Stltoed
Well-Known Member
Good afternoon
I'm super green when it comes to gas. I've never grown yeast or mushrooms let alone work with a tank. I grow in a shed in Southern California and have always had heat issues. Last August I had heat problems. The high was 102F in the room with many days over 95. I use Silica religiously so the plants were fine other than foxtailing. But what im trying to do is create an environment where I can grow at a much higher temp. I use ChilLED lights and not afraid of 85 degrees, but if I can run em' at 95 and they're cool with it I would be a happy camper.
So i have an Ares 8 generator and everything is hooked up and running. Im using a repeat timer to regulate the gas... not the best way, but I gotta see if this works out first. I will be happy to buy a controller in the coming months.
I have been logging temps and settings to see the variables. I'm watching the gas concentration with a Titan meter and tracking that as well. It sounds like 1500 or marginally less is my target. My generator is on for 1 minute and off for 20. This is just an initial setting. From that the gas starts out at 2000 and trickles down to about 900 over the 20 minutes.
Questions: Is there a point at which the CO2 gas is poisonous to the plant?
I run RDWC. Can the gas be an issue if the air pump is sitting on the ground?
Have you ever modified a generator? I bought a unit to suit my whole shed. Right now I'm using less than half. I was thinking of plugging 4 burners. What do you think? Also I thought of adding an insulation to kick back the radiant heat coming off this thing. I didn't go with a tank because getting the gas is more difficult than propane.
Anyway I'm just looking for someone to walk me through the finer points. I have similar conversations at other places. If theres a guy who really knows his stuff when it comes to gas and doesn't mind stupid ass questions I'd love to meet him
Thanks
Stltoed
I'm super green when it comes to gas. I've never grown yeast or mushrooms let alone work with a tank. I grow in a shed in Southern California and have always had heat issues. Last August I had heat problems. The high was 102F in the room with many days over 95. I use Silica religiously so the plants were fine other than foxtailing. But what im trying to do is create an environment where I can grow at a much higher temp. I use ChilLED lights and not afraid of 85 degrees, but if I can run em' at 95 and they're cool with it I would be a happy camper.
So i have an Ares 8 generator and everything is hooked up and running. Im using a repeat timer to regulate the gas... not the best way, but I gotta see if this works out first. I will be happy to buy a controller in the coming months.
I have been logging temps and settings to see the variables. I'm watching the gas concentration with a Titan meter and tracking that as well. It sounds like 1500 or marginally less is my target. My generator is on for 1 minute and off for 20. This is just an initial setting. From that the gas starts out at 2000 and trickles down to about 900 over the 20 minutes.
Questions: Is there a point at which the CO2 gas is poisonous to the plant?
I run RDWC. Can the gas be an issue if the air pump is sitting on the ground?
Have you ever modified a generator? I bought a unit to suit my whole shed. Right now I'm using less than half. I was thinking of plugging 4 burners. What do you think? Also I thought of adding an insulation to kick back the radiant heat coming off this thing. I didn't go with a tank because getting the gas is more difficult than propane.
Anyway I'm just looking for someone to walk me through the finer points. I have similar conversations at other places. If theres a guy who really knows his stuff when it comes to gas and doesn't mind stupid ass questions I'd love to meet him
Thanks
Stltoed
