Lighting system for promoting the rapid maturation of commercial plants
First Claim
1. A method of providing light to a plant with a life cycle that includes a seedling growth period, a vegetative growth period and a flowering growth period, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing an array of LEDs that contain red LEDs, blue LEDs and white LEDs;
positioning said array above said plant, wherein said plant is illuminated by said array during said life cycle;
illuminating no red LEDs, at least some of said blue LEDs, and at least some of said white LEDs to produce a blue/white light with a higher intensity of blue light than white light throughout said seedling growth period;
illuminating no red LEDs, at least some of said white LEDs, and at least some of said blue LEDs to produce a white/blue light with a higher intensity of white light than blue light throughout said vegetative growth period; and
illuminating no blue LEDs, at least some of said white LEDs, and at least some of said red LEDs to produce a red/white light with a higher intensity of red light than white light throughout said flowering growth period.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing light to a plant with a life cycle that includes a seedling growth period, a vegetative growth period, and a flowering growth period. Illumination to the plant is provided with an array of LEDs that contains red LEDs, blue LEDs and white LEDs. During the seedling growth period, no red LEDs are illuminated. Blue and white LEDs are lit, wherein the blue light is more intense than the white. During the vegetative growth period, white and blue LEDs are lit, wherein the white light is more intense than the white. During the flowering growth period, red and white LEDs are lit, wherein the red light is more intense than the white light. The change in coloring and intensity has beneficial effects during each growth period and at the same time inhibits insects.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing light to a plant with a life cycle that includes a seedling growth period, a vegetative growth period and a flowering growth period, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an array of LEDs that contain red LEDs, blue LEDs and white LEDs; positioning said array above said plant, wherein said plant is illuminated by said array during said life cycle; illuminating no red LEDs, at least some of said blue LEDs, and at least some of said white LEDs to produce a blue/white light with a higher intensity of blue light than white light throughout said seedling growth period; illuminating no red LEDs, at least some of said white LEDs, and at least some of said blue LEDs to produce a white/blue light with a higher intensity of white light than blue light throughout said vegetative growth period; and illuminating no blue LEDs, at least some of said white LEDs, and at least some of said red LEDs to produce a red/white light with a higher intensity of red light than white light throughout said flowering growth period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing light to a plant with a life cycle that includes a first growth period, a second growth period and a third growth period, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an LED array that includes red LEDs, blue LEDs and white LEDs; and illuminating said plant with said LED array during said life cycle, wherein only said white LEDs and said blue LEDs are illuminated to produce a blue/white light during both said first growth period and said second growth period, wherein said blue/white light has a higher intensity of blue light than white light throughout said first growth period and a higher intensity of white light than blue light throughout said second growth period, and wherein only said red LEDs and said white LEDs are illuminated during said third growth period to produce a red/white light. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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