Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 12:18:57 +0200 From: v3andesp@ulmo.stud.slu.se (Anders Espef\dlt) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3467$foo@default> Subject: Newcomer Jazmyne
I would like to comment on the following that dry ice will thaw quickly and
probably give too much CO2 (risk of overdose) for a too short time. I read
that with tomatoes they have used approx 4% CO2 in the air to enhance growth
by 30%. A easier way to obtain this in a less risky way is by mixing water
sugar and yeast in a quite large bottle and use a hose to lead the CO2 from
the fermentation into the terrarium with the plants. This would give CO2 at
a even rate for a couple of days-one week and then you make a new solution
because the ethanol produced will inhibit the growth of the yeast.
Anders Espefalt
And this is the message I replied to:
>From: Tan Hong Yee <cheekien@pacific.net.sg>
>Subject: CO2 for CPs ?
>
>Hi everyone : I was just wondering if CO2 benefits CPs at all ? From what we
>have learnt in Science, plants given more CO2 actually grow faster due to
>more photosynthesis or something, but with CPs, will it be the same ?
>If CPs really do benefit with CO2, I suspect that some dry ice with warm
>water beside the plants will make the plants very happy, since dry ice is
>basically very compressed CO2.
>Thanks, and have a great day !
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