co2 form cars is used for cannabis?

[mlorenzo]

hello all guys, ive been searching on the internet havent found anything about if co2 realeased from cars is used for cannabis grow? i live in downtown of my city, which has a lot of traffic.

fresh air coming outside.

or do i need to make co2 homemade bottles?

here my setup/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64152142@N08

thanks in advance !

 

[gfreeman]

put your plants in your garage. shut the door. turn car on. then tend to your plants for about an hour. totally safe man i swear.

 

[mlorenzo]

that would make co2 posoning , not helping mate

 

[gfreeman]

lol. glad you responding positivily about that. nnooo from what i hear the air inside a home can be a couple times more saturated than the air outside. that inside you proably have higher levels of co2 than outside your window. and yes if you must do co2 and cannot afford to do it right, than homemade is the way to go. but mind you you can achieve good results without all that bs.

 

[Jakabok Botch]

cars release co - carbon monoxide
co2 is carbon dioxide...big difference

 

[tibberous]

The bottles don't really do shit - you might as well light a candle or get a pet mouse. Best way is to burn propane / natural gas. The burner is cheap, you can make one for about $60 and a gas water heater: https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/449262-official-diy-co2-thread-video.html#post5993346 The trick is getting a burner that can be turned off and on electrically. Once, you have that, hook it to a cheap co2 monitor / controller: http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=9189 This setup will give you as much co2 as you need, dirt cheap (about $240 up front) - not bad when you consider that a mid range controller and mid range burner are about $900 together. Honestly, if you build the burner, you might want to opt for a little bit better controller - one that has a ppm readout and lets you adjust the co2 level.

 

[tibberous]

cars release co - carbon monoxide
co2 is carbon dioxide...big difference

Cars actually release both. Carbon monoxide is formed when there isn't enough oxygen to fully support combustion. I believe all combustion produces some carbon monoxide, just in levels that are too low to cause problems.

 

[tibberous]

Btw - the reason people buy co2 controllers is because high levels of co2 will kill most living things, including plants and people. You can even spike the co2 for a few minutes as a way to kill pests, because it takes longer for plants to become poisoned than for insects.

 

[Jakabok Botch]

The bottles don't really do shit - you might as well light a candle or get a pet mouse. Best way is to burn propane / natural gas. The burner is cheap, you can make one for about $60 and a gas water heater: https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/449262-official-diy-co2-thread-video.html#post5993346 The trick is getting a burner that can be turned off and on electrically. Once, you have that, hook it to a cheap co2 monitor / controller: http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=9189 This setup will give you as much co2 as you need, dirt cheap (about $240 up front) - not bad when you consider that a mid range controller and mid range burner are about $900 together. Honestly, if you build the burner, you might want to opt for a little bit better controller - one that has a ppm readout and lets you adjust the co2 level.

i agree with that...i had 2 bottles setup and never noticed any difference, if ur goin to do co2 get a setup and learn what u need to do to even make it most effective

 

[mlorenzo]

cars release co - carbon monoxide
co2 is carbon dioxide...big difference

this mate answered what i was loking for. thank you , ill be making those co2 homemade bottles

did u like my setup and ladies? both are 12/12 i plan to put the 2 bottles bellow the fan do it push it sirectly to plants.

is the humifider needed in dark period?

thank you BOTCH

 

[gfreeman]

isay master growing in your selected medium with your lights and ferts first. because without master these co2 wil do nothing for you. you must be efficient at growing with a good yielding setup before you use co2 to take it up a notch. co2 is a professional addition to growing IMO. and i personally think someone starting out should have this at the bottom of there to do list. like way bottom.

 

[gfreeman]

this mate answered what i was loking for. thank you , ill be making those co2 homemade bottles

wow this guy is something else.

