{"id":3782,"date":"2023-05-23T13:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2024-09-17T09:52:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T09:52:37","slug":"accelerating-production-time-by-reaching-ready-to-harvest-height-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/blog\/accelerating-production-time-by-reaching-ready-to-harvest-height-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerating Production Time by Reaching \u201cReady-to-Harvest\u201d Height Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2083133080\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1103865658\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1610055250\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1714366837\" class=\"col medium-2 small-6 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#6ebd8f;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1075176587\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p> Food <\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1075176587 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-1075176587 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1714366837 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 34px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-178479359\" class=\"col medium-2 small-6 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#6ebd8f;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3572924148\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Research<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3572924148 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-3572924148 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-178479359 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 34px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1004411482\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1004411482 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-618842056\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>To meet the demand for food due to an ever-increasing world population, commercial growers aim to increase the number of production cycles within a year. Speeding up the growth cycle for crops while still achieving the desired crop characteristics of height, finish or appearance and biomass are of utmost importance to growers in order to take produce to market faster and ensure long-term business profitability.<\/p>\n<p>A plant\u2019s height is significant to many growers, either as a visual indication of highest quality or the need to standardize commercial packages which requires a specific height at the end of production.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/blog\/the-power-of-light-control-on-food-crops\/\">Light quality and spectral control<\/a>\u00a0can be used as a vital tool for growers aiming to influence plant characteristics. This test was conducted with parsley by Heliospectra to understand how light quality can influence the height of a crop and by doing so also accelerate the production cycle. The goal was to find lighting strategy to accelerate production time by increase plant height to meet a certain height in fastest time possible but still maintain good crop quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planting and Growth Conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first part of the test started at the site of a commercial grower. The propagation of the parsley was done following their standard procedures. Parsley seeds were sown in plugs by the grower and placed in a germination area. After germination, the parsley plugs were brought into a vertical setup equipped with Heliospectra\u2019s light bar. The spectrum composition of the light bar was a combination of blue (450nm), red (660nm) and white LEDs.<\/p>\n<p>The parsley seedlings were grown under the light bar, after which the grower placed the plugs in pots and shipped the parsley pots along with some of their packaging bags to Heliospectra\u2019s in-house plant lab. The end goal was to have the plants reach the height of the bags as fast as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The full production cycle from seeding to harvest estimated by the grower (based on experience) was 33 days. After the re-potting of the plugs, 19 days were left to complete the production cycle.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-618842056 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1363871702\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1054887039\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_951403851\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f9907837da751a41dc110e7_Heliospectra_Parsley_Plant-Lab-Trial.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Parsley sprout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f9907837da751a41dc110e7_Heliospectra_Parsley_Plant-Lab-Trial.png 368w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f9907837da751a41dc110e7_Heliospectra_Parsley_Plant-Lab-Trial-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_951403851 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><em>Image 1: The plants upon arrival from the commercial grower<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-611380776\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1814307817\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Lighting Strategies at Heliospectra\u2019s In-House Plant Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pots were placed in shelves built up in a 1.4m2 (15 ft2) open area with reflective curtains and an open front. The plants were grown under three different spectra respectively;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Only PAR (a combination of blue (450nm), red (660nm) and white LEDs) and a light intensity of PAR at 200 \u03bcmol m-2s-1<\/p>\n<p>\u2022PAR + an additional Far-red with a light intensity of PAR at 180 \u03bcmol m-2s-1 (MidFR)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022PAR + an additional Far-red with a light intensity of PAR at 170 \u03bcmol m-2s-1 (HighFR)<\/p>\n<p>Only PAR spectrum was within 400-700 nm region while the two others had far-red added to the spectrum. High FR had the highest amount of far-red of the total output while Mid FR had slightly less. All the spectra had the same electrical energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant Height Measurements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Measurements of the plants height were taken regularly to track when the plants had reach the desired height (to fill up the bag). Some of the parsley was harvested on the day when they reached the height of the commercial grower\u2019s package, while the rest of the pots were left to grow under the different test spectra until the grower\u2019s harvest date (day 19 of treatment). The first group that reached the targeted package height, was harvested at day 13 under the High FR spectra. The second harvest was at day 14 under the Mid FR. The last harvest to reach the targeted height at 19 days was the one grown under only PAR.At the final harvest at day 33 after seeding and after 19 days of light treatments, five pots of parsley grown under each spectrum was collected and measured. The fresh weight was recorded in grams and the height of each of the plants in centimeters. The pots of parsley harvested on days 13 and 14 were also measured using the same procedure when they reached the height of the growers packaging.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more,on the final harvest day, after 19 days of treatment, the parsley grown with far-red showed an increase in both biomass and height with the increase in far-red.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-565912503\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2033509023\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_790810363\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1038\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f99007681e1a7987c680d87_Heliospectra_Parsley_Regulating-Plant-Height.