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The Light Scout DL100 light meter accurately measures PAR (photosynthetically active light) and the DLI or Daily Light Integral. or the accumulated amount of light that falls on a given plant over 24 hours. Each type of plant has a different DLI range for optimum growth. This gives growers the ability to match a plant’s light requirements with the actual light conditions at the given location and what needs to be done to optimize the light falling on a given production. Real-time light intensity levels are shown every 4 seconds. This instrument won the manufacturer the AE50 Outstanding Innovation award in 2010 from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Growers can place a light meters outside the greenhouse, another on a bench and a third in the pot of an individual plant. Equally they might place them in corners of a greenhouse. The meter is a useful instrument not just for greenhouse growers but also to determine exact light levels being received by turfgrass or trees (conditions of semi-shade or full sun etc.) prior to planting or later. The meter is contructed with a long ‘tail’ that can be stuck firmly into a the substrate of a pot plant or into the soil. The product is sold with background information and instructions. www.specmeters.com/Light_Meters/LightScout_DLI_100_Light_Meter.htmlFor further information, Spectrum Technologies Inc. , Fax: 001 815 436-4460, E-mail: info@specmeters.com www.specmeters.com/Light_Meters/ |