Indoor farming is fast becoming a popular way to make money. In addition many hobbyists and entrepreneurs are growing cannabis or other plants at home under lights. This course will provide the students details on how these lights work and what to look for when selecting grow lights and different cultivation environments such as greenhouses for their operation. The course was created to summarise much of the available information out there to provide the student a concise, to the point, course to understand the many complexities for horticulture lighting. Everything from lux, to PAR and PPFD is covered in this module. Once the student has completed this course they will be able to go to the market with confidence and source the material they need with a greater understanding of the core necessities of horticulture lighting. The syllabus will include details on the following:1) Introduction to Horticulture lighting2) Understanding Lighting Spectrum3) Understanding Wavelengths4) Other factors to consider5) Cultivation environments6) Environmental controlsAre you struggling to sift through the huge amounts of information on the internet to find the correct grow light to farm Cannabis at home? Are you a indoor farmer that wants to farm lettuce or microgreens and need to understand what light you require in your country? Do you have a greenhouse and are looking for supplementary lighting? Then this course is for you.
