Articles by: William Boune
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Try as we might, humans have not found a way to beat Mother Nature when it comes to economically recreating the wide spectrum and intensity of sunlight.

However, when we must grow plants Indoors or in the Greenhouse we can adjust our lit growing environments to mimic the optimum conditions found in nature, with lower energy levels. Creating conditions that economically deliver High Quality, High Yields and Repeatable Crop Production.

The Problem: A typical Indoor flowering light schedule, for short day plants, may be set 12/12 hour lit and unlit periods. When the lights go out, the plants are thrust into total darkness, once in darkness plants require two hours to relax into the resting state, or the Phytochrome Pfr State (initiated slowly by very weak FAR RED Light). This is a terribly inefficient use of our garden's time and space.

TheSolution: Combining the Stabile Spectrum, Energy Efficiencies, Low Heat and Long Life benefits of of both our, better than PAR, Custom Induction Phosphor Blend with specific LED Spectra, we now provide the Indoor Garden with Spectrum and controls that are found in ideal outdoor environments. Hybridizing these two leading edge technologies we provide your garden the Ideal Flowering Spectrums of Dawn, Dusk and Midday, combined with rapid Dark state Phytochrome relaxation.

Why Bring Sunset Indoors? In optimum outdoor flowering conditions the sun paints the midday sky a bright Blue, particularly in Summer. In the Fall and as the Sun begins to set the Blue is enhanced by increasing levels of RED to DEEP RED. The DEEP RED is essential to Phytochrome switching to it's ACTIVE daytime state, and is required at Dawn, beneficial all day and at Dusk. RED Boosting!

In nature after sunset, in Full darkness, a very, very faint FAR RED spectra exists, this faint light causes the Phytochrome to switch to the relaxed state over a period of two hours. Our much stronger FAR RED Light source triggers this state to switch in 5 minutes or less, effectively adding two hours to the night, a 10 hour night is reacted to as if it were a 12 hour night. The is the Flower Initiator Effect!

How it Works at Lights On: The Pfr Pontoon uses the DEEP RED 660nm Spectra LEDs to meet an important Chlorophyll A absorbtion peak for flowering, therebye increasing flowering sites, often 2 to 1. This Spectra is also essential for a quick re-triggering of the Phytochrome from the Relaxed Nightime State back to the Active Daytime State.

How it Works at Lights Out: The Pfr Pontoon requires NO Addtional Timers or Power Supplies to operate. The Pontoon utilizes built-in control circuitry which senses when the 660nm LEDs turn off, the 730nm LEDs are then powered up for Five Minutes by a built in Lithium-ion battery pack, they gradually dim down, in steps, as they turn off.

The Game Changer: Indoor and Greenhouse Gardeners of Short Day Plants, can take advantgage of the Flower Initiator Effect with it's rapid Phytochrome state swich to ADD up to TWO HOURS to the Lights On period, with a flowering cylcle of 13/11 or even 14/10. Those who prefer a 10/14 flowering period can go to 12/12 with enhanced results.

    Broad Spectrum Veg -Flower           Pro-420-Pontoon-Combo Pack        Pfr Pontoon ADD-ON Accessory

Inda-Gro EFDL Fresh Water Aquaponics with KOI and Vegetables.

The system on the right is running a traditional 400Watt Metal Halide light with 4 ea., T5's (fluorescent) at 54 watts each for a combined total of 630 watts. Our PRO-PAR system on the left is using a single 200 watt fixture on the top for wider area coverage and then 3 ea. 100 watt fixtures on each of the manifolds for a combined total wattage of 500 watts.

On first glance, one can see that the new Inda-Gro Pro PAR System is Visibly brighter. As the days progress the vegetation on the left grows faster and healthier.

You'll notice the new PRO-PAR design provides a radius on the hood which blends to match that of the manifold and since these lights can easily be adjusted towards the center of the Aquaponic system the client does not get hit with the glare from the lamp but instead the eye's attention is focused on the plants.

