A hydroponic grow tent is an enclosed environment used for growing hydroponics. It is transportable and can be easily reused over and over again. The interior of a grow tent has a reflective property that enables it to conserve light with a heavy-duty exterior that is waterproof. It allows you to control the growing environment of your plants and is suitable for indoor hydroponics.
Why you should use a hydroponic grow tent
Indoor grow tents are designed to achieve maximum productivity with the energy released from its components. Like its light source, so that the light may be maximally available for your plants.
The inner lining of the grow tent is responsible for reflecting and circulating light so your plants can be exposed to sufficient concentrations of lighting needed for their growth.
Hydroponic grow tents have flood-proof floors and airtight seals which assist in keeping pests from invading your plants. By this, your plants will be safe from damage and diseases.
Grow tents allow you control the light, temperature and humidity of your growing environment so your plants can grow very suitably.
With your grow tent, you’re in charge of the growing environment of your plants as you can easily attend to your plants’ environmental needs especially when the conditions outside the grow tent are different.
The airtight seal of your grow tent shields your plants from noises outside the grow tent. If your plants release odors and allergens, these airtight seals will prevent them from getting outside the tent.
What you need in an indoor growtent
A grow tent is one of the very important components of a good indoor hydroponics system. To attain good results, your grow tent should have some certain features.
- Your hydroponic grow tent should have a rigid framework that offers stability even in very bad weather conditions and also reinforces the shape of the its exterior.
- Your grow tent must be spacious enough to avoid overcrowding of plants and unhealthy competition among your plants.
- The growtent should be made with a strong, thick fabric and with no gaps in between. With such fabrics, smells, noise and pests will not be able to penetrate through your tent.
- The reflective property of the interior walls of your grow tent is very crucial. Grow tents should have inner linings with a wide range of reflectivity so as to ensure that your plants are getting the most of your indoor grow lights.
- Plants grown indoors need plenty of light and heat to yield. Your grow tent should have high output automated grow lights to achieve this.
- It should have various ports to facilitate electrical access and ventilation.
- In your grow tent, there should be a carbon filtration system that enhances clean air circulation, checks odor and temperatures too.
A simple DIY grow tent for hydroponics
Setting up an indoor hydroponic grow tent could be quite easy. To build a simple grow tent, majorly, you need strong pipes for the frame, a durable covering material, LED lights, a good ventilation system. Following these few steps, you should be able to setup your grow tent:
- Construct your grow tent’s frame. Keep in mind the sizes and number of plants you will be growing in the tent. The framework should be strong enough to hold your LED lights and fit whatever ventilation system you’ll use in it.
- With the frame in position, place your covering material with the reflective side on the inside. This will keep the light from going out and also block external light out. Make sure to leave an (door) opening to allow you to access the tent.
- Finally, you can set up your ventilation system and fix your LED lights on the pipes of the framework.
- You should set up your growtent in a way that your hydroponic system will be easy to clean and feeding your plants will be easy.