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I was just thinking about putting co2 in my garden and the idea occurred to me that if you sealed up your room and then raised the concentration of co2 to a high enough level for a couple hours and then evacuated the atmosphere with a timer that it might kill all adults and juveniles and repeat once a week for maintenance.
How long can those little bastards hold their breath?

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I do not grow with co2 at the moment but do know that high levels of it will stop your plants from transpiring correctly. Now I have no clue what the outcome would be of extremely high levels for short periods of time would be. If I were to try I think I would create a mini version using one plant in a box or something of that nature instead of my whole grow...,,,

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Plants need CO2 only for photosynthesis, but all the living cells still need oxygen to respire. It is why we oxygenate the water in hydro.

Although it is sounds like a good idea, It's just i think more then hours would be needed, days more likely.

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People have been doing this for as long as I can remember, there’s info on it all over the internet.

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Roots wrote:People have been doing this for as long as I can remember, there’s info on it all over the internet.
Well there were at least 3 of us that never heard of it.
I am still going to take credit for it.

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Post by deran »

makes only sense with a 100% sealed room

many tried and failed , bc the room wasnt totaly sealed


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Turns out I don't have any bugs to kill anyway. I thought I saw something but a careful examination shows no eggs or larvae.

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