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[KingRatt]

The Permanent Marker is finally flowering!!! It took its sweet time, but im sure it will be worth it. The Grand Daddy Purple is nugging up fat and getting frosty as hell!!! I added a diy co2 generator to one of the fans, because i have the room, and why not? With all that light, im sure it will help them utilize a little bit more. Feeding every other day now, nutrients with every watering as i do!

 

[Drownomatic]

My brain doesn't want to do the math to show how little co2 that is vs what's needed, but you aren't budging the co2 meter with that.

Also, those mushroom bags that give off co2 are a scam too.

 

[Shugrows]

My brain doesn't want to do the math to show how little co2 that is vs what's needed, but you aren't budging the co2 meter with that.

Also, those mushroom bags that give off co2 are a scam too.

I wont waste my money on the exhale bags there like 50 bucks and seen absolutely no difference when I quit using them. Just more money in my pocket.

 

[WildBill]

I wont waste my money on the exhale bags there like 50 bucks and seen absolutely no difference when I quit using them. Just more money in my pocket.

Just a simple compost Tea spraying, would elevate the lungroom CO2 levels slightly for a couple of days, especially used with a feed.

With bottled CO2, the biggest expense is the initial purchase of the bottle. That's more than the CO2 controller!

Swapping 20lb bottles run $24.90. Going fairly hard, that will last 5 weeks. If you get an extra ounce from the supplemental CO2, you've paid for that and got good healthy plants also. But you're gonna get far more than just one ounce extra in the entire growroom. For me that's 3 tents!

 

[KingRatt]

My brain doesn't want to do the math to show how little co2 that is vs what's needed, but you aren't budging the co2 meter with that.

Also, those mushroom bags that give off co2 are a scam too.

Any extra co2 up to a point will be absorbed up to a point, i may not be hitting the desired maximum, but in that litte 2x2x4 tent it can increase the co2 by 400-700ppms, that is over the ambient 400ppms. Cannabis thrives at 1000ppms which puts me right in the sweet spot when everything is at its optimal functionality. Anything under 400ppm starts to become useless, but if i get any improvement at all it will be worth it as everything costs about 5$ for the supplies and about 2$ a month to keep up. I did alit of math and research as well. Im not expecting higher yields but i do expect my plants health will be improved!

 

[Drownomatic]

Any extra co2 up to a point will be absorbed up to a point, i may not be hitting the desired maximum, but in that litte 2x2x4 tent it can increase the co2 by 400-700ppms, that is over the ambient 400ppms. Cannabis thrives at 1000ppms which puts me right in the sweet spot when everything is at its optimal functionality. Anything under 400ppm starts to become useless, but if i get any improvement at all it will be worth it as everything costs about 5$ for the supplies and about 2$ a month to keep up. I did alit of math and research as well. Im not expecting higher yields but i do expect my plants health will be improved!

Are you seeing this on a meter?

 

[KingRatt]

Are you seeing this on a meter?

No just from other experiments. On one of the experiments i was reading they were getting about one bubble every 3-5 seconds, and at that rate they measured it at 700ppm +/- coming from from the generator for a total of about 1100ppms. There are lots of articles online about the subject and everybody seems to get the same results just about. I dont think it would hold up in a big setup with high cfm exhaust, but in a small scale it might just be worth it. It might not, im not being very scientific about the whole thing other than just trying my hardest to replicate the generator and recipe as best i can. It needs replenishment pretty often at about 7-14days, i mean its producing gas and bubbling in the second bottle(my only way of telling if the yeast are still active). The grow tent environment for cannabis is basically perfect tfor the yeast to remain as active as possible. I will just have to wait and see i guess. Really im just having fun and figured, “what harm can it do?” I will look into equipment for measuring levels and if i can swing it, then ill have to do a thread about it and record the data for others. For now, im just playing around.

