Stockbridge - forging the technology to feed the future

摘要

LED lighting is here to stay. That's the message following the opening of Stockbridge Technology Centre's LE.D High Wire Facility, which has been trialing tomato growing over the winter months. The glasshouse which has been raised by over a metre to accommodate maximum commercial production was officially opened last month (Feb.) by the Rt. Hon Michael Jack CBE, agriculture and food adviser for HSBC, Carol Dutton reports.The tomatoes are growing under four different lighting conditions - 100% sodium lighting, 50% sodium and 50% L.E.D., full LE.D. and full LE.D. under diffused glass. The plants, a variety of midi-plum, Sunstream, which were installed in October, are currently laden with fruit and have been continually harvested since before Christmas.