A photobiology design company has helped one of Sweden’s largest producers of organic leafy greens, herbs and ornamental flowers has dramatically improve its crop production.
To help Hällnäs Handelsträdgård achieve its goals of increasing year-round, consistent crop production, Fluence Bioengineering developed lighting specific to the unique growing conditions just south of the Arctic Circle in Northern Sweden. All Fluence systems are designed and built in Austin, Texas.
With the addition of VYPRx PLUS lighting solutions, Hällnäs is able to grow higher quality plants faster during winter (when there is little sunlight), than during the summer due to the improved light intensity and spectrum, and ideal growing environment Fluence lighting solutions create.
Hällnäs has deployed VYPRx PLUS with PhysioSpec Greenhouse, a broad spectrum for full-cycle plant growth and development, along with VYPRx PLUS with AnthoSpec, a custom narrow-band spectrum which increases anthocyanin accumulation in lettuce. The deployment of AnthoSpec resulted in a deep red color and higher antioxidant properties which were previously unattainable under high pressure sodium (HPS) or sunlight.
“We are seeing reduced lead times and higher yields under the Fluence LED systems, with finished product quality that exceeds everything we have seen before,” says Björn Isacsson, owner at Hällnäs Handelsträdgård.
In addition to Hällnäs Handelsträdgård, VYPRx PLUS LED systems have been deployed at hundreds of commercial crop production facilities and research institutions worldwide. Fluence lighting solutions have been independently verified to be the most energy efficient, powerful and efficacious, resulting in high-quality, high-yield crop production facilities.
