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The pH of seltzer water is 3-4. It would kill them faster than acid rain.
Why would you think this is beneficial?
Carbonated water - CO2 - which plants live off of. Maybe add a base to water to get the pH to about 7.0 so it won't be too acidic for the plants. Just curious.
Carbonated water - CO2 - which plants live off of. Maybe add a base to water to get the pH to about 7.0 so it won't be too acidic for the plants. Just curious.
EdX
OMG, really?
When you put CO2 in water the vast majority of it becomes carbonic acid. Plants cannot turn carbonic acid into CO2 . They do not take CO2 in through their roots. CO2 is not "what plant live off of", it is one of the building blocks for the sugars, along with water, that they turn into sugar, which is the "food" they utilize to grow.
If you add a base, to an acid (like carbonic acid) you get salt water. Do you see the problem yet?
So to sum up, carbonated water would kill plants, and it would have no benefit.
When you put CO2 in water the vast majority of it becomes carbonic acid. Plants cannot turn carbonic acid into CO2 . They do not take CO2 in through their roots. CO2 is not "what plant live off of", it is one of the building blocks for the sugars, along with water, that they turn into sugar, which is the "food" they utilize to grow.
If you add a base, to an acid (like carbonic acid) you get salt water. Do you see the problem yet?
So to sum up, carbonated water would kill plants, and it would have no benefit.
CO2 is carbon dioxide which plants do live off of through their leaves which have chlorophyll that convert the CO2 to O2 (oxygen). I don't think you're following me.
CO2 is carbon dioxide which plants do live off of through their leaves which have chlorophyll that convert the CO2 to O2 (oxygen). I don't think you're following me.
EdX
If you put the sparking water on the ground, the only way they would take it up is through the roots. They cannot take up CO2 through their roots. Are you suggsting sprinkling it on the leaves? Keep in mind stomata are only on the underside of leaves.
You do realize there is water in your mouth right? From the saliva, the bubbles when they hit the water in your mouth dissolve. The part that is carbonic acid in the seltzer is from the part of the CO2 that has already dissolved in the solution.
If you put the sparking water on the ground, the only way they would take it up is through the roots. They cannot take up CO2 through their roots. Are you suggsting sprinkling it on the leaves? Keep in mind stomata are only on the underside of leaves.
Yes. I'm certain a sprinkling system would work in reaching the stomata. To stay on-topic, what effect would the Seltzer water have on the growth of plants as opposed to rainwater? (btw how would rainwater reach the stomata?)
EdX
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