Misting with carbonated/mineral water
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UserFriendly
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if we're talking club soda, then there will likely be toxic levels of sodium and sulfur. just get you an oscillating fan yo.
MsMILFweed
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I'm glad you started this thread (saved me having to 
) ... I've heard it's good to also water the plants with mineral water too as it gives direct C02 to the leaves (edit: not leaves.. I mean roots). The problem is finding one that doesn't have the salts and other shit added (like Club Soda).
) ... I've heard it's good to also water the plants with mineral water too as it gives direct C02 to the leaves (edit: not leaves.. I mean roots). The problem is finding one that doesn't have the salts and other shit added (like Club Soda).
kü$h
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I'm glad you started this thread (saved me having to
True dat.
Also is it possible for the contra to be harmed at all from the magnification through the water droplets?
UserFriendly
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I'm glad you started this thread (saved me having to
Do not put carbonated water into soil. 
MsMILFweed
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kü$h;703330 said:
That's what I was wondering, because misting the plants in the dark would make no sense because as the plants use c02 during the light and not dark time, so you can't mist at night.
MsMILFweed
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Why not?
I've seen it recommended in two marijuana growing books (one of them is the growers bible).
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UserFriendly
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because roots need O2 not CO2. If you drench the soil with carbonated water, you're going to suffocate the plant.
maybe you can scan the page for us, or post up a quote on that?
MsMILFweed
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You're right, I agree with you, they do want oxygen ... however, the last place I read it while I was in the book store in The Growers Bible. I'll go back and check it out, unless someone else here has a print copy they could check.
metagrower
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Seriously, without metrics experimentation is mostly useless. Or at least, without metrics your experimentation is far from scientific and therefore isn't really solid as a foundation for any sort of assumptions.
That being said, when you pour the carbonated water into the spray bottle it will release a lot of the carbonation. When you force the solution through the spray nozzle and atomize the solution, wouldn't all the carbon be released? I am sure /some/ would still be in there, but would it be in the form of CO2? I doubt it.
Still, it's possible that the release of the carbonation into the room would augment the CO2 levels. In which case, you might as well just set a glass full of soda water behind your fan and hope that it adds CO2 to the ambient atmosphere as it naturally releases its carbons more slowly.
Not something I'm rushing out to try though. I'm more likely to pick up some dry ice before I start leaving soda water lying around my grow.
hemlockstones
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im going to try it this grow.. one of the first movies i watched said to do it (anyone else see the movie on the net with the crazy guy w/ his face painted green, he tells you how to grow in your basement) anyway... i check on em all the time anyway and spray with water, might as well use soda water? im sure if you spray it on the leaf it will fizz... and thats exactly what you want right? i unno, i guess i will find out...
UncleSunny
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Be warned, some mineral waters have sugars added or naturally occurring in them...not enough for your tongue to notice, but enough for any wandering pests to be drawn to your plants. I tried it once, got caterpillars in my bud. Honestly, if you are growing in a room, a co2 generator made from a coke bottle and some yeast works much better, IMHO.
metagrower
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I'd love to see a how-to on that coke bottle + yeast co2 gen. 
Seamaiden
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I'd love to see a how-to on that coke bottle + yeast co2 gen.
Hey! You asked for that thread and linkage, and you haven't posted there yet. Look to freshwater planted tanks for TONS of how-to's on soda bottle CO2 generators.
The thread's down in Toke N Talk.
metagrower
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oh snap! thanks! Imma jump in the shower for a sec, but I'll be happy to aqua chat in a few!
