Why bubbled water?

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aceboogie!

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sup everybody! just wondering why some people recommend to bubble the water instead of using RO or tall boy. im thinking of doing a soil grow with organic nutes on my next run. Bubbled tap water or RO? i was thinking of going RO and just adding the calcium and minerals needed. Expert advice is greatly appreciated.
 
highway42O

highway42O

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RO takes nutes away is the only reason.. if your plant has enough of what is wants it will be fine.. Id say collect rain water but I normally use my tap water which has a carbon filter on it.. just make sure you ph it.
 
highway42O

highway42O

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What about it.. with RO? as I said your plant will be fine.. im sure you will put enough nutes in it, it will make up for any loss.. and if you notice anything you can correct it..
 
highway42O

highway42O

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I add the water I have.. sometimes its left over spring water sometimes its tap and sometimes rain.. H2O is the same.. its whats in or not in the water that matters..
 
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T.H.Cammo

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I sense that part of what you are asking is "Why bubble the water?".

The bubbles keep the water "stirred up" and add extra Oxygen, both of which help the Chorine evaporate out faster. And if your "brewing" tea it also speeds up that process a little, not quite sure why though.
 
highway42O

highway42O

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Ive heard of people using carbonated water too.. I don't but I suppose it would raise the carbon dioxide in the room and plant uptake
 
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BuffaloBanjo

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It speeds up the brewing process because just as you said it adds O2 to the mix. Water with oxygen is aerobic and water with out is anaerobic. Anaerobic water is not good it has all kinds of nasty shit in it. Aerobic water is the perfect breeding ground for the beneficial micros in your tea then you add worm castings, humas, molasses, ands whatever else to feed the micros.

The reason ou bubble tap water instead of using an RO is as mention earlier it takes out the minerals.. The objective is to remove the chlorine, fluoride, ... From the water. I have never tried but putting tap water in a tea brew I'm pretty sure the chlorine will kill the micros. I you let the water sit in the sun for a day to let the chlorine dissipate from the water leaving the calcium and other minerals a bubbler just speeds this process up. There is also a school of thought that adding O2 to water before water the plant will result in more O2 intake through the roots. That's why airoponics systems wook so well for rooting clones.
 
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highway42O

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let your tap water sit out for a day and the chlorine is gone.. and it all depends on the amount of chlorine and microbes.. like I said it all depends on what is in and not in the water that matters.. all H2O is the same..
 
highway42O

highway42O

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My only question is why use oxygenated water instead of carbonated since the plant uses carbon dioxide and not oxygen
 
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aceboogie!

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BuffaloBanjo said:
It speeds up the brewing process because just as you said it adds O2 to the mix. Water with oxygen is aerobic and water with out is anaerobic. Anaerobic water is not good it has all kinds of nasty shit in it. Aerobic water is the perfect breeding ground for the beneficial micros in your tea then you add worm castings, humas, molasses, ands whatever else to feed the micros.

The reason ou bubble tap water instead of using an RO is as mention earlier it takes out the minerals.. The objective is to remove the chlorine, fluoride, ... From the water. I have never tried but putting tap water in a tea brew I'm pretty sure the chlorine will kill the micros. I you let the water sit in the sun for a day to let the chlorine dissipate from the water leaving the calcium and other minerals a bubbler just speeds this process up. There is also a school of thought that adding O2 to water before water the plant will result in more O2 intake through the roots. That's why airoponics systems wook so well for rooting clones.
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thanks guy. So if I bubble the water for 48hrs all the chlorine will dissipate? Then I could use it for compost tea?
 
highway42O

highway42O

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I guess the reason to my question is cost? and.. yea plus bubbling water like that is only used in hydro from my understanding to help keep air on the roots to help with root rot..? the chlorine will evaporate either way...
 
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BuffaloBanjo

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Well actually the roots and the leaves need O2. The only reason I can think of for using co2 in water is that it will dissipate into the air allowing the plant leaves to absorb it. co2 is used in photosynthesis which takes place in the leaf. . O2 is used in photosynthesis( leaf) and used in the uptake of water and nutes (roots).. If the plant only absorbed o2 through the roots then you could turn co2 up to whatever ppm you wanted but since the plant also needs o2 in the air we have to cap it off at like 2000 ppm ( I think ) I do not supplement co2. It is becoming more evident just how important o2 is to the root system just look at all the fabric pots on the market today.
 
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BuffaloBanjo

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To sum up my view on it: I know a good amount about horticulture in general. How MJ uses oxygenated water to thrive I know a little. but I do know without a doubt that when a guy standing in front of a 15' tall plant about to yield him 10+ pounds says o2 water is a good idea, I spend $20 on a pump and stone.
 
missnu

missnu

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RO in soil is an unnecessary expenditure...People say to bubble the water, or let it sit just to get all the chlorine out if you have municipal water...If you have a well then you are good to go.
 
missnu

missnu

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The bubbling of the water isn't even really to add oxygen and make the water better for the plant...as I said before it is just to help evaporate all the chlorine out faster...but just letting the water sit for 24 hrs will get rid of any as well.
 
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