PHILPS lighting using LED lights help French tomato planting

PHILPS announced that it has signed a new contract with French high quality tomato growers Le Jardin de Rabelais. PHILPS lighting will provide LED lighting for French growers, to provide a large number of high-quality French supermarket tomatoes.

Different Le Jardin de Daquawana Loire tomato and Rabelais of tomato taste and quality. However, it is limited by the natural environment - natural light, especially in winter. This is a crucial factor because it affects the growth and taste of tomatoes.

France Le Jardin de Rabelais workers planted high-quality tomatoes

The first is to install LED lights in 1.6 hectares of greenhouse to solve this problem. Subsequently, PHILPS lighting and its partners to install an advanced horticultural lighting system that is installed in a 3.4 hectare greenhouse LED lights 14000. The lighting system uses a specially formulated 'light formula' to meet the growing needs of tomatoes.

Le Jardin de founder and owner of Pascal Delahaye, said: "we are now facing the problem is that the winter needs to grow more tomatoes. Therefore, we are very pleased to use PHILPS lighting horticultural LED lighting, high-quality grape tomatoes and cherry tomato yield increased by 10% a year, while maintaining the taste and overall quality. This will enable us to take a lead in the competition. "

Tomato under PHILPS LED lamp

Le Jardin De high quality tomato 85% sold to native French customers in. Throughout the year, tomatoes are grown using LED lighting formula, so Le Jardin de Rabelais will be able to provide high-quality tomatoes year-round to avoid winter customers to buy products from overseas competitors. In addition, compared to the previous high-pressure sodium lamp lighting system, the company will reduce electricity consumption by 30%, while increasing crop yield and taste, to achieve a win-win situation.

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