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[chronicchef420]

so....im about 2 weeks into budding but is alot of co2 good for my plant while is budding ......just askin......and how can i increse resin ..............???? thnxxx alll

 

[potroast]

Yeah, CO2 will help to grow more better buds. You get the most resin from a strong healthy plant of good genetics.

HTH

 

[videoman40]

so long as you are using an hps, flouros and co2 dont work together, based on what I've read.

 

[Godkas]

I dont really think they are a problem im sure if you just raised the ambient heat of the box to say 85-88 farenheit it would work. I do this by having 2 of my 3 fans hooked up to a controller. I can make my current setup as cold as 60 and as warm as 92.
I would like to pick up some co2 I could have some fun.

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

so....im about 2 weeks into budding but is alot of co2 good for my plant while is budding ......just askin......and how can i increse resin ..............???? thnxxx alll

CO2 helps during lights on.

Optimal levels are 1,500 Parts Per Million (PPM's). CO2 is naturally around 350-500 PPM's in the air.

You can kill your plants and yourself by having CO2 levels above 3,000-4,500 PPM's so be careful. CO2 displaces oxygen and you die from asphixiation (lack of shit to breath).

 

[videoman40]

Well that may kill you, but certainly not your plants.

CO2 helps during lights on.

You can kill your plants and yourself by having CO2 levels above 3,000-4,500 PPM's so be careful. CO2 displaces oxygen and you die from asphixiation (lack of shit to breath).

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

Well that may kill you, but certainly not your plants.

You will die before your plants will die but CO2 levels that high for an extended period of time (like a day or so) will kill all your plants. There are warnings on the CO2 monitor/controller I use which states your ass and whatever else requires oxygen will be dead.

You can kill bugs by doing this as well (elevate the CO2 levels) before your plants will die. Plants are tough SOB's.

 

[videoman40]

yeah I know commercial growers regularly raise it to over 10,000 ppm to keep the grow insect free. I can tell you I've made some mistakes with co2 myself, where it literally throw me back onto a chair when I tried to enter as there was no air to be had, I had to sit for a spell and get myself together.
The plants loved it though.

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

yeah I know commercial growers regularly raise it to over 10,000 ppm to keep the grow insect free. I can tell you I've made some mistakes with co2 myself, where it literally throw me back onto a chair when I tried to enter as there was no air to be had, I had to sit for a spell and get myself together.
The plants loved it though.

I do not recommend anyone to do what I am about to tell but my CO2 monitor controller's digital readout max's out at 9,999 parts per million.

When I first bought it, my cousin and I were drinking beer and I we made a bet as to who could stay in the room longer before passing out with CO2 levels basically off the charts. It only took a few minutes before I knew my shit was in trouble and barely made it to the door to fresh air. Que pendejo.

PS...I lived.

 

[videoman40]

Godkas, from what I've been taught, heat is not enough, you need the proper amount of nutes and lights. flouros arent enough.

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

I dont really think they are a problem im sure if you just raised the ambient heat of the box to say 85-88 farenheit it would work. I do this by having 2 of my 3 fans hooked up to a controller. I can make my current setup as cold as 60 and as warm as 92.
I would like to pick up some co2 I could have some fun.

For CO2 these are the costs:

1. A digital CO2 controller/Monitor (PPM-3 is what I have) was around $325.00.
2. A solenoid for the CO2 tank which connects to the CO2 monitor/controller was around $145.00
3. A 50 pound CO2 tank from Airgas was $220.00
4. Re-fills of CO2 is around $23.00 and lasts around 28 days.
5. I jam the asss end of the CO2 hose into the ass end of a fan pointed up for CO2 dispersion into the relatively sealed room.

 

[Godkas]

Hmmm I'll look it up in a bit. If anyone can confirm this it would be helpful.

 

[videoman40]

you can also try this is you want to play with co2. This is what I've used with success. CO2 Boost - All-natural CO2 Generators for the purpose of CO2 enrichment and air fertilzation

 

[Godkas]

yeah id go small scale (me) and set it on a timer to spray a little in "x" time and rig up a pipe chain with elbows and t joints and surgical tubing and make them spray up from the sides of the pot. (maybe 4-6 spouts per pot)

 

[videoman40]

Godkas, I did find this info for you from high times, it is not as detailed as what I had previously read, but I think you'll lget the point;

Q&A WITH THE HIGH TIMES CULTIVATION EXPERTS
http://javascript<b></b>: cmntwin('/ht/inc_ht/form_growemail.php?refpage=g12')
CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Basics
1997-10-16

Q: Please explain: How much, and how frequently, should CO2 be applied during the growing phase? During the budding phase?

-- T.D.

A: The air around us contains about .03-.04 percent CO2. The optimal level for a grow room is .12-.15 percent. When you chose to supplement your garden and increase the levels of CO2, you will do it on a schedule depending on the size of your space and various other environmental conditions. You'll need to have good ventilation to remove the stale air and the ventilation system should be on a timer to synchronize it with the CO2 distribution. To find out how much CO2 it will take to bring your grow room up to optimum levels you need to multiply the volume of the space by .0015. For example, in a 5' x 5' x 10' area, there is a total of 250 cubic feet of space. Multiplying that by .0015, you get .375 cubic feet of gas required to bring the levels up to optimum. You will then need to determine how long it will take to bring the space up to optimum at a given flow rate, and how often you want to replenish. CO2 tanks come with flow meters/regulators that emit 10-50 cubic feet of gas every hour. If you were to set your flow regulator at 10 cubic feet per hour, you would then need to divide the total amount of CO2 needed by 10 to discover how much time it would take to reach optimum. Using the example above, you would divide .375 (the amount of CO2 needed) by 10 (the flow rate), and get .0375 hours. Multiply that by 60 and you get 2.25 minutes. That is how long it would take to fill that room with the proper levels of CO2. You would then use a timer set to be on for 2.25 minutes every hour. This would bring the levels up to optimum once every hour and allow them to taper off in between bursts.The vent fan should also be on a timer that fires it up ten minutes or so before the next burst of CO2 to remove the stale, used air before replenishing. Maintaining these levels will increase the speed of your plants development, and its needs proportionally, so you must be prepared to keep all other environmental factors in balance with the plants increased requirements. This will mean watering and adding fertilizer more frequently, making sure there's enough light, and watching for signs of ripeness a little earlier in the flowering stage.

-- answered by Max on 1997-10-16

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

There is no way I can see to regulate flow or the amount of CO2 levels.

Weed thrives around 1,500 PPM's of CO2 so how do you get it to that level ?

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

The High Times Article can not account for leakage but the formula helps to determine the timers interval.

This would require a timer which is capable of multiple on/off settings within the lights on cycle.

That CO2 tub lasts 90 days at a cost of $100.00 versus 50 pound refills at Airgas for around $70.00 for the same time frame.

This is also for a 10x14x 7 foot high grow area.

 

[Godkas]

theres a way to do anything. I was a mechanic in the marines ill rigg something up.

 

[Chinga_2_Madre]

theres a way to do anything. I was a mechanic in the marines ill rigg something up.

You need a CO2 monitor & a controller which is connected to a timer. That is the ticket.

 

[videoman40]

my point was I dont think flouros will be strong enough to utilize co2.