CO2 and temp question!

[BuddyLuv]

I have been reading up on CO2 and growing with it. However I am yet to find a definative answer as to what temps I should be running to make it beneficial to Cannabis. Anyone out there got an answer or can point me in the right direction?

 

[BuddyLuv]

nobody has a single opinion in the matter?

 

[yeroc1982]

Id love to help but i have no clue. Im sure someone will post.

 

[smokingjoe]

From memory Budluv you just run it in the normal temp range; but not on the hot side.

 

[Hangshai]

This is what I have managed to learn. In a typical grow room, you want the temps to never go below 60 degrees F and never above 80, but when using CO2, all bets are off. I've been told an increase of at least 10 degrees is needed, bringing a grow room that is 70-75 degrees to 80-85 degrees. The reason is the plants need the extra temp to help process the co2. Think dinosaurs and stuff. When the earth was younger, there was more heat and co2 in the air, and that made ferns grow to gargantuan sizes, among other plants.. Im no dinosaur scientist guy, but I've seen Jurassic Park, and I know that heat plus co2 means gigantic plants... Also, the ambient level of co2 is going to be about 300-350 in the room, you will want to raise it to 1000-1500 PPM (parts per million), anything more is pretty much a waste of co2. This is accomplished by placing a regulator on the tank with a timer that sprays every so often, once an hour or so. So, temp increase is about 10 degrees, up to 85 degrees F, and the lowest is 60 degrees, no lower... Hope it helps..

 

[Puffin Afatty]

:farm: Despite popular opinion to the contrary I notice a distinct advantage from co2 enhancement thru all temp ranges I use it from 55 degrees to 90 degrees and it always results in heavier, faster growing plants :hubba:

:watchplant: plants can be allowed a bit more heat when using co2 10 degrees higher than normal ambient temps should be fine

 

[andy52]

this is an interseting thread.i too have wondered and read alot about this.with really no definite rules as to the running temps.when i move my grow to my basement i will be running co2.i'm glad you asked this buddy.i have also read conflicting ideas on how long to run the co2 and the intervals between squirts of co2.good thread.should be a stickie.jmo

 

[BuddyLuv]

Thanks guys/gals. I will go ahead and expirement at 75 and then 85 my next grow. Same strain, nutes, and everything to see.

 

[smokingjoe]

You could up the juice also, a significant improvement in growth is going to warrant more food.

 

[BuddyLuv]

this is an interseting thread.i too have wondered and read alot about this.with really no definite rules as to the running temps.when i move my grow to my basement i will be running co2.i'm glad you asked this buddy.i have also read conflicting ideas on how long to run the co2 and the intervals between squirts of co2.good thread.should be a stickie.jmo

Well Andy I run a CAP XGC-1 in my flower room.
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It runs everything and has this fuzzy logic CO2 control unit. I have their CAP Reg-1 to go with it so I thought what the hell might as well use it. I quess it learns how to run your co2 all by itself using a magnetic regulator. Just plug it in run the auto feature with your set ppm level and leave it alone. Can't hurt I quess.

 

[BuddyLuv]

You could up the juice also, a significant improvement in growth is going to warrant more food.

I am already running 1600 ppm. I am not sure if I can go any higher with this paticular strain with out ill effects.

 

[smokingjoe]

Well Andy I run a CAP XGC-1 in my flower room.
hxxp://www.randmsupply.com/productdisp.php?pid=393&navid=30

It runs everything and has this fuzzy logic CO2 control unit. I have their CAP Reg-1 to go with it so I thought what the hell might as well use it. I quess it learns how to run your co2 all by itself using a magnetic regulator. Just plug it in run the auto feature with your set ppm level and leave it alone. Can't hurt I quess.

looks like a control panel for a nuclear sub.

 

[smokingjoe]

I am already running 1600 ppm. I am not sure if I can go any higher with this paticular strain with out ill effects.

Just reading over enrichment to 1800 or higher may be detrimental, 2000-2500 can be toxic to plants.

 

[BuddyLuv]

looks like a control panel for a nuclear sub.

It is a pretty neat thing. I can leave for the weekend and not have to worry about anything. Plus it leaves more time with taking care of the plants and not screwing with dialing in your room one timer at a time with seven surge protectors and cords running everywhere. Now if they could only make one that can successfully monitor and adjust your pH accordingly I would be in heaven.

 

[BuddyLuv]

Just reading over enrichment to 1800 or higher may be detrimental, 2000-2500 can be toxic to plants.

I heard 1200-1500 is where you want to be. I am gonna run it at 1200. My ppm level is 750 right now in the room. I read that normal outdoor air is about 800 on average. I figure that 750 means the plants are feeding on the fresh air from the intake.

 

[Puffin Afatty]

I use kerosine heater in winter or beer buckets in summer, I run 1500 ppm constant, with outside air ventilation constant as well and I see quite a difference

 

[JBonez]

It is a pretty neat thing. I can leave for the weekend and not have to worry about anything. Plus it leaves more time with taking care of the plants and not screwing with dialing in your room one timer at a time with seven surge protectors and cords running everywhere. Now if they could only make one that can successfully monitor and adjust your pH accordingly I would be in heaven.

They do! someone makes it, i know Hanna ins. makes one, but its not cheap and is more for hydro, saw it in my MJ bible by Jorge Cervantes.

 

[BuddyLuv]

They do! someone makes it, i know Hanna ins. makes one, but its not cheap and is more for hydro, saw it in my MJ bible by Jorge Cervantes.

Yeah I saw one too that comes with an injection pump but it is for gigantic resevoirs. I am not a commercial grower so it would not work with my 20 gallon res. They need one that takes a drop of up or down at a time with a probe to monitor it.

 

[Puffin Afatty]

yes, I almost bought it last year for my grow, will probably get it eventually :aok: going on vacation is a real pain, I have to use a 165 gallon res and set UP a timer to add water and HOPE it all stays stable while I'm gone longest time away from grow has been 21 days so far and I have come home to minor disasters

 

[BuddyLuv]

I use kerosine heater in winter or beer buckets in summer, I run 1500 ppm constant, with outside air ventilation constant as well and I see quite a difference

Yeah I had a couple 50 gallon tanks left over at the shop from the mig welder we had. They cost me 20 bucks to have both filled. We have tig now and the gases we get come premixed in a single cylinder. My how times have changed. I was looking at co2 generators but can't see the justification if I already had the stuff for compressed gas injection laying around. I am going to runn 1200 at first and then knock it up to 1300, 1400, and 1500 to see if there are any ill effects before making my final call on the best setting for my room.