ionizer or ozone machine

[troy]

Anybody ever use these in their greenhouse?

 

[Ray]

No. I doubt there would be any beneficial effects, but metals will rust faster, and plastics will decompose faster.

 

[troy]

Thanks rick!!

 

[Ozpaph]

and ozone is bad for you, I understand

 

[troy]

I was looking at a way to purify air in a natural way, researching all avenues...preferrably a sustainable way

 

[MorandiWine]

If you want to clean the air just get a turbo fan and a carbon filter.


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[Ray]

What are you trying to "clean"?

 

[troy]

I have some mold and little white dots of stuff showing up in the medium, they smelled funny when I was watering, I repotted them. I have a temp. Controlled growing area outside in the morning is in the 30s....today I got a hepa and carbon filter fan, both filters are washable, I hope it lasts

 

[CarlG]

I think the mold/fungus you are seeing is more likely to be spread by water splashing than airborne spores.

You may want to try something like a swimming pool algicide - it's a quarternary ammonium compound, also seen in products like Physan and Consan. Try watering a FEW pots of plants you aren't too attached to, to check for phytotoxicity. I'd use a dose in the ball park of 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water. Or better yet, repot some plants, put the old medium back in some other pots, and experiment on that.

(For what it's worth, I use 1/4 tsp per US gallon when making up a stock fertilizer solution, as I was getting some kind of bacterial growth. Probably something in my water storage tank. It doesn't seem to harm any of my plants once diluted out, at rate of 1 oz/US gallon.)

 

[Ray]

I used to add Physan to my RO tank, and did see an overall reduction in rots in the greenhouse. However, I stopped that when I started using the Inocucor product on a regular basis, rots virtually disappeared.