Another benefit you can see when using our lamps here is the high lux (166.5 vel/w) intensity from such a low wattage, low heat, broad spectrum, long life, compact fixture. The Inda-Gro fixture allows the client to position the lights strategically over the plants thereby eliminating the vertical T5 lamps in the middle. This also has the benefit of making the entire structure less cluttered to the eye. Now the focus is on the plants and the geometry of the piping as it reaches up to the ceiling. Without the use of vertical lamps we also eliminate stretching as the plants would tend to reach inwards towards the T5 lamps.

As you may already be aware the advantage of having the Koi, they supplement added nitrogen to the water, which the plants thrive on.

We did notice that the Koi were a bit puzzled the first day we installed the lights since the water was so much better lit then what they were used to. However by day two they were congregating under our lights, an added benefit, as the Koi colors were much more dramatic on the Inda-Gro Light Pro PAR System side of the pond.

Outdoor Sunlight produces a full but seasonally shifting spectrum of light, during the long summer days when the sun is high overhead the sunlight is of longer duration, greater intensity and contains a higher ratio of Blue light, HID/MH lamps color rendering index does not mimic this season's index closely enough, HID lamps produce excessive Yellow light which is not very useful to growth with harmful UV and IR. levels, about 25% of the energy is useful.  In greenhouses and outdoors, the long lighting period, the intensity and color content all effect the amount of growth experienced during the summer season.

During the late summer and fall as the sun appears to become closer to the horizon, the light passes through the atmosphere at a progressively sharper angle, through thicker air, and is filtered by this lens to have a higher ratio of Red.   But light predominately composed of Red and Blue light is not enough.  Natural sunlight also contains Green but appears predominately white, white light actually contains all visible colors of the natural worlds palette, witnessed by viewing visible light as it is passes through a prism.  Natural light reflects or absorbs as each plant needs and with each season, the colors we see are those which are largely, but not totally, reflected. 

To simulate a fuller spectrum 3 phosphors is not enough, he optimum way to provide a full color spectrum is to use a light source that employs unique phosphors, viewed by our pupils as white.

Our newest lights by Inda-Gro hold the promise of a full spectrum of colors in suitable proportions, allowing natures automatic spectrum compensation and efficient plant/light interception (absorption) to take effect.  The unique phosphor coating provides a nicely simulated Rainbow Sun Spectrum.

LED and Spectrum: A very good Spectrum can be accomplished with LED light now, if one uses enough different nm range bulbs, I have yet to see truly enough range employed.  To date few manufacturers employ Green, you just can't get a really full spectrum, all of the subtle variations of colors needed without the Green component.  LED's lack the total intensity of Induction Lighting.

Future Applications of Horticultural LED Lighting, Specialized Supplemental Light:  The experts tell me these lights will not be supplemental, but an essential factor.

The Flower Initiator is used for mere minutes after light out as a phytochrome trigger, to hasten the instigation of Budding, reducing the phytochrome switch period from 2 hours to 5 - 10 minutes.

Articles by: William Boune

ADVANTAGES:
This is a very green technology, with only a tiny solid amalgam of mercury, in a little bump on the side of the tube, to excite the electrons for starting the plasma reaction, unlike the more generous mercury inside fluorescent tubes.

• With Inda-Gro Lights: A 10 Year or 60,000 hours, whichever comes first, Warranty. 60,000 hours equals an average of 14 hours per day over 10 years.

• One light for the entire Clone through Bud cycles.

• 55-70% energy savings, when mover and air conditioning savings are accounted for.

• EFDL Produces an extremely effective broad and continuous spectrum suitable for grow lighting.

• Light efficiency per watt is many fold of that of LED grow lighting.

• The price is lower compared to LED or better than that of the same wattage.

• The lifespan is extended, the light spectrum is more stable and light decay is decreased, twice that of LED lamps and 10x HPS.

