o2 and plant roots.

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strangladesh

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• Jul 27, 2014

• #1

What is the mechanism that takes in o2 into the plant roots?

Do the roots need o2 to be dissolve in h2o to absorb efficently?

Would adding pure o2 either to push off other gasses in the water/nute mix or to "trap" o2 bubbles in the root, Nute, water mixes be beneficial. To put it another way to not worry about dissolving the o2 but to suspend it in the water still in gas form.

Any thought or links are greatly appreciated.

 

Burnside GC

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• Jul 27, 2014

• #2

Instead of a root boost product we use pure O2 to charge the Rez


50 lb O2 tank, green O2 line, saltwater air stone that screws into the threaded end of O2 line. You can also buy a meter to read the O2 saturation.


Roots LOVE IT

 

Asslover

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• Jul 27, 2014

• #3

Burnside GC said:

Instead of a root boost product we use pure O2 to charge the Rez


50 lb O2 tank, green O2 line, saltwater air stone that screws into the threaded end of O2 line. You can also buy a meter to read the O2 saturation.


Roots LOVE IT

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Fuckin blown away here. Can you post any pics?

 

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strangladesh

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• Jul 27, 2014

• #4

http://science.blurtit.com/1573632/why-do-roots-need-oxygen

 

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strangladesh

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• Jul 27, 2014

• #5

This one answered some of my questions.

Mainly that its not just absorbed through the liquid solution but also absorbed in gas form. So it may not matter how cool you get your water to "hold" as much o2 as possible if you can get the plants to pull it in in gas form.

http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/pdf/BioSci_126-Plant Roots-The Hidden Half.pdf

 

Burnside GC

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• Jul 27, 2014

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strangladesh

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• Jul 27, 2014

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Do you chill your reservoir? Do you take o2 reading? From my understanding water can only hold a small amount of o2 a room temp.
Im thinking this may be better suited to a larger plant in a setup like dwc were the o2 bubbles can be trapped by the roots.

 

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strangladesh

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• Jul 27, 2014

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strangladesh

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• Aug 2, 2014

• #9

No one has any input?

 

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tiffa

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• Aug 19, 2016

• #10

strangladesh said:

No one has any input?

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It's a great idea...Aquaculturists blow O2 into their huge fish tanks once density and temps increase..if that's the tech for fish, it won't be far off for plants too ;-)