Re:Cree releases LEDs designed for horticulture
by jjeaff on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:55PM
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I don't think wheat is a good candidate. But also, that article is about an art installation and it doesn't appear to be using narrow band light emission as the light color directly over the plants looks rather natural.
>The “farm” produces four harvests per year. With every harvest, enough wheat is grown to make one loaf of bread (580 grams), which has a cost of at least 345 euros.
>Calculated at a yield of 175 kilowatt-hours per square meter of solar panel per year, the indoor cultivation of 1 m2 of wheat requires 20 m2 of solar panels.