Is a homemade yeast fermenting co2 generator bucket worth it?

[simonkay]

"I don't believe most of those home-made CO2 generators are effective and don't recommend them. If you're going to use CO2, you need to be able to control the PPM's and, in addition to having no way to control the PPM's, you'll never get the PPM's high enough using fermentation". Link

Surely even adding a few 100ppms helps right?
I dont see why ppl say dont bother with sugar and yeast, either it supplements a little or you waste a few pennies on you ingredients and very unlikely to react toxic levels in a sealed room so why not

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Surely even adding a few 100ppms helps right?
I dont see why ppl say dont bother with sugar and yeast, either it supplements a little or you waste a few pennies on you ingredients and very unlikely to react toxic levels in a sealed room so why not

We're talking in a sealed room. For CO2 to have any real benefit, it must be contained in the space. Will you harm your plants by attempting to produce CO2 with chemical reactions? You could I suppose but it's not likely. Is potentially wasting a few pennies for the hope of some benefit bad? No, not at all. Experiment if you wish ...

What at least I was talking about way back when I posted my first post in this thread is spending hundreds of dollars for a regulated CO2 system and then trying to use it in a "non-sealed" environment ... well, that's plain wasteful. The CO2 must stay in the room for it to do much good.

 

[simonkay]

We're talking in a sealed room. For CO2 to have any real benefit, it must be contained in the space. Will you harm your plants by attempting to produce CO2 with chemical reactions? You could I suppose but it's not likely. Is potentially wasting a few pennies for the hope of some benefit bad? No, not at all. Experiment if you wish ...

What at least I was talking about way back when I posted my first post in this thread is spending hundreds of dollars for a regulated CO2 system and then trying to use it in a "non-sealed" environment ... well, that's plain wasteful. The CO2 must stay in the room for it to do much good.

Ah sorry didn't catch that part its definitely wasted if it's not in a sealed room