Lettuce grower slashes propagation time with Signify LEDs

A year after converting the lettuce section of its 17 hectares of vegetable and flower greenhouses to all LED lighting, a British Columbia grower is reporting positive results.

Prior to the LED installation, Canadian Valley had considered combining LED and HPS lighting in both the propagation and finishing section of its lettuces, which occupy less than a hectare of the group’s total crop area. It decided on all LED, deploying about 1500 Philips GreenPower toplights from Signify in late 2019.

By going to a more intense LED in prop, the grower sees more even and consistent plant.