A very basic lighting question

[Rootsruler]

You work out in a high CO² environment? CO² is really bad in high concentrations.

 

[No3odiesShad0w]

No no no I work out to get the CO2 higher. 1200ppm isn't a danger level and if I see the CO2 is high in the room then I get to be lazy but if I just cleared the room and I have fresh air with 400ppm then I'll do a light workout to get levels back to 1000ppm. Shit I got this tiny studio apartment....CO2 levels in here are always high when Windows are closed..... Unless I stop breathing. I don't have to really do much to have higher CO2 here. I would have never even known until I got a CO2 meter.

 

[No3odiesShad0w]

I think levels above 10,000 ppm are dangerous. 30,000ppm for only 10 min and 40,000ppm or higher is immediately dangerous to life. The 1500-2000ppm I get from a few squats is no problem at all.

 

[No3odiesShad0w]

This is the chart I was looking for. Even with 400ppfd, if you give some extra CO2, you can double what you would get. The pattern follows for all light intensity. But if you look at the saturated levels and compare them with all the other saturated levels, there's not much increase in yield. But if you compare 400ppm to even 800ppm of CO2 for any light intensity, you get at least a 30% increase. So according to this science, it's not about MORE POWER!!💪. it's about the right ENVIRONMENT 😉

 

[Rootsruler]

I understand how CO² works. Just not sure it's worth having to maintain it in my case. For CO² to work you have to maintain a particular level for it to be effective. If it goes up and down it won't have the desired effect although you've given me a brilliant idea. I'm going to move our bed into the lung room so that when the GF comes home I can tell her we need to have sex twice a day to maintain the CO² in the room. Thank You my Brother!!!

 

[No3odiesShad0w]

With that amount of action you might be overdo it. If you have a CO2 meter I highly recommend just put it in your living room or put it in your kitchen or whatever room you spend the most time in I guarantee you just by sitting there chilling there doing nothing like watching TV and by simply breathing your ambient CO2 is going to be 600+. So yeah I understand about maintaining CO2 levels but it's not like they're wildly dropping or changing they stay between 800 to 1,400 PPM That's kind of more or less the level I like to keep it at anything more is just oversaturated and could affect the stomata growing on young plants while anything less and I would need to increase the wattage on my lights to get similar results. So by being simply alive I'm creating and efficient environment for them to thrive without even really trying to lololol.

But yeah man Rock that boat! BE THE CO2 GENERATOR YOU KNOW YOU COULD BE 💪

 

[No3odiesShad0w]

You never know You might already be maintaining your CO2 levels just by being alive and maintaining your plants. Ink Bird sells a CO2 monitor for about 40 bucks which isn't terrible and it seems pretty accurate.

Also the picture of the chart was also in response to OP original question. Where light distance and/or intensity isn't the determining factor of yield per say. Other things factor in

 

[Bluey]

Just enriching the environment with CO² on its own will get you a little bit of an increase, but if you can bring up temps and PPFD you'll do much better.

Some say 1500ppm CO², 1500PPFD & 32⁰C is ideal for max yields. I've never tried it myself nor will I with this grow room. Just not worth the trouble.
Edit. You need to water heaps more and reduce the EC quite a bit too.