What Is A Grow Tent?

If you enjoy camping, then you are probably familiar with the "pup tent," which is a smaller version of a larger tent, but you may have never heard of a device known as a "grow tent."  Just like its camping cousin, a grow tent is in essence a mini greenhouse.  A grow tent can easily fit into a small part of a room in your home, allowing you the pleasure of gardening indoors regardless of the size of your home or apartment.  In addition, a grow tent may be used in conjunction with a hydroponics system, which allows you to garden and grow plants without the use of soil, a convenient option if you live at the top of an apartment building, or if your soil around your home is poor for encouraging plants to thrive.

After you have found the grow tent that you would like to use with your hydroponics system, you will then need a few indoor gardening supplies to round out and complete your plant growing setup.  For any type of indoor gardening, indoor grow lights are recommended.  Your grow lights will take the place of sunlight if the plants were growing outdoors naturally, so as best as possible, you want your indoor grow lights to mimic natural sunlight.  Grow lights come in a specific light color spectrum, and by taking advantage of this, it will help you to get the results you desire from the plants you grow.  Mature plants that you wish to set flowers or produce fruits or vegetables will need a light in the red and orange color spectrums, because this color spectrum induces the plants to respond in this manner.  On the other hand, young seedlings that you wish to grow and mature will need a different color spectrum light, namely the blue color spectrum, which helps to induce plant growth.

Other hydroponics supplies will be needed for your plants to thrive.  Plant food, known as nutrient, is mixed into water to create a nutrient solution in hydroponic gardening.  These types of indoor gardening supplies are created to provide all the nutrition that your plants will need, and they are mixed to suit specific types of plants at certain stages of growth, so reading the labels carefully will help you to select the plant nutrient that you need.

Because the crown of the plant will rot if it is submerged in water, other hydroponics supplies will be used to prevent this from happening.

Each different type of hydroponic system uses nets or trays for this purpose, and pumps change the water level so that the roots can take up the liquid food.  

You can see specific examples of a grow tent and other supplies by visiting an online discount gardening supplier.