Co2 ?
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scuba0504
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INEXPENSIVE co2 DISPENSER:
get yourself some 2 liter bottles...i like the dark tinted plastic arizona bottles.
Figure on one bottle per plant. In the bottles add 2 cups of sugar...then fill 3/4 way with pretty warm water...not hot.
Add 1/2 tsp of activated yeast...and shake it up like crazy...it will take a couple of hours for the yeast and sugar to start production of co2...for the first day or two , shake em up every couple of hours...but then once daily would be good.
Your plants don't need co2 at night, as they produce their own co2 during dark periods.
you can screw a hole in the caps of the bottles and get some aquarium tubing and silicone it to the top to get an air tight seal...then cut little holes all along the tube and put stoppers in the ends...
I wrap the tubes around the base of my plants. And have noticed a difference in growth since i started this method.
Good Luck
get yourself some 2 liter bottles...i like the dark tinted plastic arizona bottles.
Figure on one bottle per plant. In the bottles add 2 cups of sugar...then fill 3/4 way with pretty warm water...not hot.
Add 1/2 tsp of activated yeast...and shake it up like crazy...it will take a couple of hours for the yeast and sugar to start production of co2...for the first day or two , shake em up every couple of hours...but then once daily would be good.
Your plants don't need co2 at night, as they produce their own co2 during dark periods.
you can screw a hole in the caps of the bottles and get some aquarium tubing and silicone it to the top to get an air tight seal...then cut little holes all along the tube and put stoppers in the ends...
I wrap the tubes around the base of my plants. And have noticed a difference in growth since i started this method.
Good Luck
BooMeR242
Well-Known Member
i like that homemade method scuba. very interesting.
another co2 mthod which is obviously more expensive but works great is using the co2 tank if uve got the funds for it. a local hydro shop should carry it. in our setup were using a co2 tank and regulator with hose attachment and holes in it strung along the 24 flowering crop. our veg room is seprate to keep a rotation going. the tank is a rental so inniatial cost is $125 for the rental and needs to b swapped every few weeks if u run it all day like ure supposed to. the regulator is a one time buy comes with the hose is $180 (mite be cheaper elsewhere) and it fills 1500ppm in out 10'x10' growroom. expected yields can be increased by up to 25%
theres other methods like burning propane but that expells extra heat.
this method works great but is most expensive. so gives u a good range to choose from the option above homemade or use a co2 tank.
another co2 mthod which is obviously more expensive but works great is using the co2 tank if uve got the funds for it. a local hydro shop should carry it. in our setup were using a co2 tank and regulator with hose attachment and holes in it strung along the 24 flowering crop. our veg room is seprate to keep a rotation going. the tank is a rental so inniatial cost is $125 for the rental and needs to b swapped every few weeks if u run it all day like ure supposed to. the regulator is a one time buy comes with the hose is $180 (mite be cheaper elsewhere) and it fills 1500ppm in out 10'x10' growroom. expected yields can be increased by up to 25%
theres other methods like burning propane but that expells extra heat.
this method works great but is most expensive. so gives u a good range to choose from the option above homemade or use a co2 tank.