Carbon Dioxide Enrichment

CO2 and Plants

It’s important to note that a plant needs and uses CO2 only during daylight hours. And the

more light that’s made available to a plant, the more CO2 it needs for photosynthesis. It is in this process that the carbon-fixing reaction occurs, splitting CO2 molecules into carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) to create food for the plant in the form of sugars and starches.

CO2 is measured in ppm (parts per million). Ambient CO2 levels in the outdoor atmosphere average about 300 to 400 ppm, which is adequate for plants growing in nature. 

With the advent of home greenhouses and indoor growing under artificial lights and the developments in hydroponics in recent years, the need for CO2 generation has drastically increased. Plants growing in a sealed greenhouse or indoor grow room will often deplete the available CO2 and stop growing. The following graph will show what depletion and enrichment does to plant growth:

Below 200 PPM, plants do not have enough CO2 to carry on the photosynthesis process and essentially stop growing. Above 2,000 PPM, CO2 starts to become toxic to plants and above 4,000 PPM it becomes toxic to people.

It had also been ascertained that at higher light intensity, the plants can process more of CO2. Starting from sun rise,  photosynthesis increases and peak during midday, goes through a midday depression, recovers, then drop down and stop at sun set.

There are several common methods of generating extra amounts of CO2:

1. Burning hydrocarbon fuels2. Compressed, bottled CO23. Dry ice4. Fermentation5. Decomposition of organic matter
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