Home made co2

NoSaint

NoSaint

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Anyone ever heard of this or tried it as a way to make co2 cheap and quiet..

I read a tip that said to do this. I just made one tonight and am giving it a try. Hopefully it works, if it doesn't I'm only out about 5 bucks.

Take a gallon milk jug

A length of 1/4" tubing

1lb of sugar

a packet of yeast.

Poke a hole in the cap for the tubing.

dump all the sugar in the jug and add enough warm water to dissolve it.
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Add the yeast. Put the cap on and stick the tubing in the cap. Make sure it isn't in the water, want it above. It supposed to generate co2.

I ran the end of the tubing so it ends in front of my fan so the co2 gets blown around. Change it once a week.

Its quick, quiet and cheap. Hopefully it works until I can get a better set up. Not sure how much it will put out, but i'm trying it anyway.
 
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InertiaticESP

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Im no expert but I think a milkjug is to small to create enough co2 to be blown around by a fan and be effective. I think you would be better off turning the fan off and pointing the hose directly on the plants... Just my 2 cents
 
NoSaint

NoSaint

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Well, not sure if this is worth doing. I tried it for two weeks, didn't really notice any change that I would contribute to the homemade o2. The plants are super healthy and looking good and definately growing nicely, but they are in the 3rd week of 12/12 and the growth is normal. I would say its better than none, but not so sure its enough.
 
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