Maryland-based cannabis company collaborates with Fluence

Fluence is a provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, and has teamed up with Maryland-based cannabis company CULTA.

CULTA has turned to Fluence LED technology to enhance its indoor operations and genetic library.

Equipping the Cambridge campus's cannabis grow rooms with Fluence LED technology also supports CULTA's sustainability goals by cutting down its carbon footprint and removing demand from Maryland's electricity grid.

We now have SPYDRx, SPYDR 2 x, SPYDR 2 p and VYPR fixtures in our facility in Cambridge, Jay Bouton, senior director of cultivation at CULTA, said. The high-intensity lighting allows us to push plants harder than we ever have before, and the high-intensity lighting has helped increase our output in each grow space. We are using Fluence LEDs to increase the amount of plant photosynthesis during peak growth periods, and have experienced increased potency, yields and success as a result. CULTA is able to understand optimal environmental and nutritional needs for cannabis cultivation by adding full-spectrum LED lighting to its growing repertoire.

This data will allow the company to make new cultivars that cater to different medical needs as well as to optimize current processes to increase production and deliver high-quality medicine to patients.