Albuna Farms adds Philips LED lighting for cucumber greenhouse
Signify has announced that Albuna Farms, a cucumber producer in Canada, has chosen to install Philips GreenPower LED interlighting to grow lights in its greenhouse in Ruthven, Ontario.
During the first phase of the project ,Philips GreenPower LED interlighting grow lights will be installed on 11.6 acres in their greenhouse, according to the news release. Albuna Farms, according to the release, expects the new system to provide a consistent and economical way to grow and harvest mini cucumbers throughout the winter months using the canopy lighting solution, while decreasing energy consumption by 50% compared to conventional lighting systems.
Albuna Farms, owned by Henry Teichroeb, had earlier installed Philips LED toplighting on more than 2,100 square meters of strawberry crops.
“We were already very impressed with the results of the Philips LED grow lights used for our strawberry crops,” John Klassen, head grower at Albuna Farms, said in the release. “After we visited Signify’s exclusive cucumber customer community event in Europe last year, we were convinced that the LED interlighting would also be beneficial for our cucumber crops.”
Honey Electric, a certified Philips Horti LED Partner, will supervise the installation of the Interlighting in the mini-cucumber crop, according to the release. Installation is expected to be completed by December this year.
