Best method for CO2

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Make some alcohol.

The fermentation process releases CO2 and CH3CH2OH (ethanol). The tiny holes in bread are from the CO2 production from the yeast.

It's easy, you need:
A plastic container (empty milk jug, gatorade bottle, etc.)
Yeast (<$1 at grocery store)
Sugar
Water

Fill the container with warm-hot water 50%. Add in yeast, place cap on and shake vigorously. Fill with sugar (if using gallon jug, 1-2 packets of yeast, 1-2 cups of sugar) and shake vigorously. That is all. Now just poke a hole in the cap and place near your plant. Shake up the bottle every 1-2 days. It should be good for 10-14 days until all the yeast has been utilized and the ethanol has killed the rest.

xucardsfan08 said:

Make some alcohol.

The fermentation process releases CO2 and CH3CH2OH (ethanol). The tiny holes in bread are from the CO2 production from the yeast.

It's easy, you need:
A plastic container (empty milk jug, gatorade bottle, etc.)
Yeast (<$1 at grocery store)
Sugar
Water

Fill the container with warm-hot water 50%. Add in yeast, place cap on and shake vigorously. Fill with sugar (if using gallon jug, 1-2 packets of yeast, 1-2 cups of sugar) and shake vigorously. That is all. Now just poke a hole in the cap and place near your plant. Shake up the bottle every 1-2 days. It should be good for 10-14 days until all the yeast has been utilized and the ethanol has killed the rest.

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wow... im gonna try this. thanks for the info.

every time i use the yeast it attracts flies from the sugar, little fruit flies I believe. They will also love the smell of the tops of your plants and will devour them in no time if enough get into your room. You wont see them unless you shake the plants bc they hide underneath, you will see the trails where they have eaten. keep your place super clean and take the trash out every day to keep flies from even thinking about visiting and take the concoction out of your grow room at night time, but it does work and you will be able to tell the difference in the grow. maybe fly paper would take care of this, i have not tried it.

wow very interesting going to look into it. thanks

My grow room is in the workshop, which houses the natural gas water heater and furnace. I disconnect the flue from the water heater, and I keep a CO detector plugged into the wall in the room to make sure I'm not going to die from CO poisoning, and I get free CO2. I'm not sure about the concentration, but when I go in there after a shower, it sure has a sharp odour, so I imagine there must be a hell of a lot. So far my plants are happy, and I'm not dead yet after 3 years and running.

The above post is for entertainment purposes only, as I do not grow pot and do not advocate breaking the law.

Oh, and if you're a safety weenie, you can get a fire extinguisher full of CO2, and run it with a regulator. I imagine this is a whole hell of a lot cheaper than using CO2 cartridges, its just I've never done it, but I do have the tank.

The above post is for entertainment purposes only as I do not grow pot and do not advocate breaking the law.

object 16 how did u do that? can u give me more details on how u did it?

wdldtoker - which method, water heater or fire extinguisher?

water heater

Oh, that's really easy. It must be a gas fired water heater. The exhaust pipe (flue) is
held on by sheet metal screws. Just undo the screws and take off the pipe. The unit now exhausts into the room. Natural gas burns very clean, produces CO2 and H2O (water vapor). When the tank turns on (when you take a shower or something), the growing room gets flooded with CO2, which will gradually dissipate of course. I keep a plug in carbon monoxide monitor in the room to warn myself if the tank is producing any CO, which of course is poisonous. The CO monitor has never beeped any alarm in over three years. By doing this, CO2 that normally goes up the chimney, goes into the growing room instead. Inbetween times, the pilot light is burning, and puts out a very small amount of CO2.

hell yeah im gna have to give it a try thanks for the info!!!