DIY Co2 idea.

georgyboy

georgyboy

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I got a simple idea to surround your plants with co2 using the yeast/sugar or baking soda/vinegar co2 method. Get a gallon milk jug. Put a small hole in the cap and plug it with an aquarium pump hose. Seal it to make sure it is air tight. Put small holes along the length of the tubing. Throw the co2 creating mix of your choice in the jug. Then weave the hose around your plant. You could place the hose right by your plant, and put the holes in the places the hose is closest to the plant. co2 would be delivered directly to the plant. you wouldn't even have to worry about stopping ventilation, the plant would use the co2 as it comes from the tube, before it could be lost into the air. Anyone know if this would actually work. I think i'm gonna go get some yeast and try it
 
georgyboy

georgyboy

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Anyone else have any ideas about whether or not this will work? I think I'm going to grow a few plants with the tube a d a few without and see if there is any noticeable difference. The thing is I don't really have a setup to do a controlled experiment.
 
hoagtech

hoagtech

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Ya i dont think it will work. The pressure given off by these boosters aren't enough to push co2 through more than one hole in your 1/4 tubing. I think it would work better if you had many buckets with yeast and sugar in them. I still want to just brew some sunbeer in my grow room. It probably wouldn't taste good on the same light schedule as your plants but that would be awsome drinkin beer from the same harvest as your weed
 
georgyboy

georgyboy

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Ha ha yeah throw a party with all homemade goods. You could even brew weed-beer. But how can I have those jugs be effective if the area is constantly being ventilated. And even if the ventilation is off, can those jugs produce enough co2 to create a co2 rich atmosphere for any amount of time, for say 4 medium sized plants.
 
I85BLAX

I85BLAX

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georgyboy said:
I got a simple idea to surround your plants with co2 using the yeast/sugar or baking soda/vinegar co2 method. Get a gallon milk jug. Put a small hole in the cap and plug it with an aquarium pump hose. Seal it to make sure it is air tight. Put small holes along the length of the tubing. Throw the co2 creating mix of your choice in the jug. Then weave the hose around your plant. You could place the hose right by your plant, and put the holes in the places the hose is closest to the plant. co2 would be delivered directly to the plant. you wouldn't even have to worry about stopping ventilation, the plant would use the co2 as it comes from the tube, before it could be lost into the air. Anyone know if this would actually work. I think i'm gonna go get some yeast and try it
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add fruit to the first solution and after it stops bubbling drink it! lol!
 
Sailor Jerry

Sailor Jerry

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In the first Picture we have a batch of mead I made this summer. I work as a bee farmer during the summer so I have access a lot of honey. So naturally, I make Mead! here is the recipe I used.

The recipe is called "Joe's Ancient Orange Mead". The recipe is as follows:
3 lbs (1 qt) honey,
1 Orange sliced,
1 small box raisins,
1(Just one!) clove
1 (only one!) cinnamon stic
k and 1 pack of baking yeast
I got the yeast from the grocery store. You dissolve the honey in warm water then add the rest of the shit. leave about 3" of space at the top for foam once the yeast starts eating that sugar it will foam a lot. I bought the air lock on the top and the cork at a brewing shop near where i live.

You let it bubble until the fruit all settles at the bottom and it stops bubbling (about a month maybe 2). then you pour it out and clean your jug and pour the wine back into the jug and add some more water to replace the space the fruit and yeast sediment used to take up. If you want a sweeter wine, you could add additional honeyat this time but it will reactivate some yeast cells and you will have to let it ferment a little longer. If you want a dry wine, just add the water and let it age for another month and the flavors will mellow out and you will have a tasty wine that you can chill and drink any time. It should be 13-17% alchohol so look out, its wicked stuff. this is the shit the vikings used to drink!

In this batch, I added 1.5 cups of fresh picked wild raspberries instead of the raisins that are called for in the original recipe. It made the finished product (pic 3) a lovely pink color. It tastes sweet and fruity. then it finishes with the kick of the clove and cinnamon stick it finishes pretty spicey.

The bottle is a glass apple cider jug that I found at a garage sale.

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This is a pic of the 5 gallon batch I have brewing in my closet at the moment. I stuck an aquarium tube in the top of the airlock and the end of the tube is over top of my plants in my cabinet. I should have 25 or so bottles of cherry flavored honey wine in a couple more months.

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The finished Citrus Raspberry Trefoil honey wine! Its delicious.

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georgyboy

georgyboy

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Nice alcohol recipes. I'm growing an outdoor vegetable and herb garden this summer and I want to use the produce to make sauces jellies and wines. Does the fermenting alcohol seem to boosts your plants at all?
 
Tmac4302

Tmac4302

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Sailor Jerry said:
In the first Picture we have a batch of mead I made this summer. I work as a bee farmer during the summer so I have access a lot of honey. So naturally, I make Mead! here is the recipe I used.

The recipe is called "Joe's Ancient Orange Mead". The recipe is as follows:
3 lbs (1 qt) honey,
1 Orange sliced,
1 small box raisins,
1(Just one!) clove
1 (only one!) cinnamon stic
k and 1 pack of baking yeast
I got the yeast from the grocery store. You dissolve the honey in warm water then add the rest of the shit. leave about 3" of space at the top for foam once the yeast starts eating that sugar it will foam a lot. I bought the air lock on the top and the cork at a brewing shop near where i live.

You let it bubble until the fruit all settles at the bottom and it stops bubbling (about a month maybe 2). then you pour it out and clean your jug and pour the wine back into the jug and add some more water to replace the space the fruit and yeast sediment used to take up. If you want a sweeter wine, you could add additional honeyat this time but it will reactivate some yeast cells and you will have to let it ferment a little longer. If you want a dry wine, just add the water and let it age for another month and the flavors will mellow out and you will have a tasty wine that you can chill and drink any time. It should be 13-17% alchohol so look out, its wicked stuff. this is the shit the vikings used to drink!

In this batch, I added 1.5 cups of fresh picked wild raspberries instead of the raisins that are called for in the original recipe. It made the finished product (pic 3) a lovely pink color. It tastes sweet and fruity. then it finishes with the kick of the clove and cinnamon stick it finishes pretty spicey.

The bottle is a glass apple cider jug that I found at a garage sale.

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This is a pic of the 5 gallon batch I have brewing in my closet at the moment. I stuck an aquarium tube in the top of the airlock and the end of the tube is over top of my plants in my cabinet. I should have 25 or so bottles of cherry flavored honey wine in a couple more months.

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The finished Citrus Raspberry Trefoil honey wine! Its delicious.

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What's your honey to warm water ratio? This sounds like a fantastic wine that I would love to drink and share with my family and friends! Thank you so much.
 
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