Airiator for plants ??????

[nugsmoker]

Hey, they have these things called "airiator" or something like that and people that like to fidh use them.They hang on the side of the bait bucket and a tiny tube is placed in the water and it blows out air, this puts ait in the water and helps keep the bait alive, giving it cO2.

What if you put 1 or 2 of these in your soil near the bottom? This would cause air to flow thru the soil so the plants can breath better.

Do you think it would work or no ?

nugsmoker Reviewed by nugsmoker on 12-06-2007. Airiator for plants ?????? Hey, they have these things called "airiator" or something like that and people that like to fidh use them.They hang on the side of the bait bucket and a tiny tube is placed in the water and it blows out air, this puts ait in the water and helps keep the bait alive, giving it cO2. What if you put 1 or 2 of these in your soil near the bottom? This would cause air to flow thru the soil so the plants can breath better. Do you think it would work or no ? Rating: 5

[keeko]

its a good experiment that has been mentioned before but have never seen it done. the only problem i would see is your airiator getting clogged when watering your plant....but give it a shot.

[stinkyattic]

The same thing is accomplished by adding a lot of perlite to the soil and letting it dry out between waterings. Air is sucked in to replace the lost moisture. This cycle is important.
Baitfish need O2, not CO2, in the water to survive.

[nugsmoker]

You know everything STINKYATTIC !!!

haha well that answers my question, Now what about earthworms, can you put those in your soil ?

[stinkyattic]

Indoors, it's not common practice and I don't recommend it.
In nature, earthworms provide castings and aeration.
Indoors, perlite provides aeration and you can buy worm shit or worm shit extract pretty cheaply.
It's far more efficient and anyway I highly doubt the worms would survive in such an artificial environment with no food for long.

[nugsmoker]

Im gonna use worm castings. haha

What about useing sugar water ??

[stinkyattic]

Thumbs up on the sugar water. Most benefit comes using it in late flower.

[sam111]

there would bee no benfites sticking a aircube thig into the mud,like stinky said you can use perlite and vermlite to keep oxygen in the soil going to the roots,a thing you could do tho place a aircube in your water the night before feeding the plants or shake the water in a bottle,this will make oxygen present in the water,enought for the roots any way,the main thing you need is a good soil mix.