home made co2

wally nutter said:
lolol, i mean obviously it isnt prime co2 supplementation, but if compared to not smoking with the babies, they do get more co2. weather or not it makes a difference doesnt really matter. im pretty sure the tar is in my lungs too. no harm no gain, though i think i get a slight gain. these are plants though so the difference isnt really noticable
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At the end of the day Wally you can get a million miles of thread and opinion but nothing in the world will ever substitute real time experience, pick an option and do it, then improve on it etc.
 
Moonshine and growing pot do go hand in hand. Moonshine is great for breaking the binder out of the shake for hash but I really don't think that yeast and stuff is good in your op because of mold etc. The cheapest way to produce co2 is with a small hitachi barbecue. Line up about five briquets like fallen dominoes and light the end at the bottom of the lineup. It will smolder from one brick to the next and it will be done burning a couple hours before the light goes out. Your plants need o2 when the lights go out so the co2 has to be vented before then. I use a filter from a rangehood to collect any soot. This can be setup outside the growbox and can be vented in with the intake blower.
 
bird mcbride said:
Moonshine and growing pot do go hand in hand. Moonshine is great for breaking the binder out of the shake for hash but I really don't think that yeast and stuff is good in your op because of mold etc. The cheapest way to produce co2 is with a small hitachi barbecue. Line up about five briquets like fallen dominoes and light the end at the bottem of the lineup. It will smolder from one brick to the next and it will be done burning a couple hours before the light goes out. Your plants need o2 when the lights go out so the co2 has to be vented before then. I use a filter from a rangehood to collect any soot. This can be setup outside the growbox and can be vented in with the intake blower.
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Ok well fermentation is proven to emit C02 and starting charcoal on fire indoors doesnt sound too wise.
 
Disregarding the safety of lighting fires, it seems too much maintenance and hassle to watch briquettes burn to me, not a great idea me thinks..
 
bigv1976 said:
Ok well fermentation is proven to emit C02 and starting charcoal on fire indoors doesnt sound too wise.
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I've been doing the charcoal thing for years, if it's done right it will burn itself out at the correct time. Remember, it's only smoldering one brickquet at a time, the lids closed, etc. It's definatly not as dangerous as propane and people have much larger fires going in their woodstoves, so.
 
bird mcbride said:
I've been doing the charcoal thing for years, if it's done right it will burn itself out at the correct time. Remember, it's only smoldering one brickquet at a time, the lids closed, etc. It's definatly not as dangerous as propane and people have much larger fires going in their woodstoves, so.
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Any images or drawings to explain this set up you use? I'm merely curious!
 
Regardless of your method I am a firm believer that if you are not set up correctly for co2, which probably 95% of us are not, then you are not doing anything but creating more work and expense for yourself.
 
bigv1976 said:
Regardless of your method I am a firm believer that if you are not set up correctly for co2, which probably 95% of us are not, then you are not doing anything but creating more work and expense for yourself.
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Oh well, works great for me. I can actually see the plants responding to the added co2. When the lights go out the o2 produced by my moms is pumped in while the lights are out and the co2 produced by the budders is pumped in for my moms.
 
bigv1976 said:
Regardless of your method I am a firm believer that if you are not set up correctly for co2, which probably 95% of us are not, then you are not doing anything but creating more work and expense for yourself.
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yup yup. not to mention the atmosphere is filled with co2. it can be a lot of work. thats why i like my method. its easy.

step 1: pack bowl

step 2: take hit

step 3: slide over 4 feet and exhale

step 4: "WOO i just saw that leaf move, duuuude i can see my babies growing mann"
 
bird mcbride said:
Oh well, works great for me. I can actually see the plants responding to the added co2. When the lights go out the o2 produced by my moms is pumped in while the lights are out and the co2 produced by the budders is pumped in for my moms.
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thats cool using your moms for o2. so simple, so effcient
 
wally nutter said:
yup yup. not to mention the atmosphere is filled with co2. it can be a lot of work. thats why i like my method. its easy.

step 1: pack bowl

step 2: take hit

step 3: slide over 4 feet and exhale

step 4: "WOO i just saw that leaf move, duuuude i can see my babies growing mann"
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Good as any method dude.
 
bigv1976 said:
Regardless of your method I am a firm believer that if you are not set up correctly for co2, which probably 95% of us are not, then you are not doing anything but creating more work and expense for yourself.
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Now that's a debate and a half. I use beer making kits with 2 small holes in the lid, the plants show physical improvement when it's cooking away so to speak and I merely put it outside the tents at night. I get 20 litres of my own home made cider every 3 weeks after secondary fermentation, the plants benefit and I get pissed in the meantime. And at £15 a time it's a doddle. Small investment and it does help more than just saying....nah it ain't gonna be 100% on the money and professional so f**k it!!
 
Its winter where I am and my grow is in a buddys un attached garage thats not heated. Im using a 4x8x7 grow tent with foam board insulation on the outside. I have the heat/cold under control for now but could i use a colemans personal propane heater for Co2? you know the kind that screw on to those mini sized propane tanks. Any advice would be apprecaited.
Thanks
 
wally nutter said:
yup yup. not to mention the atmosphere is filled with co2. it can be a lot of work. thats why i like my method. its easy.

step 1: pack bowl

step 2: take hit

step 3: slide over 4 feet and exhale

step 4: "WOO i just saw that leaf move, duuuude i can see my babies growing mann"
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Supplying my plants with co2 is fu*k all for work and the timers and the fans do the rest. Co2, testing ph and adding ferts is all I have to do in the line of caring for my plants. I also go there to watch the auto watering and mostly monitoring sh*t. The enjoyable parts of growing pot.
 
newworldicon said:
Now that's a debate and a half. I use beer making kits with 2 small holes in the lid, the plants show physical improvement when it's cooking away so to speak and I merely put it outside the tents at night. I get 20 litres of my own home made cider every 3 weeks after secondary fermentation, the plants benefit and I get pissed in the meantime. And at £15 a time it's a doddle. Small investment and it does help more than just saying....nah it ain't gonna be 100% on the money and professional so f**k it!!
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I agree that plants will benefit from any co2 supplementation to an extent but I dont agree that spending money to supplement Co2 without vent and ppm controllers is a worth while investment. In your case it is a by-product of your cider so you would be silly not to use it if possible. Your method is free for the sake of co2 so it is not wasting your money. I used to use the yeast mix to supplement co2 but in my case I found that the money spent wasnt being added in bud so I was wasting my money.
 
newworldicon said:
Now that's a debate and a half. I use beer making kits with 2 small holes in the lid, the plants show physical improvement when it's cooking away so to speak and I merely put it outside the tents at night. I get 20 litres of my own home made cider every 3 weeks after secondary fermentation, the plants benefit and I get pissed in the meantime. And at £15 a time it's a doddle. Small investment and it does help more than just saying....nah it ain't gonna be 100% on the money and professional so f**k it!!
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Even though I don't believe in the use of organic co2, you got the right sh*t happening.
 
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