Benefits and Crop Advantage

LED grow lights can significantly improve your crops and drive business profitability. Whether you are growing food crops or cannabis, LED grow lights can help you:

“Increased yield by 13% over the winter growing season, Heliospectra LED lighting helped us deliver fresh, flavorful and highest quality arugula and microgreens to more than 400 retail stores across the country."

Alice Farris
Head Grower, Greenbelt Microgreens
Produce superior quality plants
Customize finish and appearance
Accelerate production cycles
Increase yields year-round
Increase lifespan
Reduce energy costs
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Light Spectrum Advantages

The best LED grow lights deliver spectra designed to optimize the performance of your crops. They enable you to target plants with different wavelengths at different stages of plant development to achieve the desired reactions.

Blue Light
Decreases stretching
Facilitates branching and compact vegetative growth
Enhances color and increases production of antioxidants and vitamins
Green Light
Increases light penetration into canopy
Promotes photosynthesis within canopy layers
Facilitates leaf health and development
Red Light
Increases stem and shoot growth
Drives photosynthesis and stimulates biomass accumulation
Facilitates germination, rooting and development (when balanced with blue light)
Far-Red Light
Regulates flower development
Increases light penetration into canopy
Promotes stem and leaf expansion and reduces side branching
The advantage of intelligent LED grow lights is that they produce light at specific wavelengths chosen to match the needs of plants. So instead of converting electricity into a limited-spectrum light source, which is a downside of HPS lamps, LED grow lights put the energy into the wavelengths that matter most for driving your desired crop outcomes.

Better Light Control with helioCORE™ 2.0

With LED grow lights and lighting technology like helioCORE™ 2.0, you can connect, monitor and control thousands of lights in one platform from anywhere, at any time, through any device.

Quantity

helioCORE 2.0 enables greater control over light intensity, or PPFD (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density), to maximize plant growth efficiency and photosynthesis without overusing energy.

Quality

The system enables customized, repeatable light schedules, from end-of-day treatments to full growth cycles, thereby granting you control over morphology, flavor, color, efficacy, nutrition and more.

Duration

helioCORE 2.0 enables greater control over light intensity, or PPFD (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density), to maximize plant growth efficiency and photosynthesis without overusing energy.

Remote Control

Take the guess work out of advanced lighting and connect your Heliospectra lights to helioCORE™

Learn more about helioCore 2.0

Energy Savings and Rebates

If you choose energy-efficient LEDs, these costs can be mitigated through ongoing energy savings and with rebates and incentives.

“LED grow lights are more efficient than traditional lighting systems, consuming up to 55% less energy to give the same level of light.”
- Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
LED grow lights use less wattage than HPS for a higher or similar level of light, leading to direct energy savings. There are also indirect cost savings to factor in. These come primarily from the lower HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) needs of LEDs.
A US cannabis producer “Experience Organics” achieved a 50% reduction in energy costs with Heliospectra LED lighting and controls.
Indirect Savings from LEDs Can Include:
  • Lower maintenance costs: LEDs do not need to be removed for servicing or cleaning
  • Fewer consumables used: LEDs do not require bulb, ballast or driver replacements
  • Lower cooling demand: LEDs radiate very little heat, so energy isn’t wasted on cooling the space and plants
  • Less water used: Cooler LEDs mean evaporation of the soil or medium is reduced
  • Reduced infrastructure needs: LEDs can be placed close to plants, so infrastructure can be smaller and more economical

Lifespan and Durability of Heliospectra LED Grow Lights

Life expectancy - Other Light Technologies
10,000 hours
Life expectancy - Heliospectra Lights
46,000  to 100,000 hours
Save Energy
LEDs decreases long-term replacement costs, and with their 50,000+ hour lifespan, LEDs have lifetime operating expenses that are comparable, if not significantly better, than HID systems.
Extremely Durable
HID bulbs are delicate, so they need to be handled with care and disposed of properly. Diodes, on the other hand, are encased in polymer, not glass, which makes them the most durable lighting solution available. LED fixtures frequently run for 10 years before needing replacement.

Explore Different Growth Environments

Supplemental Lighting for Greenhouses

Supplemental greenhouse lighting is used to increase light levels at times when natural light is low, such as in the evening, in winter and even on cloudy summer days.

Growers who are able to optimize the supplemental light they provide to plants can eliminate seasonal changes in production cycles, increase crop production, ensure crop consistency and grow quality plants throughout the year.

