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Ontario, Canada.

Has anybody tried this. The hunt continues. This is taken from the attached link. Claims 30% plant growth gain?

http://ma.essortment.com/howtooxygenate_pjy.htm

SUPER-ENRICH YOUR WATER WITH OXYGEN


Super-enriching your water with oxygen is a very simple process. All it requires is adding one(1) pint hydrogen peroxide to one(1) gallon water, shake well(vigorously for about five(5) seconds), and allow it to sit over night. The reason this enriches the water with oxygen is simple. Water is two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, H2O. Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2, or water with an extra atom of oxygen. When H2O2 is added to H2O, the extra atom in the hydrogen peroxide attaches itself to bacteria and impurities in the water, thereby disinfecting it. After most impurities have been eliminated, you are left with a water-hydrogen peroxide mix. When added to your plants the extra oxygen in the hydrogen peroxide attaches to the roots, helps increase nutrient uptake, and increases plant growth by 30%.

11/21/2004 9:52:17 AM

Ontario, Canada.

We have not talked much about aeration of the soil. The greatest enemy of plant roots is soil compaction, because plant roots grow best in soil that is loose. That's why it's important to routinely aerate the soil in flower and vegetable gardens.

11/21/2004 10:07:13 AM

caro mi.

well since your on the subject , does anyone think carbonated water mixed with a foliar such as manure tea or something like that , would greatly enhance your plant size or pumpkin size , for that matter ? anyone tried this ? Dan O.

11/21/2004 12:47:21 PM

Oz

vant sum selza wid dat?

11/21/2004 1:14:04 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Look here:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=10&p=92668

ha ha...I beat you to it! lol

11/21/2004 1:19:52 PM

Ontario, Canada.

OK Monty, Good work..

11/21/2004 2:16:47 PM

Rhode Island

the addition of oxygen in your soil and/or watering system is extremely benificial to growth

as the gentleman mentioned earlier having a loose unbound soil is the better of both worlds

once you know your soil is what it should be its certainly worth the effort to get additional oxygen working for you

i was going to try a simple method last year but because of the spring rush i never got to experiement

i was going to bury a soaker hose down through the base and along underground in the area where the main will be buried
i would leave the hose coming out of the base exposed and capped
i would of course cap the buried end
then once or twice a week i would run my air compressor
( on low ) down into the hose for a couple minutes each time

will it work ? who knows ? but it may be good for a quick burst of oxygen

i got to much time on my hands

11/21/2004 5:27:52 PM

Ohio

Pap,
Unless you have a very high dollar air compressor it will spit small amounts of oil in the air supply and probably do some real damage.
Thats why you shouldn't use an air compressor for fresh air supply while you paint or the oil droplets could be inhaled and kill ya... so if it can kill us it probably would kill a plant.

11/21/2004 7:17:47 PM

Ohio

Pap,if you use a good filter somehow,I dont think you would have much to lose trying it.

Brooks

11/21/2004 11:06:23 PM

ENGLAND

Dick
I was thinking exactly the same as you as an idea of introducing air into the soil to keep it loose. We have got a compressor here and a spare reciever tank that can hooked up to double the capacity of compressed air. Oil only usually enters the Air line if the seals have gone on the pump OR there is an inline Air Tool lube unit in place.

11/22/2004 7:31:43 AM

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Install a line drier/filter of the sort used by body shops. Oil on a new paint job is disasterous too.

11/22/2004 7:47:11 AM

Rhode Island

thanks everyone for the suggestions
i will place them in my folder

ps-- several years back we also experimented with what i called ( root tubes )

i took a couple pcs of three inch pvc pipe about four feet long
drilled a dozen or so holes at the end going into the ground (up around one foot from the bottom )---you could also use a piece of predrilled drainage pipe with even more holes available

i buried the pipes three to three and a half ft down into the plants base and spaced them about two and one half ft apart with the plant later being placed between the pipes

i also put a screen cover on the pipes to keep out unwanted guests
from time to time i would pour some liquid additives down the tube, and others i just let oxygen enter

had our growing skills been better at the time of this experiment who knows it may have been very benificial

thanks again everyone
dick

11/22/2004 9:54:15 AM

Ontario, Canada.

You would want to filter your air down to .01 mircons.
Two filters is actually better. Start with a 1 micron prefilter then a .01 micron after filter which is good for vapour. The standard 40 micron filters are simply not fine enough.

11/22/2004 5:35:22 PM