Sunless Farming

LEDs being used to grow plants...Where will the future take us?;D

I thought this was a pretty interesting article. It actually talks about shorter light cycles too, like some coral farmers use with their 4 on-8 off light schedule.

Future Farm: a Sunless, Rainless Room Indoors

"Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with meticulously controlled light, temperature, humidity, air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high-rise, a Siberian bunker, or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert."

 

pretty cool article dewd thanks for sharing also i have been using leds to grow plants for years its just to hot for my plants outside here in cali

 

wish i could come check out your plants and those leds...lol...:laughings:trampolin

 

What type of grow light do you use? I'm trying to grow some lime mint and roma tomatoes but I can't seem to find a decent light that wouldn't be over kill.

 

Glad someone found this as interesting as I did.

What LEDs are you using for your plants?

 

ditto...lol

 

I wanna move to cali so bad ;D its beautiful

 

my only issue is what might happen with the nutrition under fake light? just a thnought

 

Nutrients are added in the soil and water.Farming/agriculture has gotten pretty scientific over the years and artificial light replicating the suns natural output has come along way as well.Same with how reef lighting keeps evolving also.