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Atso in tれe yo3r 201111,the Cosnlo ptant cornpany OpeFヽed the wvortd・5
first commerci3t ptant iactory 9rOWing ptants usin9 119ht emittin9
diodes The Cosmo farm uses rn3inty red 1660nmi and some btue
LEDs untit recentty,nost Cosrno ptant i3CtOries were producin9 Up
to 7,000 tettuces pef d3y whell the company 9ot intO fin3nCia【
difficuitFes uchiyama is credited with most of the experirnentatio舟
and technic3tinn3VatiOn behind the Co5mO ptant prOduction units
Att theFr factories had 3 5imittsr design-3n3rmat height buitding
where seeds were reFsed into smatt ptants in a germin3tion and
nursery area fo「tsp to two weetts,then moved to 3 SpeCi3tiSed
9「。Wth roOm about,l m high where ptants grew to maturlty aboじt
two weeks tater The environttent w35 keptt at 23°C aFld retative
hunidity at 750/c t3 get 90od v39et3bte gro的th Withotli any externaを
enviroぉ韓entat efFects Cosmo researchers found they cotj(d use
tess COP enrichmeni to irnprove the finat ytetd
Weいoモwith the CEO ol Cosぉo3t the SttiTA rneettぉ9 and'`3d
tunch HAvith him,bせt unfortun3tety his Engtish was not g00d and oせf
Jap3neSe W3S nOrl,ex15tenti so there w3S tittte commせnications trl
any C35e,005mo、守eFlt bankrtjttt a rew weck3 3iter the meetin9`
The fじture
There is tittte doubR in our minds that p13rl〔factories witt be the
way of the future,わut in the short terrln the use of pterlt factorie島
Fo「prcP39ating yo尊れg ve9etabte seedtings woutd sppear to have
the 9reatest merit
Consuner5t Whether they sre the Finat consumer Or the
supefttarkets′章れoゃs.reqt,ire i、vo things tron、veget3bteS―
continuity o1 5u
y arld qu&1lty
Crowing vegetabtos in the ri31d iOr even in 3 greenh9use)15
weather deperldani 3nd by growin9 the seedtings ioF a S19nifiC3玲t
pari of the tife cycte in a totatty controtted envirOnment rnoaris
that V3riations in maturity time c3rl be SiOnifiCantty red(tcedl
ra'31rlg the possibitity of prod導亡in9 twoこ,opS in theと'rne when
one woutd normatiy be grown
One interestiィ19 iector to 3ppearis that the teat g,owth ir、8
ptant iacto「y is difierent from tあatin 3 9reenhouse tsee,ma?95'
Conc19sion
Ptant ractories wvoutd appear to be the way 6ithe ruture`peri、3p毒
nOt tOd3y,Or even tomorro、守,もut with thetr 9reatty enhanced
water efficiency,it witt onty ttt・a short tirne beloro iFFlprOVed
tighting systems witt permit hi911 Vatue cすops to be grown
anywhere on the ttt9be for loc3i tOnSじ船priOn
in tAc short term,ptant factories are atready capabte of
prOviding an enれ3尋Ced enviforlment ior producin9 higll qけotity
veget3わtes seedtin93ヤOr indtt岳try
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