Oxygenation of soil.
I have a friend who works for a gas distributing company, ( oxygen, gas
nitrogen etc.)
We were talking about getting oxygen to the roots of new plants in the patch
and we came up with an idea of putting 2 or 3 probes into the hill about 12 to
18 inches below the surface of the soil and regulating the oxygen so as to let
a little out at certain intervals during the week or the day to see if this
enhanced the growth of a plant. As we got into this we were thinking about gas
nitrogen and doing the same.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? Do you think this could enhance
the growth of the plants?
when you think about oxygen in the air you are talking about 21% and if the
soil is aerated temporarily you are only getting 21% oxygen to the roots,
So what we are thinking is to put 100% pure oxygen into the soil periodically
and maybe doing the same with nitrogen.
Yes normally this may be cost prohibiting but he is willing to supply the
gasses, tanks and regulators for free.
Anyone have any thought or input about this idea?
Harold
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