Although the current facility of agriculture has made great progress, it is still not free from the influence of weather and temperature. Is there a form that allows agricultural production to completely get rid of "depending on the weather" and achieve comprehensive control of various elements, thereby further improving crop yield and quality? Plant factories came into being. Why is this form hailed as an advanced stage of facility agriculture and represents the future development direction of agriculture?
The outstanding advantages of plant factories are the driving force for people to continue to research and develop.
Plant factories are efficient agricultural systems that achieve continuous production of crops throughout the year through high-precision environmental control in facilities. They use intelligent computers and electronic sensor systems to automatically control environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, light, carbon dioxide concentration, and nutrient solution for plant growth so that the growth and development of plants in the facility is not or rarely restricted by natural conditions. It is a labor-saving production method.
Plant factories have the following advantages
1. Intelligent environmental control, high-efficiency production
Not dependent on the external environment. Plants grow in indoor environments. People use intelligent technology to automatically control the temperature, light, water, air and fertilizer required for plant growth with high precision. They adjust according to the different needs of plant growth stages to achieve continuous production of crops throughout the year, without being restricted by the natural environment. The crop growth cycle is shortened and the yield is significantly increased. For example, lettuce, cabbage and other crops grown in plant factories can be harvested in about 20 days, while it takes one month to 40 days to harvest them in the open air, thus achieving high-efficiency, high-quality and high-yield agricultural production.
2. Efficient use of resources and space
Through intelligent control, the utilization rate of water resources and fertilizers can be significantly improved, and water and fertilizer can be saved by up to 90%, providing a suitable growth environment for plants, avoiding common diseases and pests, heavy metal pollution and pesticide residues, and truly realizing green and pollution-free production. Plant factories use three-dimensional cultivation, and cultivation modules can be stacked in multiple layers. The yield per unit area can be more than 50 times higher than that of open-field cultivation, realizing efficient use of resources and space.
3. Wide adaptability and high flexibility
The biggest advantage is that it can solve the problem of insufficient arable land resources. It can not only carry out agricultural production in non-arable land resources such as deserts, Gobi, and islands but also be applied in urban communities, scientific research institutes, scientific research sites, and other places, showing strong adaptability and flexibility.
A new height of agricultural science and technology development
Plant factories are an important part of modern agriculture. They integrate modern biotechnology, facility horticulture, construction engineering, environmental control, artificial intelligence and other disciplines. They free agricultural production from the limitations of the natural environment. They are one of the most dynamic and potential fields for the application of agricultural high-tech achievements. They attract the attention of countless scientists and are committed to further achieving efficient production, full utilization of resources, and reducing energy consumption and costs.
Therefore, plant factories represent the future direction of agricultural development and are one of the most prominent areas of agricultural new quality productivity.
The world's first plant factory was born in Denmark in 1957, and Japan and other countries also gradually developed in 1974. The development of China's plant factory began in 2004. Although it started late, it has developed rapidly under the support of the government and the continuous research and development of scientific research. The technology has been continuously innovated and the scale of the industry has continued to expand. According to statistics, there are more than 220 smart plant factories in China.
China's technology is gradually changing from substrate culture and nutrient solution hydroponics to cutting-edge technologies such as fog culture, and control technology is also changing from one-way introduction to two-way introduction and output. We can not only grow vegetables and strawberries, but also expand to the cultivation of edible fungi, Chinese medicine, rice, forage and other crops.
This year, China built the world's first unmanned vertical plant factory with 20 cultivation layers. By adopting self-cultivated new crop varieties, vertical three-dimensional cultivation systems, nutrient solution automatic supply systems, artificial simulation energy-saving light sources and AI-based intelligent management and control systems, stable production in vertical space is achieved. Unaffected by climate and region, a crop of lettuce can be harvested in 35 days under environmentally controllable conditions. In addition to lettuce, other leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables, and edible fungi can be mass-produced in vertical plant factories.
One of the most important tools is Grow Light
LED grow lights have become the most important tool in plant factories. It simulates natural sunlight to provide sufficient and uniform light for indoor plants, ensuring that plants can grow healthily and rapidly even without sunlight. According to statistics, LED plant growth lights occupy most of the global market share, and the export volume continues to grow.
As a company with more than 10 years of experience in LED growth lights, JT has not only helped the development of domestic plant factories but also exported a large number of them to the United States, Europe, Canada and other countries. We have received praise and affirmation from customers in 50 countries around the world.
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