more air?

setup:
high pressure aeroponics in plastic container bin, and separate drain reservoir ( with air pump )

question:
if the aeroponic container has the lid on at all times, and there's no air coming in except that from the airated water, don't the roots need more air then that?

21% of air is oxygen with a ppm of over 200000 so no they wont be shy of oxygen

because of the nutrient solution? ..does this mean the air pump is almost useless in this case?

yeah pretty much, never done aeroponics but i'd say its not doing much open up the lid once a day if you want to boost the o2 levels back up

I've worked with a similar setup. You're good with the air stones in the resv to supply enough oxygen to the roots.
No need to open up aero grow chamber separately to allow air in. Just make sure your watering schedule is sufficient.


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