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Tomatoes That Sold for 60% More: 75W Top Lights + 40W Interlights in Belgium
A Belgian tomato grower changed the light, not the variety — 75W top lights plus 40W interlights — and the tomatoes sold for 60% more.
Read that number carefully: it is the selling price, not the yield. The grower did not pick 60% more tomatoes. The tomatoes that were picked sold for 60% more money — because more of the crop graded into the top class.
That is what even light does. Top lights cover the canopy from above, but their light fades as it travels down through the leaves. The fruit low on the plant ripens later and colours less evenly, so more of it falls into a lower grade. Interlights fill the middle rows, so the lower fruit gets the light it needs to colour and ripen on the same schedule as the top fruit. More of the crop reaches the top grade, and top-grade tomatoes fetch a higher price.
The setup is deliberately simple: 75W top lights for the canopy, 40W interlights between the rows. No new variety, no new house — the same plants, lit all the way through instead of only from the top.
For a tomato grower, the price per kilo is set by grade as much as by kilos. Light that lifts the grade lifts the revenue, without planting a single extra plant.
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