"babygro
The plant can't differentiate between 'artificial light' and 'natural light' "
I got to call bullshit when I hear it.
What are you saying here, that cfl's & HID lighting & the sun are all equal? Go figure.
"babygro
No, it's not replacing what the plant uses - it's force feeding it high quantities of co2 to speed up it's metabolic rate, to increase photosynthesis so it grows faster than it would if it didn't have co2 supplementation. Plants do not receive these high doseages of co2 in nature and hence my reason for not wanting to use it within my 'grow philosophy'."
Wrong again, it is returning the plant to what is was naturally accustomed in nature years ago, rather than forcing it to adjust to todays current co2 levels.
"babygro
Let's be honest here, let's cut the bull eh? You guys use co2 enhancement because it forces the plant to grow faster than it would do without it, you use it so you can get your harvests faster than you would without using it. That's the bottom line - faster harvest. This has NOTHING to do with quality of harvest. If you want to grow that way - that's your prerogative, it's not the way I want to grow - quality is far more important to me than harvest speed."
Again...I got to call bullshit when I hear it, co2 does not speed up the grow process, it it simply returning the plant to its natural level of co2 it was accustomed to, therfore it is speeding up photosynthesis, but not thelength of the grow cycle, and as a direct result, you'll have some killer weed, in terms of quality & quantity too.
"babygro
That's exactly what I do, do - I let the plant grow as naturally as I can in an indoor artificial environment - happy, stress free plants produce the best buds - simple as. You just want to speed it up so you can get your buds quicker - thats your prerogative - it's not mine."
Again, any time benefit in growing with co2 is very small, and if that were the only reason for using co2, it wouldnt be worth it. If the plants photosynthesis is slowed down because of the current levels in todays atmosphere, than supplementing with co2 is not speeding up the process, it is merely returing the plant to the environment that it is use to, more to the point not using co2 is slowing down the growing process. Less photosynthesis=lower quality buds & smaller plants.
This is like a patient who comes into the hospital with asthma, and can hardly breathe and having babrgro as the doctor, refusing to administer any sort of oyygen or pregnazone as it isnt natural. Not being able to breathe is not natural.
"babygro
You're on your first grow from bagseed, how in the hell would you know what co2 enhancement does? How also would you know what quality home grown bud is like, that doesn't use co2 enhancement?"
Stop ragging on him, as if you are any better?