Club soda or seltzer water to water plants?

If you were to use the seltzer in a hydro or aero set up would you just spray some club soda on them when they are flowering?

Just to make this clear...You spray the leaves, you do NOT water the plants with the soda water.

but once the water passes through a spray wont the bubbles be gone?

smarty said:

but once the water passes through a spray wont the bubbles be gone?

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Not sure but....your roots need OXYGEN, co2 is not good for your roots. Plus Im pretty sure its right in the growfaq that you spray the leaves and you do not water the plants.

i think i will stick to my outdoor plants lol

make sure you dont use club soda to mist you plants... it has sodium in it and it can built up on your plants and damage them.

Growing outside you get all the natural C02 you need.

We used to use club soda to loosen the soil in outdoor plants. The gas is released and mixes with the outside air. Go ahead and use it water and you will get the affect of CO2 as spraying the leaves.

do not use club soda!! it has salt in it.
use (sodium free) seltzer water.

watering with it, is not effective, the roots use oxygen not co2.
it should be sprayed on the leaves

lol maybe capture the CO2 in a ziplock bag? put the bag over the lid of a bottle of soda then shake it up to get the carbon dioxide molecules moving faster and escape into the bag then zip it up and give it to the plant somehow...IDK imma noob at growin LOL

DO NOT USE CLUB SODA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! use seltzer water, club soda has salt in it and you dont want that, i do it to the plants when they are small but stop once they start flowering, its way to easy to get a good case of bud mold if you soak your buds with a spray bottle, personaly im not to sure about the ammopunt of co2 this delivers to the plants but it does wash them off which is good too do from time to time

If you don't have a great co2 input to your plants this can help 100 fold make sur you turn your fans off while doing this it give's your plants more chance of takeing in all that lovely co2 make sure it's just soda water with no additive's this will fuck your plant's.

Late post, but I'll weight in.

Definitely don't use Club Soda - Lots of Na(Sodium).

Don't use Seltzer -1/2 the Na of Club

Someone already said it I'm sure, but Na clogs stomata.


Use Sparkling Water. ZERO Na, just H2O and CO2.

Arrowhead Sparkling Water, Non flavored as sugars/flavoring also clog stomata.

About $1 per litre at any store. Plants eat it up.

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it works, dont use club soda as it contains salt, you want seltzer water

BaconSquishy said:

I personally dont think that the CO2 through the club soda would work because traditionally CO2 enters through the leaves not the stem and roots and bubbles in the plant? just doesnt seem that good of an idea but who knows someone should try it.

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roots can take in oxygen and CO2. thats why overwatering can kill any plant, because the roots are suffocated.

cheda said:

another question if anyone cares to answer
to adjust ph levels in the water or soil, i've heard of ppl using vinegar to make the ph level go down (acidic), are there other solutions besides the actual pure ph solution to bring the ph level up? (talking about common household liquids/products)

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Hi there, dont know if anyone answered but i think baking soda makes pH lvls go up.

And thanks about first part of question, because im starting my own garden and i was thinking about problem of co2.

I've been pouring a can of seltzer into my run-off bucket every day. i don't know how much it helps, but my assumption is that the co2 dissolves out of the soda into the air, where the plants can get it. since it doesn't go on the plants, i use raspberry lime flavor, because thats what i drink. i'm hoping maybe the flavor will get into the plants somehow.

the video is mr greens i grow chronic and he states that he uses co2 canisters and "Bubbly Water" he says he does both but i also cant tell is he talking about doing this in the flowering stage only or is using seltzer water good for veg cycle

lol yea that gave me a good laugh, (also baked ahahah)

I have a bottle of seltzer water that says it contains 5mg of sodium per serving (8 fl oz) (what it describes as "very low sodium.") Would this small amount still be harmful to spray onto the plants?