pumping oxygen directly to the rootmass

jordisgarden

jordisgarden

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i heard that the roots use 02 to develope and its obvious that a plant needs oxygen. anyway i was wondering if it would be beneficial to pump 100% oxygen in tubes directly into the dirt into the rootmass. would this help or would the 02 just dry out the roots and kill the plants?
any ideas?
 
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It would be creating a root environment that was totally foreign and unnatural. Unlikely to be helpful.
 
doc111

doc111

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jordisgarden said:
i heard that the roots use 02 to develope and its obvious that a plant needs oxygen. anyway i was wondering if it would be beneficial to pump 100% oxygen in tubes directly into the dirt into the rootmass. would this help or would the 02 just dry out the roots and kill the plants?
any ideas?
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If you want to pump air directly to your roots try DWC or aeroponics. And don't use 100% oxygen because you will probably cause O2 toxicity. They mainly use CO2 for photosynthesis and give off O2 as a byproduct. Too much O2 in the rootzone could be disastrous.
 
jordisgarden

jordisgarden

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sweet thanks for the input guys...would it be beneficial to my grow if i hauled a huge tank of co2 in there and let it run at a low litre per minute rate?
i use a good amount of perlite in the promix. i add a lot because i want very good drainage...when we water there should be run off coming out the bottom right?
 
doc111

doc111

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jordisgarden said:
sweet thanks for the input guys...would it be beneficial to my grow if i hauled a huge tank of co2 in there and let it run at a low litre per minute rate?
i use a good amount of perlite in the promix. i add a lot because i want very good drainage...when we water there should be run off coming out the bottom right?
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CO2 is definitely good. Get something that tells you how much CO2 you are using. Too much could be dangerous for you. I always water so that there is runoff. It supposedly helps keep salts from building up and prevents dry pockets in the soil. Best of luck my friend. :bigjoint:
 
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