Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:43:42 +0800 From: "John H. Phillips III" <phillips@library.ucsf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2324$foo@default> Subject: Re: Oxygen in Soil
> Rick and CPers
> I grow Sarracenias hydroponically using floater trays. I run an
> aquarium bubbler in the winter time when I bring them into the green
> house to place them a 12 foot by 12 foot plastic lined wooden frame. I
> do so for the following reasons: to provide oxygen and CO2 to the
>water,
> to keep the water from becoming stagnated, to keep the fungicides
> circulating, and help keep the temperature of the water from the top to
> the bottom at more even temperatures. The bubbling action helps
>dissipate the sun heated water. I run the bubbler only at night this
>seems to help heat the greenhouse a little. In the spring through fall
>I have them outside in pools or in the pond, so I do not worry about the
>oxygen and CO2 levels as we get quite a bit of rain. I will try a
>container with and without the bubbler this winter and let you know.
>Joe Cumbee
Hi Joe, can I ask what sort of "soil" media you're growing these in when you
say you're growing them hydroponically?
Thanx in advance,
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