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Re: Re[2]: Aerated water improving plants' growth

At 01:04 PM 6/12/97 PST, you wrote:
>Janet wrote:
>>Wouldn't it be fabulous if just ratcheting up the
>>amount of oxygen that plants take in via water can achieve some of the same
>>enhanced results?  (I haven't forgotten about the trace elements in air
>>besides oxygen, but they're just that--traces--so I tend to think it's got
>>to be the O making the difference.)
>
>Hi all aeration curious,
>I'm wondering if it isn't some beneficial bacteria or something that
>is benefiting from the aerobic (vs. anaerobic) environment, and helping
>the plants in that way. Don't plants use carbon dioxide? Just a thought,
>but I wonder if giving them club soda would have an even better effect?
>(:) That could get expensive, though!
>Shawn
>swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
>Claremont, CA USDA9b Sunset19

Just getting through the e-mail backlog...

Plants do use CO2, but they also need O2 for their roots, and for energy
during times (such as night) when they're not photosynthesising. Since
plants can use CO2 only through their green parts (usually the leaves),
using club soda on the soil doesn't sound like it would make a difference.

This doesn't refute the aerobic bacteria theory, of course.

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