Life, what life? Why can't I use my Propane barbecue for co2?

Ok, I am on the verge of deciding that the only reason that people dont use their propane barbecue, the small variety is that the sustainability of it going on and off at an aoutomated time and the whole uncoolness of something that is not, is not, well a pro co2 set up.

I am of this school myself. I want that tank.


But I was reading a book and it had a pic of a small propane bottle with a burner. I got curtious. I did the math. I figured out that according to the charts which are standard I would have to burn my small propane barbecue for like 3-4 min, not exact, but I guess. WOW.


Is this true that my 4x4x7 tent needs my barbe on this short to do this for an extended period of time>

cooooollllll,.


I grow pot. I dont have a life. JK. I could turn my barbe on a few times a night to make a diference. Couldn't I?


By the way the no life part sounded like a good joke at first but looking at my 4x4 medical grow I am a little saddened.


hehehehehe.


cons of a barbecue being turned on a few times a night. The small kind and the heat is not a deal.

I have never heard of this anywhere. But if it works and you yeild well. congrats in advance

hey thanks. sorry about all the spelling errors. Can you beleive I am almost a journalist! Us liberal republicans and our pot. Am I a cool stereotype or what? rofl.

Anyway, propane burners for co2 production for comercial crops wok under the same principle. Not very complicated.

In a Jorge cervantes book he has a cartoon drawing of all the co2 production methids at hand. I have not read all the way thru yet. Just the pics. I have a feeling that htis method is just for priciple teaching, but you never know.


Anyway, am I safe? Besides the heat is needed almost right, lol. 88 degrees.

The thing is, while outdoor cookware like barbeques do produce plenty of CO2 as they burn, the flames are ineffecient and also produce CO. CO will kill you if the concentration gets high enough. People die every year from CO buildup in their homes after using outdoor cooking equipment indoors.

raptor22 said:

The thing is, while outdoor cookware like barbeques do produce plenty of CO2 as they burn, the flames are ineffecient and also produce CO. CO will kill you if the concentration gets high enough. People die every year from CO buildup in their homes after using outdoor cooking equipment indoors.

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yes yes and carbon monoxide is no fun!

You think to have sufficient levels of Co2 wont heat become an issue in the grow room??IDK just think it might

Don't do it. Using a barbeque to add CO2 to your plants will kill your plants very quickly due to carbon monoxide poisoning, and could even kill you.

If you want to take advantage of the cheapness of propane to add CO2 to your plants you would need to purchase an actual Propane fed CO2 generator. Those are designed to burn the propane cleanly so they only produce CO2.

that is what I was looking for. carbon monoxide! I knew it was something like that. I googled it to see what would come up and nothng but formulas I would be too lazy to read.

Actually the excellofiz tabulets for 50 dollars. They look good until I can get a few hundred for a tank setup.

You could also always give fermentation a try.

i have, I worried about other gasses, also I worried that it would not be enough and to get enough I would need a barrel. lol. I actually built the rig, not that you need it.

i have since found the diy that gets you the exact numbers and it osunds like ti might work. So maybe, I think they actually sell this as a kit for a hundred dollars but with an airpump. IDK, maybe I will. I have to go get sugar.