The invention provides a
system (1000) for cultivating a pepper
plant (10), wherein the
system (1000) comprises a light generating device (100) and a
control system (300), wherein the light generating device (100) is configured to provide device light (101) to the pepper
plant (10), wherein the device light (101) comprises one or more of
red light and
far red light, wherein the
red light comprises one or more wavelengths in the range of 600-700 nm, and wherein the
far red light comprises one or more wavelengths in the range of 700-800 nm wherein the
system (1000) has an operational mode wherein: the
control system (300) is configured to acquire an input
signal, wherein the input
signal relates to a
plant load-related parameter of the pepper plant (10), wherein the plant load-related parameter is selected from the group comprising a plant load, a flowering rate, a flower
abortion rate, a
fruit set rate, and a fruit
abortion rate; the
control system (300) is configured to determine a plant load based on the input
signal, and wherein one or more of the following applies: (i) the control system (300) is configured to compare the plant load to a lower plant load threshold, and to select a target R:FR ratio of
red light to
far red light from the range of >15 if the plant load is lower than the lower plant load threshold; and (ii) the control system (300) is configured to compare the plant load to a higher plant load threshold, and to select the target R:FR ratio from the range of <15 if the plant load is higher than the higher plant load threshold; the control system (300) is configured to
expose the pepper plant (10) to the target R:FR ratio by controlling the light generating device (100).