Is CO2BOOST ANY GOOD?

Yo co2 boosts are not a waste of time. If you do not own one or never had that u cant say shit sorry. Yea co2 tanks are "better". And to tell u the truth i had the regulater bought and was going to buy a tank, then my friend bought the boost bucket and the results were just as good as when my friend had a co2 tank. He was getting sick of re-filling it all the time. So i mean if u have a decent space to work with than co2 tanks, regs, and monitoring is the way to go. Another thing when u buy the boost bucket you dont have to get a co2 monitor. Which if you run a co2 tank or burner without a decent co2 monitor (min $450) then thats a waste of your time and money. The boost bucket is made to have direct contact with the plants not to keep a certain level of ppm's. I am this upcoming week dropping money to buy an envromental control, and a co2 monitor and i will be running two co2 boosts in a 4x8 tent compltely sealed, Air Cooled Relectors are the way to go with co2, you get better effecincy. Like you guys said there are so many factors in making co2 work effectively, thats obvoius. But what im trying to say is the boost bucket you can buy and with just some common sense you can make it work. Boost Bucket, Sealed & Controled Enviroment, and Air cooled relectros are preffered. Any indoor grow room should be sealed anyways for controll over temp, humid, ect *at least during day period* Rather you buy a regulator $140, co2 tank $100, co2 monitor $480, ect. Im not bashin anyone just makeing this reputation on the co2 bucket true, cause its not bad its acually pretty impresive and easy to use.

malachi said:

cuz a regulator and a tank and all that comes with it just represents more than i can afford right now, and I'M looking for a slightly cheaper way so that although my means are limited I can still try to optimize my grow.... that's pretty much the jist of it my friend....

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Use the yeast/surgar or Baking soda/vinegar and save for the CO2 regulator. (well actually flow meter) Harbor Freight has a tank for about $40, a reglator for about aother $40. The flow meter, i'm not a good source for. (I deal with reasearch/scientific/4.8/99.998+, CO2 @ $400 a bottle. So our flow meters are a bit pricey)
Even a cheap welding (tig maybe?) flow meter might work.

Local welding supply can refill (well exchange) th bottle. Talk with them FIRST as to what they can offer you. Size, grade, etc. Tell them you are brewing beer.


On anther note, CO2 is a rather sticky gas. The flow meters should be clean at least yearly. (especially with the cheap ass grade we growers use)

basically my grow is in a box and keeping it at the right temp is absolutely no problem, my lights are air cooled through a cooltube and the air is pulled from outside so no interference with my CO2 and once the box closed I will simply let the oscillating fan run to move the air around inside the box , should give me an even fill all over and the box being 4x4 x 7high should get me a good ppm ratio....anyway I thank you all for the input its nice to get a whole bunch of replies ,

have a good one peeps

notcalek said:

Yo co2 boosts are not a waste of time. If you do not own one or never had that u cant say shit sorry. Yea co2 tanks are "better". And to tell u the truth i had the regulater bought and was going to buy a tank, then my friend bought the boost bucket and the results were just as good as when my friend had a co2 tank. He was getting sick of re-filling it all the time. So i mean if u have a decent space to work with than co2 tanks, regs, and monitoring is the way to go. Another thing when u buy the boost bucket you dont have to get a co2 monitor. Which if you run a co2 tank or burner without a decent co2 monitor (min $450) then thats a waste of your time and money. The boost bucket is made to have direct contact with the plants not to keep a certain level of ppm's. I am this upcoming week dropping money to buy an envromental control, and a co2 monitor and i will be running two co2 boosts in a 4x8 tent compltely sealed, Air Cooled Relectors are the way to go with co2, you get better effecincy. Like you guys said there are so many factors in making co2 work effectively, thats obvoius. But what im trying to say is the boost bucket you can buy and with just some common sense you can make it work. Boost Bucket, Sealed & Controled Enviroment, and Air cooled relectros are preffered. Any indoor grow room should be sealed anyways for controll over temp, humid, ect *at least during day period* Rather you buy a regulator $140, co2 tank $100, co2 monitor $480, ect. Im not bashin anyone just makeing this reputation on the co2 bucket true, cause its not bad its acually pretty impresive and easy to use.

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you don't have to have a co2 monitor to regulate co2....sorry bro...you have no idea as to what your talking about. you can insert numbers in a formula to tell how long to run it.

and im sorry, you can sugarcoat those co2 boost buckets all you want.....

you still are failing to realize...you are loosing. for $100 refill? LMAO i laugh at that!!!!

especially when i get my tank refilled/swapped out for 20 bucks....

