Anyone heard of doing this?

[Marc Benson]

"If the plants are sprayed with Ethel early in their growing stage, they
will produce almost all female plants. This usually speeds up the flowering
also, it may happen in as little as two weeks."

Any comments?

[HARDDON]

I would think if something like this worked...we would all be doing it...and we'd all be rich....stoned.....

....or both....

:)

[Zandor]

Nope, I dont think it will do anything but kill a good plant.

You never know unitl you try, don't forget the pictures.

[Marc Benson]

That came off Greenman's website. He also says that burning a candle in the grow area helps big time because of the CO2. But wouldn't a burning candle reduce an even more precious requirement? Oxygen?

[SyKo]

i dunno but it could reduce your house to rubble in no time flat,if it gets knocked over

i wouldnt try it lol

[HARDDON]

That came off Greenman's website. He also says that burning a candle in the grow area helps big time because of the CO2. But wouldn't a burning candle reduce an even more precious requirement? Oxygen?


LOL....

Young grasshoppa....plants dont breath Oxygen...they create it from Co2.

So the candle theory is; the more Co2 the candle can create...the more the plant can use.

It would require hours to generate useable Co2 values...in so much as though it would be better to bring in fresh air instead.

Not to mention the idea of a burning candle in a grow room left unnattended. That there scares me away far enuff to never even consider it.

Just my thoughts.

[Marc Benson]

So solli Master...and I appreciate your input as I do others...but what you just suggested was that a plant could survive with no oxygen. Just CO2.

A plant uses light, water and air to survive. Air is comprised (roughly) of 78% Nitrogen, 20.5% Oxygen, 1% Argon, .5% Carbon Dioxide, and traces of 13 other compounds. If you took out all the Oxygen it wouldn't be air and the plant wouldn't survive, just like every other living thing on this planet.

So I'll disagree with you. Plants do 'breathe' Oxygen as it's a part of the air they have to have to survive.

But that brings up another question. If a plant has to breathe the components of air as part of the formula for survival and one of them is CO2, why does it increase the growth of marahoochi when you supplement the grow area with CO2? Would the same result happen with increased Oxygen levels? Or Nitrogen?

shhhh shhhh shhhh (sound of me floating across the rice paper)

[HARDDON]

ah young lad.....

then if you were to take your burning candle and it did indeed burn up all the oxygen that your plants needed....

where would the oxygen come from that the candle would need to continue to burneth?

pondereth upon that and the light shall be revealedeth.

[Marc Benson]

ah young lad.....

then if you were to take your burning candle and it did indeed burn up all the oxygen that your plants needed....

where would the oxygen come from that the candle would need to continue to burneth?

pondereth upon that and the light shall be revealedeth.

As my post suggests oh great Master of the Canniboids, I'm not suggesting that a plant doesn't generate oxygen. Just that it does use oxygen also. And it uses it by breathing it in through it's leaves and roots. You said it didn't.

".plants dont breath Oxygen."

Also there's no doubt a candle would not deplete the entire oxygen supply to a plant, and may not even impact it enough in the confined spaces our girls frequent to make a difference, but it would deplete it to a degree. All fires do. Looks to be splittin' hairs here though.

As far as being a "young lad", they say that middle age is getting to be a greater and greater number as we progress through this existance. Some say 40 is now middle aged. If so that means I've got it by 10 years. Probably one of the older people on this site. So respect your elders! HA!

[HARDDON]

OK old man.....

Point conceded :)

[HARDDON]

oops

[Zandor]

A candel does burn and the flame can make CO². A very small amount and the transfer of heat is not work the effort but hey, go for it.

BTW - It's not the candle that makes the CO² it's the color of the flame when it burns any blue flame can create CO². White gas burns blue just for the record.