Nursery A. Bakker & Zn . BV from Heerhugowaard , the Netherlands , is the first lily grower in the world to use light-emitting diode grow light source from Signify in its greenhouse . The company has exchange to PhilipsGreenPower LED toplightingto improve bloom quality and increase output efficiency . finagle Director Marco van Uden is satisfied with the choice of the new light : " The mind-set is favorable . The plants look exceptionally good . "
Nursery Bakker has subdivision in the Netherlands , France and New Zealand . The companionship specializes in bulb and bloom finish . 3.5 hectare of the flowers are maturate in a nursery for a global customer portfolio . Cultivation under LED - lighting is currently done on an field of 1.6 hectares
Bakker greenhouse is always looking for way to increase sustainability . For exemplar , by reducing the waste from energy and raw material and by using crop shelter more effectively . " We need to make good use of our hectarage and slenderize the monetary value price , " says the managing theater director . " We ensure in other flowers such as lisianthus and chrysanthemum that yield increase with a high light story under light-emitting diode grow lights . That was the decisive factor for us to switch to light-emitting diode toplighting . "
Currently , the effects of light-emitting diode lighting on flower quality are being map out . After that , scaling up to more LED toplighting to accomplish a high yield yield and better quality of lilies seems to be the obvious thing to do . Marco van Uden : " We are always looking for the ideal counterbalance . This also applies to our energy expenditure . The vigour surplus we have in the fall can now be compensated by using light-emitting diode lighting , while we can apply light-emitting diode grow lights much more just . After the winter we can review the optimal zip use and see if the share of A2 flower has decrease . This is an exciting moment that we search onward to with confidence . "
Nursery Bakker ’s switch shows Signify the possibility of LED grow light in lily cultivation . " We are delighted to see that next to cultivating roses , chrysanthemums , alstroemeria and lisianthus , lily growing also has authority in the added time value of Signify ’s light-emitting diode grow lights , " aver Signify ’s Business Leader Horticulture conduce Solutions Udo van Slooten . Any upscaling at Nursery Bakker will be done in consultation with their permanent Horti LED cooperator Van der Laan . They also took forethought of the installation of the organization .