LMAO...buying a co2boost bucket instead of a co2 tank and reg.

is like buying cheap air filters for the car and having to replace them instead of getting a K & N Air filter

but if getting a cheap air filter you can afford gets your car goin while you get enough cash together to get the top fucking model filter that knocks everybody on their ass!!! can actually be an option,,,,,don,t you think? better a cheap filter than no filter at all...

LoudBlunts said:

LMAO...buying a co2boost bucket instead of a co2 tank and reg.

is like buying cheap air filters for the car and having to replace them instead of getting a K & N Air filter

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TOTALLY!

Do the DIY, *or* go for the Full Monty! Buying a hack is pointless.
imoho

$100 for a bucket, or $300 for the real deal?
Do the DIY, and use the savings for the real deal.

(Now on the K&N, I do have issues. I'd buy 2 of them. One for use, the other being cleaned and drying on the shelf)

ok then tell you what....send me the money it cost (since my whole point since the beginning is I don't have the money for the whole monty) and i'll go out there right that minute and buy the top fucking CO2 machine you have ever seen! now trust me I know and I totally understand that the real thing ids best.. but in a situation of need and not necessarily rich, it is a very nice thing to have atleast an option......

well thats it for me on this thread thankyou for all your info be well. and remember...if you can't toke it...don,t grow it...lol

peace y'all

BigBudBalls said:

Or just buy the mushrooms and cut the stems and let them sit the tops on a piece of paper. The spores fall out of the 'fins' from underneath the top. Makes a cool pattern on the paper too. Did this in grade school.
(plus ya get some munchies!)

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I don't think just putting non growing mushrooms in your room are going to produce co2. I believe its the active growing mycelium that produces the co2. CO2BOOST has just designed their buckets so that the mycelium won't fruit so you don't see the mushrooms. The great thing about growing mushrooms is you get a ton of co2 in your room and you get to eat them when they are done.

malachi said:

ok then tell you what....send me the money it cost (since my whole point since the beginning is I don't have the money for the whole monty) and i'll go out there right that minute and buy the top fucking CO2 machine you have ever seen! now trust me I know and I totally understand that the real thing ids best.. but in a situation of need and not necessarily rich, it is a very nice thing to have atleast an option......

well thats it for me on this thread thankyou for all your info be well. and remember...if you can't toke it...don,t grow it...lol

peace y'all

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dude. what i'm saying is, don't buy a $100 bucket. buy a $10 DIY and put $90 into the real deal fund. do that 3 times and you are there.

malachi said:

but if getting a cheap air filter you can afford gets your car goin while you get enough cash together to get the top fucking model filter that knocks everybody on their ass!!! can actually be an option,,,,,don,t you think? better a cheap filter than no filter at all...

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no sir. i'd rather kick out 40-60 bucks on a k&n for a lifetime (or even 2 one for cleaning and drying and one for running as bigbudballs stated), rather than spend 10-20 bucks each oil change. everybody knows those cheap filters cant be cleaned....well not for too long. its no competition!!!

malachi said:

ok then tell you what....send me the money it cost (since my whole point since the beginning is I don't have the money for the whole monty) and i'll go out there right that minute and buy the top fucking CO2 machine you have ever seen! now trust me I know and I totally understand that the real thing ids best.. but in a situation of need and not necessarily rich, it is a very nice thing to have atleast an option......

well thats it for me on this thread thankyou for all your info be well. and remember...if you can't toke it...don,t grow it...lol

peace y'all

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dont get asshole on us....because i can turn asshole from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds bro. you asked a question. dont like the answers and opinions? dont ask the fucking questions man....

dont be a dick. its members like you who make other members regret even try helping or bringing a sensible, feasible solution to the table, especially when it was asked for. hell say we didnt answer or give input...then you would flame the site for not helping or giving opinion...or possibly think the site deleted your thread again..... i thought we were all adults here. lets learn how to take constructive criticism


now back to the subject at hand....you complain about not having the money to do something....okay then why do it at all? it was already stated in the thread that co2 is not neccessary. its almost the icing on the cake, if you will. while you could be spending money (at least $100) on this boostbucket (mind you, another 100 refill fee)...you could be spending money on other things. especially if all things arent intact. i.e them having more than enough LIGHT...food and water must be made available perhaps more if they are to drink more while eating up massive co2. do your plants have adequate ventilation? all this shit needs to be top notch. maxed out, IMHO before you look for co2. it(co2) will be only as strong its weakest link!!!

last not but least...you speak of cheap...sure...its always cheap to do it in the beginning....but not in the long run i.e. cfls for growing...yea a few will do now...but what about flowering......

if you're gonna do it...might as well save up and just us the yeast method (which IMO isnt productive or enough to notice a difference) or nothing at all

LoudBlunts said:

dont get asshole on us....because i can turn asshole from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds bro. you asked a question. dont like the answers and opinions? dont ask the fucking questions man....