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Graph showing results from parsley grown without far-red, mid far-red, high far-red, pre harvest high far-red and pre-harvets mid far-red\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f99007681e1a7987c680d87_Heliospectra_Parsley_Regulating-Plant-Height.png 1038w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f99007681e1a7987c680d87_Heliospectra_Parsley_Regulating-Plant-Height-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f99007681e1a7987c680d87_Heliospectra_Parsley_Regulating-Plant-Height-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f99007681e1a7987c680d87_Heliospectra_Parsley_Regulating-Plant-Height-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_790810363 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><em>Image 2: The average weight in grams and height in cm on day 19 of treatment and the pots harvested earlier on day 13 (High FR) and day 14 (Mid FR).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-998009669\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1181405521\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Although there was a lower biomass for the plants harvested earlier (on the days 13 and 14), the parsley reached the height of the grower\u2019s package faster than the ones grown until day 19 with only PAR. The parsley harvested on days 13 and 14 still displayed good quality with consistent size, strong aroma and green even coloring of their leaves.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-931605405\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-603988242\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1951245981\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f9909f6a2f0a2831b57344a_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-13.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Parsley grown with high far-red and with PAR only\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f9909f6a2f0a2831b57344a_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-13.png 486w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f9909f6a2f0a2831b57344a_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-13-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1951245981 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><em>Image 3: Parsley at harvest,after 13 days of treatment, the four pots to theleft High FR and pot to the right Only PAR.<\/em><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_165109414\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a2a4bb5b6fc1f02f561_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-14.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Parsley grown with high far-red and with PAR only\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a2a4bb5b6fc1f02f561_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-14.png 468w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a2a4bb5b6fc1f02f561_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-14-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_165109414 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><em>Image 4: Parsley at harvest after 14 days of treatment, the four pots to the left MidFR and pot to the right Only PAR.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1006426807\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1231713503\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-470327885\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1325676555\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The parsley grown under only PAR was more compact andhad a dark green color as compared to the parsley grown under a far-red spectrum. At day 33, after 19 days of light treatment, the parsley grown under the spectrum without far-red stayed compact and was the only batch that remained within the set goal height. The parsley grown under Mid FR and High FR treatments had all exceeded the height of the commercial growers&#8217; packaging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1604030072\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-131185859\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_34288174\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a7f20c9a61edc115416_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-19.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Parsley grown with high far-red, mid far-red and PAR only\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a7f20c9a61edc115416_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-19.png 850w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a7f20c9a61edc115416_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-19-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5f990a7f20c9a61edc115416_Heliospectra_Commercial-Parsley-Trials_Day-19-768x355.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_34288174 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><em>Image 5: Parsley at harvest, after 19 days of treatment, from left to right -High FR, Mid FR and Only PAR.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1439308330\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1155148222\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Using Light Strategies for Accelerated Harvest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parsley grown under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/blog\/far-red-light-which-makes-a-difference\/\">far-red treatment<\/a>\u00a0had an accelerated harvest because they were able to reach the desired plant height before the plants grown without far-red and the growers&#8217; estimated harvest date.<\/p>\n<p>Although both the High FR and Mid FR grown plants had a lower biomass on the day they reached the desired package height, the produce filled the package, displayed desired plant characteristics and reached the standardized height faster. Some commercial growers may also contend that the longer stems or plant height at harvest time also makes harvesting, cutting, trimming and cleaning the plantsfor packaging faster, creating additional time savings. Growers may increase both plant height and biomass with far-red.<\/p>\n<p>From the test results, a grower can accelerate crop harvest cycles and increase the total number of harvests across or within the year with the far-red spectrum. This offers the grower a cost-effective way to increase yields, crop quality and most importantly revenue. Additionally, the spectral composition with only PAR had a higher light intensity within PAR than the spectra with added far-red, butit was the last treatment to achievethe desired height for the parsley at day 19.<\/p>\n<p>This demonstration is an example of the importance of understanding the specific spectra composition needed to achieve your crop performance goals. If your only focus is to get the most light output within\u00a0PAR of a lighting system, the crop quality and growth efficacy is often overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 14 years,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heliospectra.com\/behind-the-lights\">Heliospectra\u2019s Technical Services team<\/a>\u00a0has continued to conduct commercial crop research in our in-house plant lab, collaborating with renowned research institutions and food producers to explore the effects of different spectrafor specific crops. We remain committed to helping commercial growers achieve business objectives while saving energy and improving both plant health and crop performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to learn more about how your business can accelerate harvest cycles?<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heliospectra.com\/contact-us\">Contact us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:1px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-483215736\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-483215736 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1648737358\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Related content<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1648737358 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-782717422\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1172673379\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-545534325\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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