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CO2 depletion in the tent, under light. How much?

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FraFra__frankenstoner_Two_days_in_a_daystarted grow question 2 months ago
You have a tent with a plant and a co2 sensor. When you have 1000 ppm in the tent, and you turn off the ventilation, how long does it need to get under 400 ppm? Please many answers! 🙌👍 How much watts has your light? Dimmed down? Give the resulting wattage.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 2 months ago
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use energy from the sun to make food. They use carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to make sugar and oxygen. Most plants release oxygen only during the day, when the sun can power photosynthesis. The exceptions to this general rule are the plants (mostly cacti, bromeliads, and certain succulents) that rely on an alternative photosynthetic pathway called crassulacean acid metabolism, or CAM, which allows them to keep their leaf stomata closed during the day to reduce water loss. These plants do release some oxygen at night when the stomata open and the oxygen can escape. Carbon dioxide is not released during photosynthesis, but small amounts of that gas are emitted both day and night as a by-product of cellular respiration. It is worth noting that the majority of plants absorb carbon dioxide during the day for photosynthesis and do so in greater amounts than they release for cellular respiration. The light compensation point is the light intensity on the light curve where the rate of photosynthesis exactly matches the rate of cellular respiration. At this point, the uptake of CO₂ through photosynthetic pathways is equal to the respiratory release of carbon dioxide, and the uptake of O₂ by respiration is equal to the photosynthetic release of oxygen. Reach the compensation point.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 2 months ago
You ask how fast it eats/depletes CO2. Hmmmmm I've tried most methods, bags, bombs and various mixtures and recipes. You can apply baking soda to vinegar for rapid release over 1-2 days. Or Yeast and sugar for slower more consistent release over longer periods. The air we breathe is 0.04% CO2 last I checked. CO2 is very very dense compared to other elements left in a low ac environment 99% of that 0.04% will sit on the bottom 2cm of the lowest point in a home. Have a small 4"fan suck it all into the tent as tight to the floor as you can. Selling CO2 is lol CO2 is only beneficial if you are already pushing the ppfd of the plant to it's limits. Limiting factor of growth after CO2 supplementation is oxygen to rootzone . Neverending constant replenishment of fresh air gives unlimited CO2 dictated by photosynthetic supply and demand. Keeping "concentrations" fixed at 1500ppm within a tent...... I guess so, if you don't have fresh air or a set of lungs.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 months ago
to many variables. number of plants age and size of plants to leave surface area DLI or lighting temperatures water RH If your tents not sealed hard to measure as well, will always be some sort of flow. can only test it yourself. CO2 use goes up in photosysthenis so night time would be much lower.
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Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Dog
Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Doganswered grow question 2 months ago
you have a sensor.. test it out... local variables will make it a different equationf or you than someone else. a regulator should be able to maintain a specific level and your ventillation just reacts to RH. circulation within tent is still needed, but you don't want continuous exhuast or you're wasting the co2... unless you are just controlling the entire "Lung" room and then you can exhaust all you want.
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 2 months ago
Rh needs to be kept high. Drop any co2 and high temps during ripening and lower your light to 700-800ppfd. Temp -25c bring ur RH down to as low as you can get to 35. (This now. I don't bother doing.. 1 crop I controlled my RH keeping it 45-35% during flowering/ ripening wasting 250euro and. What a waste of money. If you've any more Q. Feel free 2 DM me. Also. You can do co2 growing throughout the entire grow(s) from sprout - fattening. But really you only need to add co2 after pre flower is over. As the massive swings in temp (lights on & off) will be substantial so excess stretching, foxtailing and so on. If this is your 1st time growing or you're fairly new to it. Theres much more key things id advise you learn before co2. DLI Daily Light Inter L/VPD Leaf/Vapour pressure Def Ppfd / par How Far Reds work and using them to add 2hrs of extra flowering time to fems during fattening. Nutrient management Watering im still learning about this 2 years on. And all the above The most important thing out of anything u can learn in growing is DLI..Understanding this will lead to deeper understanding of how photosynthesis works ect.
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 2 months ago
Okay. There is no set answer to ur Q. As factors come into play such as plants (size/stage of plants/amount of plants) Temps (for extra co2 intake to work temp needs to be pushed to 29c min to 31c. As without the influx of this temp. Extra co2 won't be taken in. Air flow over canopy will be essential as u need to change the air molecules on the stomata vents. Ppfd. Ppfd needs to be matched with co2 ppm. (1200ppm co2 should be given 1200ppfd) Sugars and nutrition x2 what you'd normally feed. I can go on and on mate.
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