 

[WildBill]

Any extra co2 up to a point will be absorbed up to a point, i may not be hitting the desired maximum, but in that litte 2x2x4 tent it can increase the co2 by 400-700ppms, that is over the ambient 400ppms. Cannabis thrives at 1000ppms which puts me right in the sweet spot when everything is at its optimal functionality. Anything under 400ppm starts to become useless, but if i get any improvement at all it will be worth it as everything costs about 5$ for the supplies and about 2$ a month to keep up. I did alit of math and research as well. Im not expecting higher yields but i do expect my plants health will be improved!

And here's my thought on that.
I don't compromise my essentials, whatever I consider to be essential.
One thing that I consider an absolute must is constant influx of fresh air into my tent. I run my lung room close to the needed environment and find tune my tent environment with the exhaust fan. That makes for an extremely stable tent environment that I don't have to constantly monitor. I try to have my lung room environment set where I only have to run my exhaust fans at level 1 or 2 at the most, but all the time. I have the set triggers for temperature and humidity and I have them set to go to the max when that trigger is hit. That does two things. It brings the humidity or temperature down quite quickly and it also is a way of monitoring my tents without actually looking at my phone or going in there. I can hear when the fan hits in high gear and judge things from there.

So in order to keep in the tent what little CO2 those contraptions make, you are limiting the use of your exhaust fan. Your chances for mold does go up. Your temperature and humidity will fluctuate with larger highs and lows.

I've had this particular setup with the window unit and sealed room for three years now. My air flow through the tents are set up the same...... even that silly Mars'2x4 tent with no cinched opening at the bottom of the tent. Fresh air comes into the tents at the front bottom through a hose long enough not to let in outside light. I used the AC Infinity hose and had to spray the inside with flat black since they have reflective material on the inside for some damn reason. It is exhausted out the top and in the rear of the tent. Circulation fans keep it all mixed up to not have any micro-climates. The 4x4 is the only tent that I have CO2 supplied. I have the hose running at the top of the tent and to the front. The other tents get the added CO2 their normal circulation of air.

I'm not trying to Criticize or belittle what you're attempting to do! I just want to make sure you have all the information to make a logical decision and do what you think is best for your setup.. I just want to make you aware of what You could be opening yourself up for by doing this.

 

[KingRatt]

And here's my thought on that.
I don't compromise my essentials, whatever I consider to be essential.
One thing that I consider an absolute must is constant influx of fresh air into my tent. I run my lung room close to the needed environment and find tune my tent environment with the exhaust fan. That makes for an extremely stable tent environment that I don't have to constantly monitor. I try to have my lung room environment set where I only have to run my exhaust fans at level 1 or 2 at the most, but all the time. I have the set triggers for temperature and humidity and I have them set to go to the max when that trigger is hit. That does two things. It brings the humidity or temperature down quite quickly and it also is a way of monitoring my tents without actually looking at my phone or going in there. I can hear when the fan hits in high gear and judge things from there.

So in order to keep in the tent what little CO2 those contraptions make, you are limiting the use of your exhaust fan. Your chances for mold does go up. Your temperature and humidity will fluctuate with larger highs and lows.

I've had this particular setup with the window unit and sealed room for three years now. My air flow through the tents are set up the same...... even that silly Mars'2x4 tent with no cinched opening at the bottom of the tent. Fresh air comes into the tents at the front bottom through a hose long enough not to let in outside light. I used the AC Infinity hose and had to spray the inside with flat black since they have reflective material on the inside for some damn reason. It is exhausted out the top and in the rear of the tent. Circulation fans keep it all mixed up to not have any micro-climates. The 4x4 is the only tent that I have CO2 supplied. I have the hose running at the top of the tent and to the front. The other tents get the added CO2 their normal circulation of air.

I'm not trying to Criticize or belittle what you're attempting to do! I just want to make sure you have all the information to make a logical decision and do what you think is best for your setup.. I just want to make you aware of what You could be opening yourself up for by doing this.

Thank you for the thoughtful response. I have no plans on changing or compromising my environment the tent is in a lung room pretty undisturbed, all air is recycled very similar to a sealed setup, just not actually sealed if that makes sense. It took a little bit of tinkering amd setup trials and errors to get everything dialed and in that closed room without exhausting to outside. I figured since i have already done that, why not try it out.