New LED Plant Growth Chamber

SGC 120 LED Growth Chamber

The NEW Fitotron SGC 120 LED Plant Growth Chamber combines the advantages of LED technology with versatility, reliability and user-friendliness.

Features include:

  • Adjustable spectrum and irradiance level
  • Each LED wavelength is independently adjustable
  • Can be fitted with LED lighting & fluorescent lamps at the same time
  • LED shelves can be retro-fitted to existing SGC 120 models
  • Multiple shelving levels
  • Easy to use touchscreen controller
  • Low energy consumption

Benefits:

  • High spectral quality for phytochrome research
  • Reduced heat radiation towards plants
  • Reduced running costs
  • Enables comparative studies of plants under different lighting types
  • Large growing area of 0.68m2 per level
  • Minimal footprint size, using less laboratory space

The use of LED lights for plant growth research is a relatively new concept, and one which is producing much interest. Whilst their use is currently rare, an increasing amount of research is being carried out to assess the benfits of this lighting method.

Research has already shown that LED lights have significant advantages over traditional lighting methods.

These include:

Colour

LED lights can be manufactured to replicate the colours that are of most benefit to plant growth, for example, the blue part of the light spectrum encourages vegetative plant growth, whilst the red part of the spectrum is ideal for encouraging flowering plants.

Heat

LED lights emit considerably less heat than other sources of lighting and require no ballasts to operate.

Economy

Whilst undoubtedly being more expensive than traditional light sources, LED lighting requires far less energy to produce the necessary light levels. A 3 watt LED produces a similar energy output to a 45 watt incandescent bulb. LED lighting also lasts longer, often having an operating life of some 50,000 hours.