Low energy, low water "pink light" farming

[BehindBlueI's]

Wow, if this tech improves and becomes something you can do in your backyard cheaply its going to be amazing.

Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming? : The Salt : NPR

From the article:

instead of being traditional greenhouses lit by fluorescent lamps, he says these plant factories will probably be "pinkhouses," glowing magenta from the mix of blue and red LEDs.

LEDs are cheap, easy to power, etc. If solar progresses, you could be growing year round on the extreme cheap.

 

[SERparacord]

That explains the glow coming from my neighbors basement.

 

[buckstopshere]

This is great bluei's. thx for posting.

 

[CathyInBlue]

You can't let any of that pink light out, though. If you do, teenagers and 20-somethings will break in and use your "pinkhouse" for their next rave.