 

[Heisenberg]

The bottles don't really do shit - you might as well light a candle or get a pet mouse. Best way is to burn propane / natural gas. The burner is cheap, you can make one for about $60 and a gas water heater: https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/449262-official-diy-co2-thread-video.html#post5993346 The trick is getting a burner that can be turned off and on electrically. Once, you have that, hook it to a cheap co2 monitor / controller: http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=9189 This setup will give you as much co2 as you need, dirt cheap (about $240 up front) - not bad when you consider that a mid range controller and mid range burner are about $900 together. Honestly, if you build the burner, you might want to opt for a little bit better controller - one that has a ppm readout and lets you adjust the co2 level.

I agree the burners are better and the bottles are almost always a waste of time, but this is because they are not cost effective. If a person was in the position to not pay for the sugar and yeast, and had a sealed small-scale growing environment, bottles are actually not a bad option. Of course there is still the bother of maintaining them.

 

[DrFever]

I agree the burners are better and the bottles are almost always a waste of time, but this is because they are not cost effective. If a person was in the position to not pay for the sugar and yeast, and had a sealed small-scale growing environment, bottles are actually not a bad option. Of course there is still the bother of maintaining them.

you will get more yield by just spending money on fresh air in fans at all times i would bet fresh air emmits more C02 then the bottle lol

 

[gfreeman]

i tried to say the air inside your home is SATURATED with co2 but i guess it got overlooked. :/ oh well im not the one needing the knowledge am i?

 

[tibberous]

If a person was in the position to not pay for the sugar and yeast

How would some one end up in that position?? I can think of a source of a bunch of free sugar, let alone yeast. Hell, tell me how to get unlimited yeast and sugar and I might invest in a still The reason bottles are dumb is because actually making co2 is really, really easy (unless you use bottles) The hard part is making the correct amounts at the correct times, which isn't an issue when you are making pretend amounts of co2 with your bottle.

 

[DrFever]

approximately 391 ppm (parts per million) by volume as of 2011[update][1] and rose by 2.0 ppm/yr during 2000–2009. 40 years earlier, the rise was only 0.9 ppm/yr, showing not only increasing concentrations, but also a rapid acceleration of concentrations.[1][2] The increase of concentration since pre-industrial times has doubled in just the last 32 years.[1] Carbon dioxide is essential to photosynthesis in plants and other photoautotrophs, and is also a prominent greenhouse gas. Despite its relatively small overall concentration in the atmosphere, CO2 is an important component of Earth's atmosphere because it absorbs and emits infrared radiation at wavelengths of 4.26 µm (asymmetric stretching vibrational mode) and 14.99 µm (bending vibrational mode), thereby playing a role in the greenhouse effect, although water vapour plays a more important role.[3] The present level is higher than at any time during the last 800 thousand years,[4] and likely higher than in the past 20 million years

 

[Heisenberg]

you will get more yield by just spending money on fresh air in fans at all times i would bet fresh air emmits more C02 then the bottle lol

I believe my premise was predicated on the situation where one does not spend any money. I know some amish that have plenty of sugar. If fresh air contained more co2 than whats coming out of the bottle, we wouldn't call it fresh.

 

[Heisenberg]

How would some one end up in that position?? I can think of a source of a bunch of free sugar, let alone yeast. Hell, tell me how to get unlimited yeast and sugar and I might invest in a still The reason bottles are dumb is because actually making co2 is really, really easy (unless you use bottles) The hard part is making the correct amounts at the correct times, which isn't an issue when you are making pretend amounts of co2 with your bottle.

I didn't say it was a likely situation, or an efficient one. I was simply pointing out that there are times when choosing to use the bottles would make a difference. That is not the same as saying it is a good choice.

 

[tibberous]

i tried to say the air inside your home is SATURATED with co2 but i guess it got overlooked. :/ oh well im not the one needing the knowledge am i?

Not compared to the levels people shoot for. Fresh air has about 393 ppm, the general level growers use is 1,500 ppm. CO2 is one of the big things hvac guys use when looking at indoor air quality.