Signify Applies Philips Horticultural LED to Propam's Self-Propagation Cucumber Facility... Stable Seedling Production for a Year
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Signify announced that it has deployed Philips GreenPower LED production modules at Propam's indoor cucumber seedling plant factory.
Propam said that in the year since installation, it has achieved results in seedling quality, production stability, and operational flexibility.
The seedling facility consists of a total of 3 containers and can produce up to 45,000 seedlings per batch.
Signify announced that it has deployed Philips GreenPower LED production modules at Propam's indoor cucumber seedling plant factory. Propam said it has been one year since it introduced an indoor multi-layer self-propagation cucumber facility using Philips GreenPower LED production modules.
Propam said that over the year since installation, it has delivered strong results in seedling quality, production stability, and operational flexibility. Signify also said the facility makes it possible to produce high-quality cucumber seedlings year-round.
Signify said the facility improves efficiency in managing seedling quality and production timing. It also said the system can reduce the risk of pests, diseases, and viruses entering through outside suppliers.
The cost of self-produced seedlings is about one-third of the cost of purchasing them from outside. If crop losses occur during cultivation, replacement seedlings can be produced quickly. As a result, the company said it can improve production stability by rapidly producing replacement seedlings.
Propam has grown cucumbers in a 1.6-hectare greenhouse for the past 4 years, and Philips GreenPower LED Toplighting Compact has been installed in the greenhouse. However, it had previously relied on outside suppliers for seedling procurement and recognized the need to respond to the risk of pests, diseases, and viruses at the seedling stage in externally sourced seedlings.
With that in mind, Propam deployed an indoor multi-layer seedling facility using Signify technology with the goal of stably managing seedling quality and delivery timing. The facility consists of a total of 3 containers, and each container is equipped with two 4-tier racks. Its production capacity is up to 45,000 seedlings per batch, and Propam said it can produce up to 45,000 seedlings at a time.
Nam In-woo, Propam's cultivation manager, said this was the first time cucumber seedlings had been attempted in an indoor seedling facility using only LED lighting. He also said that, with technical support from Philips horticultural lighting experts, the company developed an optimized light recipe and used it to establish a stable seedling production process. He added that the biggest advantage is the ability to produce seedlings of consistent quality regardless of external conditions.
Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407466
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