Most growers know the correct spectrum critical to ensuring that every stage of a plant’s growth is optimized. But what they don’t know is that the spectrum can change over time and consequently effect your profitability! It’s mostly due to the thermal management engineering of your grow light. Quite simply, if your LEDs are burning too hot the degradation will speed up which will also lead to color shifting.

This metric, seldom discussed in the grow light industry, is important for you to know because a crop’s uniformity will translate directly to optimized yields and reduced losses. Uniform crops often result in consistent quality and size, which is essential for market acceptance. Buyers and processors also prefer crops that are uniform in appearance and quality. You should request a uniformity ratio metric (max/min and avg min) from your grow light manufacture and do some research as to how to understand the metrics that are presented to you. SpecGrade has always generated this metric for our customers.