Hydroponics enable you to garden without the use of soil, and there are various sizes of tents that can fit your growing needs. When plants are in soil, they gather nutrients from it, so when you use hydroponics, you need to supply the nourishment for the roots of the plants. This makes it easier for the roots to find nutrients, since they don't have to search through the soil for them.

The method of growing hydroponically is not a new way to grow, but modern grow tents make it a much easier project for you to work on. You'll find that your plants will bloom more or produce more crops, since they have more oxygen available, and more nutrients, as well. Grow tents make it easy to grow plants using hydroponics, and even a novice gardener will quickly catch on to the methods used to grow plants indoors.

Using grow tents for hydroponic gardening gives your plants faster growth times, and it will save you money on watering them. They yield more crops, and you'll be using an auto-feed method, which is less hassle than using prepared plant food and soil. Your plants will also be less stressed by weeds and pests, which are much more of a problem when you garden outdoors.

You'll want to install grow lights for your indoor plants, or they will not reach their full potential. The processes that are vital to plants cannot be accomplished without light. They need light along with CO2 and water, to make oxygen for photosynthesis. The wavelength of your lights and the amount you give your plants will determine the plants' shapes. Plants produce crops and flowers based on the length of time they are exposed to light.

You'll find a variety of lights to use in your grow tent. You'll want to give especially your fledgeling plants plenty of light. The main types of light used include LED, CFL and HID, which stands for high-intensity discharge. Many people prefer to grow with HID lights, since they are tested and true. There are two HID lighting types: HPS or high pressure sodium, which gives your plants more of the proper light for flowering, and M/H or metal halide lights, which work well for vegetative growth.

HID lights tend to generate a good amount of heat, so plan to keep your grow tent cooler than the lights will allow by themselves. When you set your lights up, the lamp, reflector and ballast will allow you to set up the lighting the way you desire, and you can air cool your plants so they don't get too warm.

LED Grow Lights in grow tents are popular with people who garden indoors, and the prices are lower than they were in the past, since more people are using them. Grow lights use less power than HPS lights, and they don't need the use of a ballast. They are not as hot, either, although there will be some heat generated, enough that you'll want to extract excess heat. LED lights are more modern, but many growers feel that they don't compete well against HPS lights yet. They may have more refinement in the future, to make them more useful in your grow tent.