Flavour to Savour
Uniformity leadership to consistently enhance size, colour, taste and aroma.
What is it?
Patent pending adjustable light engines for uniformity leadership to consistently enhance strawberry fruit size, colour, taste & aroma.
- Higher crop yields
- Enhanced nutritional fruiting qualities
- Increased energy savings
- Reduced fixture quantities
- Up to 3500 µmol/s
- 5 year warranty
- Durable housing
- IP65
- Easy to clean
- Dynamic dimming
How does it work?
Engineered to be application adaptable, improve uniformity and maximise PAR light-use efficiency within your facility.
Baseline PPF output (µmol/s)
Up to 2x PPF output (µmol/s) vs 1 kW HPS
What does this mean for my strawberries?
Growers & academics agree that as a rule of thumb, a 1% increment in PPFD results in a 1% increase in yield of fruiting crops¹. Improving the uniformity over the growing areas reduces supplementary PAR light deviation, benefitting plant quality and production consistency.
Conventional 1 kW HPS Toplight
- 275 µmol/m2/s PPFD Setpoint
- 79% of area is within +/- 10% of 275 µmol/m2/s
- 148 W/m2 Energy Consumption
Bloem 1 kW Impact (Spectrum B7)
- 450 µmol/m2/s PPFD Setpoint (+64%)
- 100% of area is within +/- 10% of 450 µmol/m2/s (+21%)
- 140 W/m2 Energy Consumption (-5%)
Bloem 1 kW Impact (Spectrum B7)
- 300 µmol/m2/s PPFD Setpoint (+9%)
- 100% of area is within +/- 10% of 300 µmol/m2/s (+21%)
- 94 W/m2 Energy Consumption (-36%)
Charlie Benson
Co-Founder and CTO
“Intensity uniformity is the consistency of total PAR light distributed over the growing area. This is typically measured at the crop canopy by the volume (%) of the grow area that falls within the specified tolerance of the PPFD setpoint.”
Using Bloem’s Wand Platform
The Bloemteknik Wireless Adaptive Network Delivery (Wand) platform provides advanced dynamic control for single and multi-channel grow lights.
Secure, Reliable & Scalable
Our highly secure mesh solution, with no single point of failure, supports over 30,000+ devices per network
Flexible Lighting
Easily create zones, groups, light recipes, dimming schedules, DLI targets, and lighting scenes using our wireless control system with our LED grow lights
Closed-Loop System
Wand acclimates LED grow light output to prevent negative effects from weather or environmental changes
Plant-Centric Adaptability
Designed to follow plant biology, Wand can adjust LED light output to support multiple dynamic lighting controls
Seamless Integration
Wand can be used as a standalone lighting control system or integrated with climate control systems via the Horticulture Lighting Protocol (HLP)
Preventive Maintenance
Wand continuously monitors power supply temperature, power draw, operating hours, and system responsiveness to detect potential issues before they impact performance. This proactive approach minimises unexpected downtime and maximises the lifespan of the entire lighting system.
Dynamic Lighting
Whether the grow areas require precise, plant-centric dynamic control or a straightforward daily schedule, Bloem’s Wand platform offers a flexible and tailored solution designed to meet the unique needs of your facility
Dynamic light adjustment for optimised plant growth stages
Efficient energy distribution to balance cost and performance
Light modulation aligned with natural plant cycles
Extended illumination periods for enhanced productivity
400 - 500 nm
Supplemental blue wavelengths can be used to enhance fruit yield while maintaining fruit quality
A plant signal for stomatal aperture which impacts transpiration, internal CO2 concentration and stomatic conductance
Increases compactness, biomass, leaf thickness and protein synthesis in strawberry plants
500 - 600 nm
Enhances photosynthesis in strawberry plants which is associated with an increased biomass accumulation
Promotes rooting which is associated with a higher accumulation of leaves and strawberry fruit
In combination with blue light may increase the total sugar concentration and acidity, enhancing the fruits sweet flavour
600 - 700 nm
Increased photosynthetic pigments and soluble carbohydrates in strawberry plants
Increased productions of phenolics including anthocyanins have been demonstrated to be enhanced by red light
Improves strawberry plant productivity and promotes specialised metabolite accumulation
700 - 800 nm
High R/FR ratios can increase plant height and width promoting better air movement and improved microclimates
Far-Red treatment in combination with blue light can help regulate flowering in strawberry plants
Far-Red wavelengths strongly influence day extension and may be used for night break management
Strawberry Plant Acclimation
(Long-day & Day-Neutral Cultivars)
Strawberry Plant Vegetative
(Long-day & Day-Neutral Cultivars)
Strawberry Plant Flowering
(Long-day & Day-Neutral Cultivars)
Strawberry Plant Fruiting
(Long-day & Day-Neutral Cultivars)
10-15
15-20
20-25
20-25
150-300
250-400
300-600
300-600
12-18
14-18
14-18
14-18
The quantity of photosynthetic active radiation (400 – 700nm) required is defined by the Daily Light Integral (DLI). DLI refers to the quantity of PAR the plant is exposed to within a single day (24-hour period). Each plant, including strawberry plants, have a minimum and maximum DLI to facilitate growth and this varies by development stage and plant variety. Typically, flowering, and fruiting stages of strawberry plants have a recommended DLI range of 20-25 mol/m²/day. The desired photosynthetic active radiation density (PPFD) can be calculated from the DLI target and exposure duration (photoperiod).
For example, using a photoperiod of 16 hours provides the following formulae:
20 mol/m²/day / 16 hours / 60 minutes / 60 seconds = 347 µmol/m²/s minimum PPFD
25 mol/m²/day / 16 hours / 60 minutes / 60 seconds = 434 µmol/m²/s maximum PPFD
Increasing the photoperiod decreases the PPFD requirement to achieve a similar DLI (mol/m²/day) and the reverse can be said for decreasing the photoperiod and increasing the PPFD. The photoperiodic flowering responses of strawberry plants can be classified into either short-day, long-day and day-neutral types. Photoperiod is one of the primary factors that can elicit significant hormonal changes stimulating flowering and fruiting stages in strawberry cultivars. There is research suggesting increasing the DLI either by increasing the photoperiod or by increasing the PPFD can improve strawberry plant growth. However, extending the photoperiod can have a greater impact than a higher PPFD level on promoting flowering and early fruit production in long-day or day-neutral cultivars.
“Typically, strawberry flowering & fruiting stages have a recommended DLI range of 20-25 mol/m²/day.”
Get the Full Story
To see the complete list of light wavelength effects on strawberries, PPFD & photoperiods and much more please download our greenhouse strawberry cultivation lighting application guide.
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