Trent45
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Anyways, I got to thinking the other day.
I'd seen a lot of people wondering how to get CO2 to their plants in closets, cabinets, etc. I know a lot of people with bigger operations and ambitions have tanks, which is fine and dandy.
But I got to thinking.... I bought this beer from the store a while back, and it's actually quite clever. It comes with a Yeast Pill and an extra cap, you take the cap off and drop in the Yeast Pill and replace the cap with the extra one provided. Anyways, the cap itself has a "pea sized" hole in the top, and the regular see-through, or blue-ish round insert in the cap is replaced by a rubber seal of some sort.
The mechanics of it is that you put the pill in and put the cap on, the subber lets excess CO2 escape while the mixture of water, hops, sugar and what not frement into alcohol, the sugars I believe. The rubber piece pokes out of the cap a bit while doing this. Less CO2 = less pressure, which means no messy beer explosin....... Anywayyyyys.
I am yet to drink the beer, I dunno how it will taste, but I was thinking of experementing with it. Could be beneficial seeing as it is only letting on small amounts. It'd be refillable and everything you need for making the CO2 would be cheap. I saw some people saying they were putting a mixture in a bowl, which would release it all at once, and possibly hurt your plants.
The cap fits on any Coke bottle. Wonder if you can buy these tops from a brewery??? Possibly make one yourself.
Something ou might wanna tinker with outside.... hahaha.
I'd seen a lot of people wondering how to get CO2 to their plants in closets, cabinets, etc. I know a lot of people with bigger operations and ambitions have tanks, which is fine and dandy.
But I got to thinking.... I bought this beer from the store a while back, and it's actually quite clever. It comes with a Yeast Pill and an extra cap, you take the cap off and drop in the Yeast Pill and replace the cap with the extra one provided. Anyways, the cap itself has a "pea sized" hole in the top, and the regular see-through, or blue-ish round insert in the cap is replaced by a rubber seal of some sort.
The mechanics of it is that you put the pill in and put the cap on, the subber lets excess CO2 escape while the mixture of water, hops, sugar and what not frement into alcohol, the sugars I believe. The rubber piece pokes out of the cap a bit while doing this. Less CO2 = less pressure, which means no messy beer explosin....... Anywayyyyys.
I am yet to drink the beer, I dunno how it will taste, but I was thinking of experementing with it. Could be beneficial seeing as it is only letting on small amounts. It'd be refillable and everything you need for making the CO2 would be cheap. I saw some people saying they were putting a mixture in a bowl, which would release it all at once, and possibly hurt your plants.
The cap fits on any Coke bottle. Wonder if you can buy these tops from a brewery??? Possibly make one yourself.
Something ou might wanna tinker with outside.... hahaha.