New to DWC.

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nthanker

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Hey all,
I have been growing in soil, indoors. Doing DWC for the first time; I think I have enough information from this forum and local stores and folks, (I live in Mendocino), to get started. BTW, great info here and kindly presented suggestions!! My question is: has anyone out there used an oxygen concentrator to enhance the air presented to the roots in a DWC/bubbleponics system? The question might be moot if the higher O2 concentration screws things up, but I haven't found any thing about them. I am thinking about the small in house medical systems that go for $300-900 new, way cheaper used. Portables can be cheaper, but I don't know if they are designed for continuous run.
Thanks
nthanker
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

Well-Known Member
nthanker said:
Hey all,
I have been growing in soil, indoors. Doing DWC for the first time; I think I have enough information from this forum and local stores and folks, (I live in Mendocino), to get started. BTW, great info here and kindly presented suggestions!! My question is: has anyone out there used an oxygen concentrator to enhance the air presented to the roots in a DWC/bubbleponics system? The question might be moot if the higher O2 concentration screws things up, but I haven't found any thing about them. I am thinking about the small in house medical systems that go for $300-900 new, way cheaper used. Portables can be cheaper, but I don't know if they are designed for continuous run.
Thanks
nthanker
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Air concentrator?
What's that?
I'm interested in the www.o2grow.com method.
 
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nthanker

New Member
Thanks for that info! The oxygen concentrator works by compressing the surrounding air, removing the nitrogen, then delivering oxygen, I think up to 94% pure, to a patient via a nasal cannula. There are a great variety, size, and uses for them. The home medical devices are small, carry on luggage size, and are designed for continuous use. However, I like the site you mentioned, those much finer bubbles produced by their machines are probably more efficient. Again, thanks.
 
mista32

mista32

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The only thing you have to remember is oxygen is good for the roots but bad for the plants you'd have to exhaust all that O2 from the plants so the CO2 can absorb through the plant. Just get a bottle of oxygen from welding supply store and put a CO2 controller on it probably save you some money that's what I did it's like steroids for the plant
 
Douglas.Curtis

Douglas.Curtis

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15+ years with DWC, airpump and airstones are cheap and champ. :)
Wouldn't mind adding extra pure O2 though, excessive room air pumped through a res causes an artificial rise in pH. Would be interesting to see what additional oxygen does. Airpumps are plenty to prevent root root and for great growth.
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

Well-Known Member
Douglas.Curtis said:
15+ years with DWC, airpump and airstones are cheap and champ. :)
Wouldn't mind adding extra pure O2 though, excessive room air pumped through a res causes an artificial rise in pH. Would be interesting to see what additional oxygen does. Airpumps are plenty to prevent root root and for great growth.
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I've never had pH adjustments from mine. Ever.
 
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