The F1V by Fohse

Cultivating dense canopies in a commercial-scale, vertical environment presents an interesting lighting challenge. HID lamps have the power, but their excessive heat rules them out for close-to-canopy growing. Early-generation LED fixtures alleviate the heat issue, but fall short on photon delivery. Right in the sweet spot is where we designed the F1V luminaire. With the extra power, your control over the light levels is accomplished digitally via a touchscreen controller. Never again manually raise/lower your fixtures to ‘chase the canopy’. That’s a relief.

If there's one thing we've learned touring close to a thousand cultivation facilities around the world, it's that every environment is unique with its own special requirements. When you work with Fohse, our partnership kicks off with a thourough review of your grow room plans and your goals. Our light planning team heads into our simulation software to develop a 100% custom configuration tailor-fit to the unique needs of your operation. We can even take it a step further and predict your cost of cooling, cost of electricity, and how much you'll save owing an F1V system over time.

In the interest of full transparency, we are keenly aware of the discrepancy between the performance figures many of our competitors report and what is actually observed in practice. That's a problem for everyone. So, full disclosure, here's how Fohse works:

Our L90 and L70 figures come straight from the data sheets and stress-testing provided by our diode manufacturers. Predicting the PPF degradation of your F1V luminaires is as simple as dividing the L90 or L70 figures by the number of hours of daily use. Take the F1V 1000W as an example: if you run the fixture at full power for 12 hours a day, you can reasonably expect its PPF to reduce by 30% over the course of 25 years. Keep in mind this L70 estimation will likely extend even further since you’ll only run your fixtures at full power near the end of a growth phase. When we say “Buy right, Buy once” we truly mean once.

Unlike obsolete plasma grow lights the F1V has no massive 'infrared spike' hidden on the far ends of its spectrum, meaning drastically less heat radiating down on your canopy.

Less AC

Without the IR spike cooking your upper canopy, you'll need far less cooling to compensate in order to keep your LSTs in an optimal range.

Even Warmth

A reduction in radiative heat and chilled air compensation makes for a much more even LST temperature throughout your upper to lower canopy.

More Bud Growth

An even canopy LST temperature promotes more RuBisCO reactions down your canopy, leading to more instra-canopy bud development.

More Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids are heat-sensitive. No more destructive IR spike means more cannabinoids make it to harvest.

More Terpenes

Terpenes are also heat-sensitive compounds and degrade at higher temperatures. Enjoy some of your best terp profiles ever with the F1V!

Higher Harvest Quality

More cannabinoids and better terpene profiles means you'll enjoy some of your best harvests yet with the F1V.