full spectrum LED grow lights are designed to mimic natural outdoor sunlight to help your plants grow healthier and yield better harvests with quality and intensity of light they are accustomed to from natural sunlight.
Natural Sunlight includes all spectrums, even beyond what we can see with the naked eye such as ultraviolet and infrared. Traditional HPS lights put out an intense high band of limited nanometer wavelengths (yellow light), which activates photorespiration which is why they have been so successful in agricultural applications up to today. LED grow lights that provide only two, three, four, or even eight colors will never come close to reproducing the effects of sunlight. With so many different LED spectrums on the market it gets concerning for a large farm with a variety of species whether or not that LED grow light is right for them;
full spectrum LED grow lights consistently emit wavelengths in the range of 380 to 779nm. This includes those wavelengths visible to the human eye (what we perceive as color) and the invisible wavelengths, like ultraviolet and infrared.
We know that blue and red are the wavelengths that dominate “active photosynthesis” .So you might think that providing these colors alone might circumvent the rules of nature. However, there is a problem: productive plants, whether they’re on a farm or in nature, need photorespiration. When plants become heated by intense yellow light like HPS or natural sunlight, the stomata on the leaf surfaces open up to allow for photorespiration. During photorespiration, the plants go into “workout” mode, which causes them to consume more nutrients just like humans want to drink water or eat after a session at the gym. This translates into growth and a healthier harvest.
Post time: Apr-23-2022