Re: [CH] Firecracker-Indoor fun with plants
Meconella@aol.com
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:58:05 EDT
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<<<I'll find out specifics later but a friend of mine mixed up a yeast
concoction in a big bucket; the top is sealed except for a hose from
the bucket top that protrudes down to where the plants live. It gives
off some magic-voodoo air that green things love.>>>
In a message dated 8/28/98 5:17:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
petergaffney@bc.sympatico.ca writes:
<<any chance that the magic stuff is CO2 ? carbon dioxide ?
don't plants use that in photosynthesis? >>
Most probably. In fact co2 is usually the limiting factor in ps. There have
been experiments done that have shown when the amount of co2 is increased in
the atmosphere of growing plants, the rate of ps increased, I think up to 5
fold (or was that 2 fold?) In some cases, at least several years ago,
certain growers piped co2 into greenhouses to indirectly stimulate growth in
their plants.
Could be the reason people who talk to their plants, and at the same time
breathe on 'em, stimulate their growth. Of course if you've been eating alot
of habs, you might just kill 'em.
janet.