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I think he was yelling at me. I responded telling him I was just trying to save him a few bucks. (I know I can get overly complicated at times, kinda need a goose in that area too) He's cool in my eyes. He's watching the $, thats why we ALL are growing. (ok, I haven't smoked in 10+ years, forgot what the buzz is like) His response was fine; bringing it back to low buck solutions (< big fan of) I just thought the $100 for a CO2 bucket was a waste.

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Yeah, at $100 a bucket and $100 refill, best put that money into lighting and ventilation. CO2 is just an added perk worth about (shooting from the hip) 5-10% plant growth.

Yea dude, if you wanna do it cheap why don't you just go with the yeast/water/sugar method?

I personally have never used Co2 boost but I would highly recomend some form of c02. I gre one plant with CO2 and one without the one with, was a much healthier happier plant and much bigger to. Yes keeping your tempature and humidty constant is very important but I would highly recomend using CO2 as well. I mean it's 100 bucks and even if you get an extra quarter ounce you paid for it in most parts of the country

whutsupevry1 said:

I personally have never used Co2 boost but I would highly recomend some form of c02. I gre one plant with CO2 and one without the one with, was a much healthier happier plant and much bigger to. Yes keeping your tempature and humidty constant is very important but I would highly recomend using CO2 as well. I mean it's 100 bucks and even if you get an extra quarter ounce you paid for it in most parts of the country

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I agree. The prob with your post (not jabbing at you in the *LEAST*) but to say an extra 1/4 once is not helpful. Is that 1/4oz per plant? per SqFt? Per acre? I'd bet per plant and at that rate, then, yes its a go! I think a 1/4oz per plant is possible and worth it. But the 1/4oz is under ideal conditions, ie: killer lights, good temp and humidity (as you mentioned)

If one is on a budget, go for lights!!!! CO2 is, I think, the last thing to add to a grow room. (unless a very small, poorly ventilated space) And if on a budget, go DIY yeast/sugar or vinegar/baking soda method.

Loudblunts i know that you can do co2 with formulas, or with a flow reg, but i've been told that with co2 being on point and having total control ova your co2 is key. Theres no way knowing what your ppm's in your room acually is (prolly vets like you guys have been doin it so long that a monitor doesnt matter) but that theory behind using monitors with your regs you get the top performance and consistancy just makes sense to me. Im still 3 months new with this shit and learn a lot from you guys all of this back in forth is benificial for educational purposes. Pc

AverageJoe21 said:

co2boost is basicly mushroom mycelium. You could grow some oyster mushrooms in your grow room to boost co2. Buy mushroom spores one time (under $20.00) and you can keep them going forever.

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Why grow oysters when u can grow cubensis. Magic mushrooms dont taste as good but they sure are fun

That bucket that CO2boost comes in makes a good crapper if you're in the woods.
Listen: circulate the air in your grow room. this will spread more CO2 around your plants than a bucket of rotting mushroom compost and a $5.00 air pump. keep it simple and cheap, and good luck on your grow.

notcalek said:

Loudblunts i know that you can do co2 with formulas, or with a flow reg, but i've been told that with co2 being on point and having total control ova your co2 is key. Theres no way knowing what your ppm's in your room acually is (prolly vets like you guys have been doin it so long that a monitor doesnt matter) but that theory behind using monitors with your regs you get the top performance and consistancy just makes sense to me. Im still 3 months new with this shit and learn a lot from you guys all of this back in forth is benificial for educational purposes. Pc

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Top performance comes from endless study of and application of learned techniques. Good gardening habits such as correct feeding/watering, good air circulation, cleanliness, and familiarity with the breed you're growing, and the hardest of all patience. That's the key to success. keep it simple.
all those CO2boosters/ canisters /regulators ...fuck 'em
They just clutter up your grow room..then eventually your garage.