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Young cannabis plants in pots under LED grow lights for commercial cultivation.

The Bigger Picture

How North America’s Leading Plant Propagator is Transforming Sustainable Agriculture In the Middle of Everywhere Just south of London, Ontario, the relatively small and unassuming...

Cannabis plants in a greenhouse under LED grow lights for commercial cultivation.

What is light spectrum vs intensity and why are they important?

“Spectrum” and “intensity” are the two primary descriptors of light being applied to plants. A “spectrum” is the combination of wavelengths that make up a...

Cannabis seedlings in trays under LED grow lights for commercial cannabis cultivation.

Tricks of the Trade: Far-Red Light as a Tool for Morphological Control

Trick-or-Treat Since the advent of light emitting diodes (LEDs), far-red (FR) light has become an intriguing tool among growers. This is especially true when it...

Cannabis plants thriving under commercial LED grow lights for cannabis cultivation.

Why the IP Rating of a Lighting Fixture is So Important

Ingress Protection (IP) is a critical aspect of a properly designed product for the specified applications. It is a standardized way of classifying devices for...

Thriving cannabis leaves under LED grow lights for commercial cannabis cultivation.

How Intercanopy Lighting Can Help Your Grow

One of the most limiting factors in greenhouse crop production is light and seasonal variation, and limitations of light can inhibit crop productivity. In greenhouse...

Vertical racks of cannabis plants under LED grow lights in a commercial facility.

Vertical Farming: Things to Know for a Successful Grow

Recently we had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Abhay Thosar, who leads the Fluence Horticultural Services team, and Chris Bezuyen, who leads the...

Technician inspects LED grow lights for cannabis in commercial cultivation facility.

Ready, set, grow: How to jump start and future-proof your cultivation company

Horticulture lighting expert Jörg Meyer-Brenken, Fluence EMEA’s Lead Account Manager for Cannabis, is candid about European market progress. “Everything is moving much slower than we...

Commercial cannabis cultivation under advanced LED grow lights for cannabis.

Cannabis Light Intensity

Do you ever get so focused in your own world that you kind of forget, not everybody knows what you know? This happens to me...

Commercial cannabis plants thriving under advanced LED grow lights and mesh support.

How to use CO2 for Optimal Cannabis Cultivation

The Role of CO2 in Cannabis Growth Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a chemical compound that fills the atmosphere in a gas state and is essential...

Two growers in a commercial cannabis farm with LED grow lights for cannabis.

How Growers are Future-Proofing with Flexibility and Innovation

The Sky is the Limit In 1999, Columbia professor Dickson Despommier used the term “vertical farming” to describe a system of agriculture in which crops...