pulsed LED Lighting for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
March 28, 2025
Introduction Light is both a critical driver of plant growth and a major contribution to operational costs in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). High-efficiency LEDs have...
Epigenetics and Environmental Memory
March 12, 2025
Introduction For decades, scientists viewed genes as static “blueprints for life,” determining all traits with little room for change. Emerging research now shows that environmental...
Using High Light Levels: Yield and Energy Use of Indoor Grown Cannabis
March 5, 2025
Introduction Cannabis is a high-light crop that thrives under exceptionally high photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) and daily light integral (DLI). Multiple studies have demonstrated...
Water Use Efficiency: Principles and Application to Plant Nutrition
February 3, 2025
Plant growth is driven by CO2 assimilated through photosynthesis. The exchange of CO2 from the atmosphere into the leaf happens through small pores on the...