• Lower Temperatures: There are no cooling fans, no noise. Lower temperature operation can save high cost of air-conditioner, and has less risk of being found by a remote heat detector. The lower temperature makes for a reduced fire hazard both from heat and circuit overload. Always use correctly sized cords, wires and circuit breakers suiting your local building codes and the requirements of your lighting, and entire system.

The Inda-Gro Light is an Electromagnetic Fluorescent Discharge Light (EFDL). A good EFDL lamp is like a fluorescent lamp on steroids, with no electrodes to wear out quickly, based on Nicola Tesla's well-known principles, light can be generated via a gas discharge through electromagnetic induction.

This EFDL Lamp is a light source that combines the principle of electric-magnetic induction and gas discharging. Since there's no electrode and filament inside the lamp it is also known as the "Electrode-less" lamp.

The life time of Electromagnetic Induction Lamp can be up to 100,000 hours, which is 100 times of incandescent lamp, 5-15 times of HID (High Intensity Discharge) lamp and 5-10 times of CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp).

Electromagnetic transformers, which consists of rings with metal coils, create an electromagnetic field around a glass tube which contains a gas, using a high or low frequency that is generated by an electronic ballast. The discharge path, induced by the coils, forms a closed loop causing acceleration or avalanche of free electrons, which collide with a solid amalgam of mercury atoms which excite the electrons. As the excited electrons from these atoms fall back from this higher energy state to a lower stable level, a plasma state, as they emit ultraviolet radiation. The UV radiation is converted to visible light as it passes through a unique phosphor coating on the surface of the tube, which in this instance produces a strong full spectrum response. All but 2-3% of the UV is converted, the small remaining UV is beneficial to plant growth. The unusual shape of an induction lamp maximizes the efficiency of the fields that are generated. Inda-Gro use only rectangular tubes for a better coverage match for horitculture.

Inda-Gro EFDL Grow Lights

Provide your plants the best horticultural lighting for explosive growth and high yields from a single lamp source, for the entire Veg through Flowering/Fruit cycles, while saving up to 70% of the energy consumed by traditional lamp technologies. 

Beginning with the proven efficiencies of low wattage and high output EFDL technology, Inda-Gro lamps combine a blend of unique rare earth phosphors to supply the proper spectrum for overall plant lighting needs.

Why is the proper grow light so important to my plants success?

Plant Growth and development are significantly influenced be both the quantity and quality of the light received, converted, through a process known as PHOTOSYNTHESIS, into energy which the plant requires to successfully mature. Proper indoor grow light, with a sun light spectrum, can also mitigate disease pressures that are often seen with plants grown outdoors. These plants are naturally affected by the number of cloudy days versus sunny days, humidity and leaf wetness. Lack of solar radiation may subject the plants to disease that the indoor grower can better control.

First introduced and patented in 1891 by Nikola Tesla, induction lamps, while expensive, were always prized for their High Lumens per watt, Low Operating Temperatures, Crisp Color, Long Lamp Life and Low Lumen Depreciation over their entire life. Inda-Gro EFDL Dual-Band-Spectrum lamps have affordably combined the proven benefits of this technology supplying unique spectral requirements so essential for robust plant development.

Benefits of Inda-Gro Induction Grow Lights:

• Saves up to 70% in electrical loads.
• Emits 95% PAR usable light.
• Excellent canopy penetration.
• Faster rooting of clones and seedlings
• Long life lamps and drivers.
• *60,000 hour 10 year warranty.
• Highest lumens per watt of any lamp manufactured.
• Single lamp for vegetative through flowering stages.
• Low operating temperatures require no added ventilation.
• Fewer plant diseases related to higher temperature lamps.
• UL Listed, CLU Listed (Canada)
• Fully assembled, tested & wired to plug in to a standard 120 volt outlet.
• Four Pro 400 Series will run on a single dedicated 120 volt 20 amp circuit. A built-in pre-conditioner (+/- 20v) for a stable internal supply voltage.
•  220VAC, or 277VAC and NEMA cord end options, please let me know.
• 30 day return policy less shipping and handling
• World wide next day shipping of all stock items, once your fund transfer is verified.