Spraying your plants with bubble water?

[Hardsmoker]

In "I grow chronic" this green dude says he uses bubble water to spray his plants every day to give them CO2.

What do you think?

[Reuben34]

sounds legit to me. my only question would be how fast does the plant "breathe in" the CO2, i.e. are the carbon bubbles going to escape from the area too fast?

[qz420]

how are you getting bubble water, with a fishtank bubbler, if so then your just adding oxygen to the water not co2.

[Hardsmoker]

no, I was thinking on buying bubbler water from a store...those drinking waters usually come with bubbles

[tommyboy6001]

u mean like carbonated water? yeah that could work or at least it couldnt hurt the plant i'm interested to see if it really helps

[urgr8estfear]

Originally Posted by Hardsmoker

In "I grow chronic" this green dude says he uses bubble water to spray his plants every day to give them CO2.

What do you think?

Uhhh, how do I say this nicely : that's pretty....pretty.....weird... (ahum)

Water becomes more acidic if you dissolve CO2 in it (acid rain anybody?).

CO2 & H2O -----> CO- & O2 & 2H+, right guys?

The H+ parts = acid = bad news.

The CO2 needs to meet the plant in a gasseous state before it can become assimilated.

You should the bubble water die next to your plant.
Meaning, let it bubble in a glass next your plant.

[UncleSammy]

If you were to let the water bubble next to your plant, would any type of carbonated liqiud work? such as soda or whatever.

[nicho69]

dont really know could be good idea , not entirely sure urgr8testfear .and even if that reaction is correct I don't think a little h+ is so bad for your plant

but i'd say stick with normal water , drink the carbonized one

[toastybiz]

The CO2 would not dissolve into the water and chemically change it, otherwise every time you opened a Coke you'd be drinking a bottle of acid. In soda the CO2 is infused as a gas, pushed into the water (actually amongst the water) by pressure.

The idea of opening a soda next to your plant for CO2 enrichment has been examined before. What I remember about it is that somebody much smarter that I am got out a calculator or a slide rule and basically concluded that the amount of CO2 let out by one soda won't make a difference to your plant. Don't ask me about two sodas, ten sodas, etc. -- I don't remember the numbers just the general conclusion that you could just breathe on your plants and give them more CO2.

[lemmenischnikit]

id have to agree with the toaster on this
you're better off drinking the soda water and feeding reg-or purified from the faucet.
CO2 is the hardest easy thing to get into the grow room n if it ever became that that was the way to do it for the poor hippy then id have to kick myself for a long long time.

[spectre556]

I have Co2 is not cheap and there is so little in carbonated water. You actually exhale more than what is given off from carbonated water.

[Greenbean101]

i add a lil hydrogen proxide to my water its good for it. alot of ppl use it in there hydroponic systems.

[toastybiz]

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is completely different. It is a solution that delivers oxygen, not carbon dioxide, in gas form. Pure oxygen actually is lethal to many life forms, including algae and many bacteria. It is used for cleaning hydroponic systems. Some soil growers also use it to sterilize and oxygenate their soil. However, on the flip side, some advise against it for soil, believing that it kills beneficial bacteria as well.

[HerbsINtheBurbs]

Originally Posted by moggggys

Knowing co2 increases your yeild by 30-40% i had a quick look around the internet and came up with a way of making co2 at home cheaply

You need the following to get started

bag of suger
yeast
water and a 2 litre plastic bottle

Fill a 2 cup measuring cup with hot water, and dissolve the sugar in it (3/4 of a cup of suger). If you use a cup with a spout, you can pour the mixture directly into the bottle without a funnel (one less gadget to clean!)

Add three more cups of cold water to the mixture and shake it up.

Dissolve the yeast ( teaspoon full) in a cup of cold water and add to mixture.

Add more cold water to mixture to fill to desired level ( u dont have to be to fussy about how much water you use ).

Shake the mixture well.

Let sit at room temperature for a few hours until the mixture reaches room temperature.

To speed up production mix yeast in a cup of warm ( 80 degrees ) water for 20 minutes before adding . HOT water kills yeast

Some batches of yeast take longer get going than others. For example, yeast stored in a refrigerator takes longer to become active than yeast stored at room temperature. Letting the yeast sit out at room temperature overnight before adding it to your mixture reduces the startup delay

Using the above mixture, expect to get 10-14 days of strong CO2 production

If you have a large grow room just set up more than one bottle

You could drill a hole into the top of the bottle , run a pipe the same size through it and vent into a cup of water to check its still working

I adapted/stole/rippedoff almost all the infomation listed above from an aquarian site its just to good to pass up , enjoy

taken not from gc, but many swear by it

[arseface]

Originally Posted by HerbsINtheBurbs

taken not from gc, but many swear by it

* LOL WORDS *

I used to do this...

Then one day I sat down and worked out about how much CO2 was being produced (from the carbon content of the sugar being fed to them). Well, when you factor in the ventilation in a grow room it adds only a tiny, tiny amount to the already small amount of CO2 already in the atmosphere.

You could argue that the grow will later recycle this CO2 from elesewhere around the house (if that's where intake air comes from). Well, when you compare the amount of CO2 given off by even a large setup of yeast solution compared to the amount given off by a single human it's still tiny (just for scale think about the amount of 'food' consumed by a human compared to a yeast culture. The CO2 given off differs roughly in proportion as well).

So, bottom line, don't bother. If you have ventilation, the CO2 is removed with that. If you recycle air through the house, you will be providing a lot more CO2 all by yourself.