Clean way to add extra Co2?

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Originally Posted by Weezard

Small world!

Did some beef brewing as well aroun' 2005.:cool:
It was a lot of work to do right.

Now, I brew surprisingly good wine from costco fruit juices, Hawaiian cane sugar, and D-47 champagne yeast.

Got an airlock on a 5g. fermentation bucket and use a long, 1/4" aquarium hose to pipe the CO2 to the bloomery.

Gives a good rate for a small area, ( 2' X 4'), for about 30 days.:cool:
Then I start another bucket.:D

Bottles of home-made Pomegranate-blueberry, wine make excellent gifts. :)

Aloha,
Winezard

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I stopped brewing beer a few years ago, but I still have the equipment! Sugar, water & yeast it is...knocking on wood! :D

Keep in mind... unless you're at around 7,000+ lumens per square foot, and about 85-90 degrees fahrenheit, it's basically biologically impossible for the plant to benefit from increased levels of C02. They simply are not photosynthesizing fast enough if you have less light, and lower temperatures.

From my experience, in most grow cabinets/rooms... there is only enough light to allow the plants to photosynthesize normal levels of C02.

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Originally Posted by included

Keep in mind... unless you're at around 7,000+ lumens per square foot, and about 85-90 degrees fahrenheit, it's basically biologically impossible for the plant to benefit from increased levels of C02. They simply are not photosynthesizing fast enough if you have less light, and lower temperatures.

From my experience, in most grow cabinets/rooms... there is only enough light to allow the plants to photosynthesize normal levels of C02.

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Now, that, bears repeating.

Aloha, Included,

With most indoor lighting, you are just, "spinning your wheels" with added CO2.
Could do more harm than good just displacing the Oxygen in the cabinet.

However, I have found that just 150 Watts of the proper wavelength light, and >80F. temperatures make excellent use of the extra CO2.:thumbsup:

Disclaimer:
Y.M.M.V.

Aloha,
Weezard

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Originally Posted by Weezard

However, I have found that just 150 Watts of the proper wavelength light, and >80F. temperatures make excellent use of the extra CO2.:thumbsup:

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I'm certainly about to test that theory with my next grow. I'll be using two tri-band LED UFOs, and four 4' T5 sun blaze strips (two grow spec, two bloom spec) in a small cabinet with my C02 system. Temp should hold steady at about 85-90F.

Lumens per square foot will be at about 3650... so lower than the typical "requirement"... but it's mostly concentrated at the most useful spectrums.