Crazy Idea: Nitrous Oxide pumped into air stones in the soil?

BeccaBuds

BeccaBuds

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Would the wee little critters in the soil break down the NO2 into usable nitrogen and oxygen? This would be an very interesting experiment but you'd have to wear a gas mask!
Then of course this raises the possibility of using NO2 in a DWC system instead of air. Another experiment?
 
maybe get a bunch of laughing plants with strangely tingling roots ..
 
kahoona said:
i was thinking about doing that just with air....give the roots a little more O2. has anyone tried that yet ?
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does not work unless your media is water.
 
I would think air pumped into the soil could be of benefit, if one uses Extreme Gardenings Azos product, a bacterial soil inoculant that fixes N from the air. Disclaimer: I haven't used Azos but it looks to me like it may be useful.
 
beccabuds said:
Would the wee little critters in the soil break down the NO2 into usable nitrogen and oxygen? This would be an very interesting experiment but you'd have to wear a gas mask!
Then of course this raises the possibility of using NO2 in a DWC system instead of air. Another experiment?
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Nitrous oxide is N2O, it is broken down into N and O (various ammonia, nitrite/nitrate coumpounds) in the soil, however, much of the N2O is not converted and is released into the air from the soil. N2O is a powerful greenhouse gas, and extremely harmful to the ozone layer. Doubtful that it would do any good in a DWC.
 
I wouldn't use nitrous with Azos, either. The little buggers would be too stoned to do any useful work. :laugh:
Best for those with superchargers and turbo-boosters on their cars.
 
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