Why Use A Grow Tent?



What Is A Grow Tent?

Growing indoors has been life changing for millions of cannabis growers all over the world[1]. 

Wherever growers are facing unforgiving weather, cannabis state laws, noisy neighbors, a grow tent came to save the day.

A grow tent allows you to create a contained environment with light reflecting material all around, for cannabis plants to thrive. 

Here you are the one who has a say over temperature, humidity, air exchange, and the amount of light your plants get.

Professionals use grow tents in order to achieve the most powerful and best looking buds[2].

For beginners, grow tents simply streamline the growing process making it way easier. Even first-timers can achieve impressive results with a grow tent.

Why Use A Grow Tent?

1. You Control The Environment

Nature might be the way it was intended. 

But grow tents are the next level.

Where outdoors you can loose your mind fighting bugs, humidity, rains, terrible colds or scorching sun, indoors your plants will enjoy the perfect growing conditions.

inside-grow-tent

You control everything: from the growing medium (soil or hydroponics), to the wind, the ambient humidity and temperature.

On top of that you wont depend on the sun, since indoors your grow lights will provide high light intensity with the right color spectrum, from 12 to 24 hours straight.

Original Article: https://drcannabis.io/grow-tent-setup

2. Privacy To Grow

Cannabis doesn’t just smell when your smoke it. It also smells, and a lot, when your cannabis plants are flowering[3].

If you don’t contain the odor, people that live around or near you will start to notice.

On top of that, light leaks can make it look like an UFO landed somewhere in your home.

A grow tent helps you to keep the lights in, and the smell somewhat enclosed, providing you with privacy to grow (it will still permeate in the room).

In case you need zero smells, grow tents also got you covered. You can attach a carbon filter to your ventilation setup, to scrub out the smell of cannabis and exhaust odorless air. 

Works wonders.

3. Mylar Reflective Interior Boosts Photosynthesis

The Mylar interior with close to 100% reflectivity will boost the grow light effects even further[4]. Ensuring than the most amount of leaves get as much light as possible.

The reflected light reaches the side and even lower leaves, that would usually be under the shadow of bigger upper leaves. 

No only that, but buds benefit from this extra light as well.

Interior-Of-Grow-Tent-With-Mylar-Reflective-Walls

Photosynthesis depends on light, and it’s a process extremely related to plant growth and development, so you can imagine how all this extra light benefits your plants.

If you want to go even further, some growers even prune their plants, removing leaves that aren’t as exposed to the light so they don’t waste resources. 

Or you can use plant training techniques to get as many leaves as possible exposed to the light.

4. Avoid Pests And Infestations

The enclosed space of a grow tent keeps unwanted pests at bay. 

If you’ve ever tried to grow outdoors you know how quickly will insects land in your crop. 

From grasshoppers biting chunks of leaves, to thrips and spider mites infestations[5]. 

Your plants will be safer inside than outside. As long as you keep temperature and humidity under control, and you maintain certain level of hygiene. 

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