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I read once about someone who has a bin of compost which produces CO2. He has a fan so that he can blow the warm CO2 into his greenhouse...
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By goly it works! I just set it up in my main terrarium and it is working wonderfully! I am pleased with the system! Anyone who wants to try it do so! It is fizzing none stop! I am going to leave it on non stop. I used 2 9 oz. Plastic cups and proped one up on an upside down pot so it is above the baking soda filled cup. But anyone try it as it works!
I made my own co2 maker and its really working the sundews in my tank are growing about 30% faster then the sundews in my green house. Here's how I made it .
One 2L soda pop jug filled with 6 cups of cool water.
Then I put 3/4 a cup of sugar in with 1 tbsp of yeast .
I made a hole in the lid of the jug and hooked up a tub to it and hot glued it in place . I run the tub into a small 7 oz pond I have in my tank. Only 2 hrs later CO2 started bubbling up .
So on top of the more damp air that it makes the co2 speeds up the plant growth .
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Isn't C02 heavier than air? I remember when i was little my dad's friend, who is a chem teacher mixed a bit of vinager and backing powder, and it fizzled....... he then 'poured' the C02 onto a burning match, and it went out... That would demonstrate that its heavier than air, wouldn't it? The fact that it 'pours'...? That would make me think the gas would just sit on the surface of the backing soda, in the cup... Something would have to stir it up, like air currents, wouldn't it? I'm probably wrong, but I would like to know how it DOES work...
Parasuco Posted on Oct. 24 2002,8:O4
Quote .....That would make me think the gas would just sit on the surface of the backing soda, in the cup... Something would have to stir it up, like air currents, wouldn't it?[/QUOTE]
As the CO2 is formed it displaces the air in the container forcing it out the tube. *A good demonstration of this would be to pour vingar and baking soda into a pop bottle, then slip a balloon over the mouth of the pop bottle, forming a tight seal. *As the vinegar and baking soda react and release CO2, the balloon will begin to fill with displaced air and CO2.
The yeast system does the same thing, but at a slower rate.
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Last year on pbs I was watching about co2 yes is heavier then air it can even be seen as like a fog covering the ground in the morn were co2 is coming out of the earth. On pbs they were showing all the dead things that the co2 killed and there was a big lizzard that went to go eat one of them dead bodys that were killed by the co2 once he went down into the co2 he started to become very weak but right before he passed out he made it to the top of a hill and got fresh air and lived .The whole spot were the co2 was coming out of the earth was very lush and green and all around the lush green was nothing but a dryed up Desert.
That was the first time I found out more co2 = better,Faster growing , more green plants.
Last year I tryed co2 in my green house useing yeast all the plants that were right near it grew alot nicer then the plants on the other side of the gh. If anyone thinks that more co2 wont help.l I would say it try it and see for your self .If you dont want to use yeast try DRY ICE as it melts it give off lots of co2.
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Anyone ever try just openning a soda can and leaving it in the terrarium until the soda goes flat?
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oh, oh, oh.... I have a question too...
If your using the vinegar/baking soda method, how do you ensure that all the plants are getting equal amounts of CO2? The only way, I can think of is creating enough CO2 to flood the entire terrarium to displace the oxygen...
Hmmm how much vinegar and baking soda is that?....
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Unfortunetly, their are side effects to doing such things. CO2 can kill some plants and generally has only been successfull in extreamly controled environments. Ever heard of CO2 burn? Personally, I think the idea of adding something we already add to much of to our enviornment every day is a bad idea, besides, it's useless without upping the CP's food intake and sunlight at the same time.There is no item greater in value than life, for without life value would cease to exist.
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