Have you been spending a lot of time watching the clouds? Maybe you find that your weather app is your go-to click when you pick up your phone. Monitoring your plants’ access to dispersed light is one of the hobbies of the plant enthusiast, but if you’re a commercial grower or retailer, your access to dispersed lighting is critical.

The ability to manipulate lighting is one of the advantages of investing in a greenhouse. Dispersed lighting has been scattered by particles, so it washes your plant in light coming from all directions, rather than a direct ray from the sun. Dispersed lighting is your best option for several reasons:

Reaching More Plants

One of the core benefits of dispersed lighting is its ability to reach past the highest canopy of plants. This is particularly important when your greenhouse utilizes vertical growing structures to maximize growth space. Penetrating the canopy allows for more photosynthesis to take place, giving all plants access to the light they need.

Even Light Conditions

Dispersed lighting helps you eliminate uneven conditions that can damage plants or limit growth. A diffused lighting solution prevents hot spots and shadows to result in uneven plant health and growth. Dispersed light is able to bend around corners and get to those hard-to-reach leaves that would otherwise receive no light.

Improved Yields

Dispersed lighting results in higher yields for a number of reasons. It can increase your flower production, prevent fungal spores and reduce container temperatures—all factors that lead to a quicker time to market and improved yields.

Some common greenhouse materials, such as glass, acrylic or single-wall polycarbonate offer little in the way of light dispersion.

Stuppy provides diffused polycarbonate options, including film, corrugated polycarbonate and 8mm polycarbonate. All of them offer an opaque dispersed light that allows for 85% of light transmission. There are plenty of reasons to invest with Stuppy in lighting that you can control for optimal plant health:

• Increase your plant growth by up to 25%
• Reduce the stress on your plants
• Bump up vegetable yields by 5%
• Achieve uniform growing conditions

At Stuppy, we customize dispersed lighting for your climate, growing conditions, plant types and your specific growing goals. Ready to talk with us about installing diffused polycarbonate in your greenhouse? Contact us to get started.