Plant life is the basis of all life on the planet. If you look at the food pyramid then you will see that plants form the largest section of life at the base of the pyramid and they support other organisms including humans above them. Humans are omnivores and consume a mixture of vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods. In our diet plant foods play a very large role and humans have cultivated vast areas of land and grow crops like wheat, rice and corn. Other areas are dedicated to the growth of other crops like oil seeds, sugar producing plants, vegetables, fruit and cattle feed.
Plants need four things to survive. These are air, water, soil and sunlight. It uses these four things in a process called photosynthesis to produce the energy (in the form of sugars) to carry out daily processes. The weather and seasonal cycles also play an important role in plant growth. Some plants ‘go to sleep’ in the winter months and so do not produce anything. It is the same for crops like wheat and rice. They require 4 to 6 months to grow. But man has overcome these obstacles and can now grow crops throughout the year.
We can even grow plants in freezing conditions in green houses. But there one conditions that man has not been able to overcome until now. This condition is sunlight. Before now crops could only be grown in the day time because of the need for sunlight. Some plants do not need that period of ‘sleep’ that night time provides and some of them need a smaller time. These plants can grow continuously if there were light 24 hours a day. This can be done now with the help of LED grow lights and grow tents.
LED grow lights are lights that emit light in the frequencies that the sun emits. With the help of these grow lights and grow tents plants can be grown indoors and constantly i.e. day and night. So now you do not need a proper vegetable garden to grow tomatoes or such as you can do the same indoors with the help of LED grow lights. You can find these grow lights in home and garden stores or you can also buy them off the internet. But before you buy any lights do your research so that you do not end up buying the wrong types of grow lights.
