How the stomata works and how it can help us.

[stinkyattic]

Generally I enforce the no-hot linking rule in cases where our vendors' industries and the linked sites' industries are too closely matched. In the grow area, where equipment is concerned, sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do, lol! Until I hear otherwise from da bossmans, anyway

I've used the neutrogena bottle before, just not on plants yet, lol! The dry winter air around here makes my skin angry... I'll let ya know how it is as a foliar applicator as soon as I use one up, hahaha! But I DO use hair-shine product bottles for feeding my Micro foliar and for giving AVID (systemic pesticide).

[daihashi]

Here are the links; or some of them anyway. I came home on my lunch break to take a look at my plants.

Lecture 22
Royal Horticultural Society - Gardening Advice: Summer Watering
Potassium Involvement in Stomatal Movements of Paphiopedilum -- WILLMER et al. 34 (5): 507 -- Journal of Experimental Botany
Q&A - BIOLOGY by Miller & Levine
HOW STOMATES OPEN AND CLOSE STOMATA OPEN AND CLOSE IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS
Library of Crop Technology Lessons
Guard Cells Extrude Protons Prior to Stomatal Opening--A Study using Fluorescence Microscopy and pH Micro-electrodes -- EDWARDS et al. 39 (11): 1541 -- Journal of Experimental Botany
Stomatal opening and closing
Specific Requirement of Potassium for Light-Activated Opening of Stomata in Epidermal Strips -- Humble and Hsiao 44 (2): 230 -- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Light-dependent Influx and Efflux of Potassium of Guard Cells during Stomatal Opening and Closing

That's just some of them. Alot of this wasn't included in my original post. I wanted to try to keep it simple. There is actually so much to know about the stomata and it's behaviors that I didn't want to clutter up the thread with everything I had found.

Instead I wanted to try to go for a progressive discussion. I'm open to discuss anything however if someone brings it up.

I'll post the rest whenever I get home from work again.

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[stinkyattic]

Very cool, and you have created a FAQ-worthy thread fo sho!

[CashandPrizes]

I looked up the nutrimist ultrasonic fogger. I need to learn more but there might be a way to make your own.

The only problem that came to mind was, even though its a "dry fog" it still might not be good for your grow lights?

[daihashi]

I looked up the nutrimist ultrasonic fogger. I need to learn more but there might be a way to make your own.

The only problem that came to mind was, even though its a "dry fog" it still might not be good for your grow lights?

raise the lights when you apply. Shouldn't be an issue if you use LST.

I suspect that really this would only be useful as a mid day application. The water + potassium that is. After the plant has lost some turgidity in it's guard cells.

[daihashi]

Very cool, and you have created a FAQ-worthy thread fo sho!

Thanks. I just wish I had the space to start a new crop. I'll probably start expiermenting on a set of plants during my next grow.

2 plants for variables and 2 plants grown as I would normally do it. For a constant.

I have a 400x-900x microscope on order. I think I should be able to see the stomata at 400x magnification.

edit: Actually I have some herbs and small fruiting plants I could probably test this on. I just need them to grow a little bit larger so I can manipulate the leaves and stuff for the microscope.

[fiddyonefiddy]

im trying the same thing, with the stomatas but opening them even more.in the morning this gets played the bird chirps open the stomata bigger YouTube - The Rainforest just using sound waves, not heavy metal, but thunder b4 watering rain storm while watering YouTube - Sounds of nature - Thunder and rain and draining, just stuff on you tube easily accesible.im gonna try all of this in my first round of flower. this particular piece was very interesting. kinda on the same page as me just going a different way. also im reading how certain sound waves can trigger celluar growth in the plants.
Earthpulse Press
this is also a good read .

[daihashi]

im trying the same thing, with the stomatas but opening them even more.in the morning this gets played the bird chirps open the stomata bigger YouTube - The Rainforest just using sound waves, not heavy metal, but thunder b4 watering rain storm while watering YouTube - Sounds of nature - Thunder and rain and draining, just stuff on you tube easily accesible.im gonna try all of this in my first round of flower. this particular piece was very interesting. kinda on the same page as me just going a different way. also im reading how certain sound waves can trigger celluar growth in the plants.
Earthpulse Press
this is also a good read .

Interesting. I'll be reading up on that as well.

[fiddyonefiddy]

yours was a good read too.

[SnSstealth]

Bump*
I have dabbled into stomata research myself, mostly with sound and light triggers.
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