LED lighting to achieve annual tomato production characteristics

Last December, fruit and vegetable company in Belgium Den Berk Dé Lice mexes plath city (in Belgium 梅克斯普拉斯) Has built a tomato cultivated plant. At present, the company is investment, further expansion of 10 hectares of greenhouse, equipped with LED lighting lamps and lanterns, in order to achieve annual production of the same taste and quality of tomato.

窝伯克Dé The lice Loes van der Velden said the company will be in Lai Kefu sur ( Rijkevorse） New expansion 10 hectares of greenhouse, since then, the area of the characteristics of tomato will reach about 60 hectares, and there is space can be expanded to 70 hectares. The company's goal is not to be one of the largest growers, but to cultivate the most delicious tomatoes. At the same time, the company hopes to be able to meet the demand of the market.

in the new expansion of 10 hectares in the greenhouse, Den Berk Dé Lice adopted LED lighting. , according to the company's managers together Luc Beirinckx thanks to the artificial light LED, they can produce the taste and quality in the winter and summer like tomatoes. Although the application of LED lighting needs to spend 2. 8 million euros, but LED is energy efficient energy-saving light source, which means to achieve the same production of tomatoes need much less energy than before.

it is understood that the Den Berk Dé Lice tomatoes are sold all over Europe and a small number of areas outside Europe, mostly in Belgium, Scandinavia ( Peninsula) And German market. In the future, the company is to build production outside of Europe in Belgium.