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A quote from my journal...
I need to make changes in the co2 schedule again. Staying to hot in the grow room with the extra 1000 watts, so the co2 calculator says, co2 for 8 minutes @ 10cfh at 8:30am to get the room to 1500ppm of co2. Then 2 more minutes at 9:20am to get the levels in the room between 1500ppm and 1800ppm of co2 (guessing at how much co2 is lost/used in that 50 minutes). The exhaust/intake fans will kick on at 10:00am,and exhaust the room, and turn off at 10:29am to remove the unknown amount of co2 in the room. The co2 for 8 minutes again at 10:30am to 10:38, and repeat the above schedule every 2 hours. Temps are staying between 78-86 degrees.
Using this technique I keep the room warm enough for the co2 to be effective, and the room is flooded with 1500ppm of co2 75%-80% of the time.
Not only is it not cost effective imo, the temperature fluctuation from this technique is most likely counter productive. With the temp and co2 fluctuating that much I have a hard time believing they would gain anything over a nice ventilated grow. My plants in my ventilated flower room are doing just as good as the co2 flower room. lol