Aerating water for soil use ???

[chrishydro]

I am thinking of mixing water up with nutes the night before and letting sit in the watering pot with air stones until it is used to put more oxegyn in them.

Anyone ever do this or do you think it will do any good?

For soil use of course.

 

[past times]

I do it with my tap water, it helps the chlorine evaporate. I wait to add the nutrients until right before i water. Don't have pH meters or anything. But seems to work just fine. you definitely want to oxygenate the water though so keep using that airstone.

 

[chrishydro]

I do it with my tap water, it helps the chlorine evaporate. I wait to add the nutrients until right before i water. Don't have pH meters or anything. But seems to work just fine. you definitely want to oxygenate the water though so keep using that airstone.

I have total ph control so I think a good idea you have to wait and mix nutes that day.

 

[bertiswho]

i run super soil and not only do i run my water through a dechlorinator, i let it sit in the resevoir for a few days with an air stone going. seems to work good to me.

 

[PaulN'Chuck]

some people do it. i cant say ive done a side by side test or anything but it seems like it cant hurt. I figure it can only help. It'll help move that chlorine out of tap water a bit faster too

 

[RollupRick]

I hope this doesn't rub against the grain, but it all seems like people try hard to overcomplicate things. I use mineral water, although my local tap water is outstanding, I'd be more paranoid if I had shitty city water I admit.

Aerating? Stick it in a bottle and shake the fooker, lol. I think its easy to try so hard for perfection we make our lives unnecessarily complicated.

As long as the nutes are mixed with the water, the plant will know what to do with it. Nature wins.

 

[past times]

I hope this doesn't rub against the grain, but it all seems like people try hard to overcomplicate things. I use mineral water, although my local tap water is outstanding, I'd be more paranoid if I had shitty city water I admit.

Aerating? Stick it in a bottle and shake the fooker, lol. I think its easy to try so hard for perfection we make our lives unnecessarily complicated.

As long as the nutes are mixed with the water, the plant will know what to do with it. Nature wins.

a bucket with an airstone...Not that complicated. And a 5 gallon jug to shake up is heavy.

And oxygenated water over flat water WILL be appreciated by the plants

 

[RollupRick]

I guess I'm too lazy for all that, would be curious to see an experiment of aerated water versus un-aerated etc. Guess I've never really thought about it, I've always approached aeration by making my soil lighter, as opposed to aerating the water etc.

 

[woodsmaneh!]

The key to get more oxygen into the water is to lower the temp of the water. The colder the water the more oxygen it holds up to about 50 degrees. Putting an air stone in the water will help put more O2 into the water for sure, make sure you stir the shit out of it before you use it as there might be some settling of your nutrients. You can put a frozen water bottle into the water an hour or 2 before you use it and that will allow the water to hold more O2.

By the way tumbling water puts more O2 into it than an air stone, so shaking it in a bottle is better.

 

[PaulN'Chuck]

well what do ya know. somebodies gotta try a side by side on this one

 

[Milovan]

I am thinking of mixing water up with nutes the night before and letting sit in the watering pot with air stones until it is used to put more oxegyn in them.

Anyone ever do this or do you think it will do any good?

For soil use of course.

it is completely absurd not to do so.
and the same goes for not fluffing up the top soil
down to the roots gently 10-15 minutes after
watering/feeding.
you might as well throw away your plants otherwise

 

[Milovan]

Aerating? Stick it in a bottle and shake the fooker, lol. I think its easy to try so hard for perfection we make our lives unnecessarily complicated.

aerate. instead of shaking you could sit back, relax, enjoy a puff
and/or a cold one

 

[RollupRick]

I'm still curious as to the advantages of it in a soil op, fluffing soil now too? How does nature do that with rainwater? Plenty of successful grows occur without giving grow soil an Indian head massage. Am happy to be convinced otherwise, I relax even more by not worrying in the first place, hehe

 

[Milovan]

"How does nature do that with rainwater? Plenty of successful grows occur without giving grow soil an Indian head massage. "

yes but those grows would have been A LOT more successful with that massage no doubt
whatsoever.
aerating and fluffing up the soil is a added advantage
to soil grows. they help oxygenate the roots which in turn
makes for a healthier plant all around and we know a healthy
plant does not attract bug pests also so it is a win win situation.

good example, i forgot to fluff the soil on one of my plants and noticed it had wilted tops
so I fluffed the top soil down to the roots and the tops sprang back with 5 minutes.
this convinced me 100% that aeration and
fluffing the soil is a must.

a partner of mine that grow og's in soil containers does not fluff the soil and
his plants do not grow anywhere near the rate of the og plants i grow. this
also convinced me to keep aerating and fluffing the soil. we use the same methods
of growing except for he don't aerate.

my og starters grow to 2 1/2 ft at less then a month old and that's just
for starters! with very young plants i get 4" growth per day and that is
with topping so tall and bushy they are.

aerating amd fluffing is a must

 

[Milovan]

one more example,
if i don't fluff the top soil, my plants
look good healthy and average with
the leaves sticking straight out and up
a bit but when I fluff the plants leaves
always stand very noticeably more erect and
look healthier and thriving
with more vigorous growth

 

[past times]

one more example,
if i don't fluff , my plants
look good healthy and average with
the leaves sticking straight out and up
a bit but when I fluff the plants leaves
always stand very noticeably more erect and
look healthier and thriving
with more vigorous growth

Are we talking about blowjobs now too? I wish i had a fluffer

 

[jonny2012]

Yea, what do you mean by fluffing? I have seen someone use the air-stone method as well, with good results.

 

[woodsmaneh!]

what he means is aerating the top couple inches of your soil. It does a number of things,
helps get air to the roots, helps prevent fungus gnats by allowing the top layer to dry out fast.

If I was going to do it I would work some worm castings into the top than water, you can use sheep compost or anything similar. better than a tea.

 

[RollupRick]

Yeah don't mistake my words for hatin', my interest is peaking now.

My soil is very light, 30% vermiculite and doesn't get 'compact' when wet. I've always assumed that alone provides a great advantage when it comes to breathing. I think the only way I'm going to appreciate any difference is to do an experiment and see for myself. I'll give it a try, and hopefully I eat my previous words

 

[MikeyP4-20]

it is completely absurd not to do so.
and the same goes for not fluffing up the top soil
down to the roots gently 10-15 minutes after
watering/feeding.
you might as well throw away your plants otherwise

Hi Buddie,

What do you mean fluff your top soil up? Could you let me know what you do? MP