Complete CO2 Enrichment Guide

[PurekushPoker]

Sick Thread....i was wondering if you knew like the calculation of how long it would take the a full bottle of c02 to empty...how much i need to invest a week or a month to install a C02 system? your Best cheapest idea?

Thanks!

[Rumpleforeskin]

i was wondering if you knew like the calculation of how long it would take the a full bottle of c02 to empty

It will take about ten minutes to empty a 20 pound tank. I had to do it once because the tank had some water in it.

[hydrocult]

Originally Posted by morp

i once heard somewhere that bottled, fizzy carbonated water can be put into a mister and sprayed on the plants to provide enough co2 in a small grow environment, such as a closet. any thoughts on this method? cheers guys

Malarkey. There's practically no CO2 in carbonated drinks. Sure, there's some, but you'll exhale more CO2 while you spray than you release with the spray.

For the time and effort you'd be better off with just about any other method.

Originally Posted by scrxbandit

Nice post, but i believe the author confuses weight with moles. There are 3 moles co2 from 1 combusted mole ethyl. You can not create 3 pounds of any thing less than 3 pounds, and unlike the holocaust, that is actually accepted as more than fact, rather law.

LOL, Chem 101 to the rescue.

Moles are a unit of measure. It's a unit of measure like a "dozen" or a "gross". A dozen is twelve. A mole is 6.02 x 10^23. There's a lot more to it, "Avogadro's Constant" and all that, a Nobel Prize was involved, etc, etc.

Basically one mole (the name for the unit share etymology with the world "molecule") is the number of molecules necessary to create in grams the same numerical weight as the atomic weight of the molecule. So if it's pure carbon, 12 grams of carbon contains one mole of molecules since the molecular (atomic) weight of carbon is 12.

There are the same number of atoms in one mole of hydrogen as there are in one mole of gold (or anything else for that matter).

But where it gets fun is in the molecular applications. One mole of water contains the same number of molecules as one mole of glucose. But it contains a very different number of atoms.

Since water is H2O, one mole of water contains within it one mole of oxygen and two moles of hydrogen.


The mole is simply the amount of something you need to equal it's atomic weight in grams. You change the thing you're talking about, you change the gram weight but not the number of molecules/atoms involved.

Think of it this way. Say I've got a dozen whole pies. How much does that weigh? We don't know. We don't care. If I slice each of those pies into 12 pieces did I change the weight at all? Of course not. So now that I have a gross (a dozen dozen, or 144) slices I haven't broken the laws of physics. I've just changed what I'm counting.

[lowkey]

so now i'm really confused,,,,,,,,no co2 unless lumens & temp are moderately elevated?

my co2 gauge is numbered,,, 1 - 10. what does this represent? it doesn't seem to correspond to anything.... what setting do i need for some supplementation??

for the 8x8x8 example how long should a tank last? mine come with about 7000 psi . seems like it's empty in a week ,,,about $25.00


can a guy split the diff on temp & co2 level? say 1000ppm & 84deg??

my overall room is twice as big as my plant area..... obviously the first time it'll take more co2 to enrich the whole area but after that i want to replace what's used...is there a rule of thumb to go by for plant usage ,,at a given heighth or size?

personally i'm thinkin i'm gonna breathe in my room & use yeast til i get a digital co2 ppm monitor. the tanks cost too much considering all my variables..

btw....nice thread & info...thanks

[beachbum616]

i will be running a secret jardin grow tent in a 2nd bedroom next to mine. is it reasonably safe to run a c02 generator inside the tent (4x4x6) to increase levels of co2? i obviously dont want to burn down the house or cause an explosion.

[ubercow]

Originally Posted by scrxbandit

Nice post, but i believe the author confuses weight with moles. There are 3 moles co2 from 1 combusted mole ethyl. You can not create 3 pounds of any thing less than 3 pounds, and unlike the holocaust, that is actually accepted as more than fact, rather law.

Yeah I caught that too.
Even killface can't defy the laws of thermodynamics.

Great Guide btw, Helped me out Immensely + rep

[shawnyboy420]

nice find