Considering CO2 but need advice

2 600s in your size area would be fine for supplementing co2. you can actually move a 600 closer to the plants. IF you think a 1kw light is the only light to run with co2 whatever.

I've always followed nebulahaze and roxnugz articles and grows on the subject. Google them.

deadgro said:

I've always followed nebulahaze and roxnugz articles and grows on the subject. Google them.

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thanks. will check out.

With all the different forms of lighting nowadays I find it hard to swallow optimal can still be considered 2kw per 4by8 area is REQUIRED for benefits from supplemental co2 .
Co2 enrichment can benefit you and your 2 600 watt lights, it may not be cosidereded optimal by some but its your choice.

I'll only be using a 4 x 6 area for growing with 6 buckets, so I plan on using 2 sunsystems blockbuster hoods connected together over those and then the rest of the space is for the controller, dehumidifier, top res, and a fan. All heat emitting gear (chiller, ac, ballasts, etc...) will be outside the tent. I'm going to be growing within our state's 6-plant MMJ plant restriction...otherwise I'd probably grow 8. I do like the idea of having the extra room to work though. All my previous cabs have been kind of tight.

Ok Im not one to argue. So please dont take this as one. I had a 430w in a closet 36'x96" with 10 1gal pots for a while without Co2 and I had ok results, but I had very good quality nugs 14-18gr/ plant. Then after a few harvest I added Co2 1200ppm roughly because I had no meter just conversion math. So Same cuttings with a lil warmer temp that I regulated with my AC duct blowing inn the closet from the ceiling & also slowed my air-cooled fan speed a little. I got an average every time of 4-8 days shaved off the plants cycle and 25-30gr/plant on every plant same 1gal pots and same Ocean Forest /perlite mix medium and feed. I did bring my temps up to 85-90F depending if the AC cycled. I had no exhausting set up just the cracks in the top of the sliding doors of the closet that always pushed air out if my room circulation fan was on. So I put it on a 15min timer for 15/on15/off. I tried to quit using Co2 a year or so later after implementing because I was kinda tired of having to go refill my 20lb tank every 12-14days. I found out quickly that my production had slowed down quite a bit in veg and added that week back on then my harvest where low/ medium. I wasn't happy at all so I even tried the natural Co2 bucket with pump and hose kit, that got me some extra growth back and a lil better harvest but nothing special. So I bought an extra 20lb tank and started double filling each time which reduced the price of my gas by a few dollars too. I then upgraded to another 400w air-cooled hood cooling inline with the other and got amazing results. Thats when I went a lil bigger and had a really nice 24 plant SOG, 6 every 2week system. It jammed out for me producing 160-180gr /2wks with no veging just straight in from cloning. But then best friend Dickheads since grade school came and broke in my window ripping me off almost everything and my bong too. But somehow they brought spider mites in on there dirty excursion through my grow room and infected everything they did leave for me, so like a week later on the Moms and the others that where not harvestable yet where crazy infected so bad I could never bring them back. Tried Neem oil and bombs but in the end the bugs kicked my ass and my moral was crushed. I took a few years off after that but I had good success with the Co2 and thats what we where talking about so Im sorry for the long story but heres a little more.
I love Co2 so I will always use it, and just seen a Natural Co2 2-liter pre sealed bottle with 3-4week formula giving 900+ppm in a 4'x4'x8' tent and that was just one bottle. Says it still gives like 500ppm after that for a couple more weeks. I got one coming to try in my veg tent with 4ft- 6 tube H.O cfl now so I will let u guys know for sure. I have never used CFL and Co2 so this might be a little less noticeable like you guys where saying. I know about the DIY ones with yeast or Baking soda and the Dry Ice trick they all kinda suck compared to this thing it seems, they figured out a better mix apparently. Another way you will know if it is working is your feeding schedule will be doubled since your plants are in overdrive eating twice as much as they did before. I had to give them a little heavier dosage feed too but it was BioBizz organics grow and bloom base in conjunction with a awesome medium cleaner and plant stimulator called Hygrozyme , Biobizz Topmax, some Superthrive vitamin supplement its a secret formula thats boss but Organic friendly. Then some Sweet Raw or berry all the way through from veg and all the way through last 2wk flush. I can't beat this mix and Biobizz is derived from Beat extracts and seaweed kelp,and other great stuff so it has a higher natural carbohydrate value than any other Base fertilizer I know. It in return stimulates more sweeter trichome covered Calyxes of the dankest kind than any other Base I have used period, & I have tried to many to list right now. But if you try my exact mix and follow a lil heavier than label directions with Co2 it will blow your mind I promise.If you don't believe me get the baby bottles of everything I listed and try a side by side same cuttings comparison and same area in the room so one plant doesn't see any different light or anything and chart the results. If my mix doesn't show you a better end result than yours I would love to see it. I will get whatever you have then because its all about improvement and sharing your talents with everyone. I would love to see someone actually take me up on this challenge and you will be amazed just as where my Dickhead buddys who had to jeopardize their lives and our relationship to get into my house so they could get there greedy hands on that super dooper sweetness.

A guy who just joined the site today has shared a colorful anecdote, no controls in his "experiment" and promises better yields. I'm sold.