“ THE A3i SYSTEM GENERATED AN AVERAGE OF 27 PERCENT MORE LIGHT as compared to the HPS fixtures . This additional light led to an increase in dry yield harvest weights by a whopping 65 percent !”
Looking at how Fohse ’ s A3i 1500-watt fixtures compare to standard 1000-watt DE HPS fixtures in an “ apples to apples ” comparison reveals just how in sync these intelligent fixtures are with cannabis . The numbers from a recent , late fall harvest tell an impressive tale ( see chart on page 85 ). In the now-typical example above from Fall 2020 , the A3i system generated an average of 27 percent more light as compared to the HPS fixtures . This additional light led to an increase in dry yield harvest weights by a whopping 65 percent . All of this , while using 16 percent less energy than the HPS lighting it was compared to and in the same physical footprint of space with the same number of plants . Remarkable results like those at The Grove are not a fluke or an accident and they are not restricted to Mike Howard and his team alone . Growers all over are finding results like these to be the new norm , regardless of growing media and style of growing . Lume Cannabis has been tracking results of their Fohse A3i fixtures for over 40 hydroponic growing cycles and across 8 different strains of cannabis . Without fail , the team at Lume under Kevin Kuethe ’ s direction , reports higher yields under the A3i than those grown under HPS . For example , with Fohse fixtures they have harvested 7,130 lbs . versus 5,241 lbs . with the same strains grown under HPS . THC levels under Fohse lights have been 3 percent higher too ; 20 percent versus 17 percent on average . In other words , the cannabis that Lume grew under Fohse lighting netted more than 2.5 million dollars (!) more than the cannabis grown under HPS .
Steve Cantwell at Green Life Productions also reports unbelievable differences since switching over to Fohse ’ s A3i and F1V fixtures as well . Green Life Production ’ s typical harvests under their previous lighting system was 80-90 lbs . The average harvest now using Fohse fixtures is 160 to nearly 200 lbs pulled from his 4x8 , no-till , living , organic soil beds . Like Mike Howard ’ s team at The Grove , Steve and his team have the enviable logistics problem of figuring out where to put all of the bounty from these sky-high yields . All three teams , The Grove ( coco pots ), Lume Cannabis ( hydroponics ) and Green Life Productions ( live soil ), are blowing harvest records out of the water time and time again across three drastically different cultivation styles . These highly regarded and experienced cannabis producers are showing that the rules have changed and that Fohse lighting fixtures enable previously unobtainable and unthinkable results . Howard and the grow team at The Grove have achieved their amazing results by relying on the horticultural skills of their talented team , and also by utilizing two of Fohse ’ s premier products . They have predominantly been using the A3i model , Fohse ’ s workhorse grow light , to achieve their highest yields . The A3i is specifically designed to grow cannabis and that is exactly what it does . Its spectral distribution is custom-made to address the unique needs of cannabis . As evidenced in the remarkable yields outlined in the table above , the A3i ’ s output ( of up to 4,970 µ mol / s depending on configuration ) can be adjusted to supply seasonably appropriate lighting depending on the growth phase of the crop .
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