New technology for improving the utilization of sunlight by plants by covering the plants with shade nets.

摘要

A method for growing plants including shade plants and sun plants by providing netting that alters the spectral properties of light passing through is disclosed. Plants are provided with light that includes indirect light and direct light in a ratio greater than that found in natural light, at least in the PAR region. This light may be provided to the plants by growing them under shade nets produced from coloured components. Such nets are typically translucent and provide an altered spectrum of light to the plants, rather than just reducing the quantity of light received.