LED Grow Lights for Indoor Farming

LED lamps and advances in lighting control technology enable indoor farmers, like vertical farmers, to maximize crop yields, optimize crop quality and standardize production year-round.

The advantage of indoor farming, or Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), is that you have control over environmental factors like temperature, humidity and the light you provide to plants. Since there is no ambient sunlight, like in a greenhouse, you have full control over day length, quantity and distribution of light, and with intelligent LEDs you can also regulate the spectrum.

LED Grow Lights for Research

Many researchers want the flexibility to work with light quality (spectrum) and quantity (intensity). Heliospectra has two dynamic adjustable spectrum grow lights for those purposes, DYNA and ELIXIA. DYNA provides control over 9 wavelengths from UV A to far-red and ELIXIA provides control over 4 wavelengths from blue to far-red.

With infinite spectral options, DYNA was designed with plant scientists in mind and is ideal for any research or agtech environment.

Which LED Light is right for you?

Use the table below to see which lamp has the features that you need.

MITRA
ELIXIA
DYNA
Greenhouse
Indoor
Research
Integration With helioCORE 2.0
4 Channel Variable Spectrum
9 Channel Variable Spectrum
DLC Certified
Greenhouse
Indoor
Research
Integration With helioCORE 2.0
4 Channel Variable Spectrum
9 Channel Variable Spectrum
DLC Certified
Which LED Light is right for you?
Use the table below to see which lamp has the features that you need.
MITRA
SIERA
ELIXIA
DYNA
Greenhouse
Integration with helioCORE 2.0
Research Capable
Fill Order Application
Fill Order Application
Fill Order Application
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"The heat sinks on the Heliospectra lights are amazing! They really are. This heat sink in here is just so much bigger and you can tell that there is more quality involved."
George White
CEO, Greehouse Growers
"The heat sinks on the Heliospectra lights are amazing! They really are. This heat sink in here is just so much bigger and you can tell that there is more quality involved."
George White
CEO, Greehouse Growers
"The heat sinks on the Heliospectra lights are amazing! They really are. This heat sink in here is just so much bigger and you can tell that there is more quality involved."
George White
CEO, Greehouse Growers
"The heat sinks on the Heliospectra lights are amazing! They really are. This heat sink in here is just so much bigger and you can tell that there is more quality involved."
George White
CEO, Greehouse Growers
"The heat sinks on the Heliospectra lights are amazing! They really are. This heat sink in here is just so much bigger and you can tell that there is more quality involved."
George White
CEO, Greehouse Growers
"The heat sinks on the Heliospectra lights are amazing! They really are. This heat sink in here is just so much bigger and you can tell that there is more quality involved."
George White
CEO, Greehouse Growers

Find which Heliospectra lamp fits your business goals best.

Our experts work with your geographic location, your facility specifications and your desired crop goals to create a light plan that will work for your plants and your business.

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Frequently Asked Question

Are LEDs worth the price when compared to competitive technologies?
LEDs provide both direct and indirect cost savings over traditional HID lighting technologies like HPS and MH. The direct savings come from the higher efficiency of LEDs, which use less wattage for a higher or similar level of light. LED electricity bills can run between 40-75% less than an equivalent HID or CFL (compact fluorescent light) system.  Indirect energy savings using LEDs come primarily from lower HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) needs. The plants also transpire less and so require less dehumidification.
Can LED technology deliver the same yield as HPS and other HID technologies?
Heliospectra lamps and other high-quality LED technologies have proven that yield is achievable. The primary reason yield has suffered (and continues to with low-quality lamps) is simple – lamps are generally incapable of pushing photons deep into the canopy in a uniform manner. Without optics, high-quality parts, superior engineering, and a highly engineered heat dissipation solution, an LED lamp will not deliver a comparable (much less good) yield.
Will LED Grow Lights burn plants?
The heat LEDs do generate originates in the semiconductors due to slight inefficiencies resulting when electrical activity is not turned into light. But as LED grow lights have no filaments, they are generally more efficient in this area than HPS light sources and, therefore, produce less excess heat in indoor greenhouses.
Where can I buy your Lights?
We sell our lights directly and also work with trusted resellers all over the world.  We encourage you to Contact Us to discuss your lighting needs.
Which LED Grow Light is right for me?
The right LED grow light can usually be based on two different factors.
1. Your growing environment
2. What is to be grown
All this begins with establishing a suitable light plan based on the aforementioned criteria. Let us help diagnose what the appropriate light solution for your growing application.