Using CO2 For Growing Indoor Marijuana

Growing Indoor Marijuana Systems

Preparing for Growing Indoor Marijuana has its own unique challenges and advantages if you would like to wind up getting the stash of marijuana you have to know. In normal outside air, there is around 350ppm of CO2 available. Plants require CO2 during the process of photosynthesis.

For indoor enclosed grow areas plants can use up the CO2 very quickly if proper “fresh” air circulation is not provided. When the CO2 levels drop below 200ppm, plants stop the photosynthesis process and stop growing.

In the enclosed grows with special lights, micro-nutrients, and growing mediums. Marijuana plants can use more than the 350ppm of CO2 available in the normal air. The normal progression rate of a Growing Indoor Marijuana plant under these conditions will increase with CO2 enrichment and cut down on growing times and increase yields.

You can introduce CO2 into your grow at any time during the vegetative or flowering process. As soon as CO2 is introduced the growth rate will increase. The CO2 is only used while the lights are on so there is no need for CO2 enrichment while the plants are in the dark.

What Is The CO2 Good For?

CO2 is only useful to the Marijuana plant for growing tissue-material and is not needed for resin production or the production of THC. It is highly suggested that the CO2 enrichment process is stopped during the last 2-3 weeks of flowering when the plants put more of their energy into THC and resin production rather than new tissue growth.

Some growers even say that the use of CO2 during these last few weeks lowers the THC, resin production, and reduces potency. To be safe I would suggest stopping the enrichment process during this last few weeks.

I have read several articles and forum threads on the subject of using CO2 for Growing Indoor Marijuana or in a closet. I finally came to the conclusion after testing CO2 tanks hooked up to my smaller closet grow operation that it really all depends on the growing set-up. Here are a couple of scenarios:

Using CO2 In A Perpetual Closet Grow Area

Using CO2 In A Perpetual Room Grow Area

A perpetual room grow is considered to be a grow operation that has multiple rooms and is continuously in operation. One room for vegetative growth, one room for flowering, and a small area for rooting clones. In this scenario, if you have enough light and height to allow your plants to grow fast and tall or big and bushy, then I say go for it.

Take advantage of introducing CO2 to induce a faster more robust growth rate. Increase your yield and make for a healthier plant!

Using CO2 In A Single Grow Area

A single grow is considered to be a room where your plants go through the vegetative growth stage and the flowering stage without being moved. In this scenario, it would be a good idea to use CO2 seeing as you want the plants to grow as fast as they can in the vegetative growth stage so you can switch them to 12/12 and start the flowering process sooner.

You’ll be able to gauge your height and switch the lights to 12/12 before your plants outgrow your room. In this case, you may be able to cut a week or maybe two off your growing time.

Conclusion For Using CO2 In Your Grow:

It all depends on the growing area and what the time constraint or height constraints are. Timing is everything when trying to grow continuous crops. The introduction of CO2 in certain grows would throw the times off between vegetative growth and the flowering stage. Basically, it all depends on the scenario.

It is a good thing to enrich you grow with CO2. As long as the increase in growth rate doesn’t mess things up and the CO2 is not used in the last few weeks of flowering – potentially lowering THC-Resin production and potency.