Plasma Activated Water

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Plasma activated water (PAW) is water that has been treated with plasma to improve seed germination and plant growth.

PAW is made by exposing water to an electrical discharge in a vacuum, air, or other environment.

How does PAW work?
Reactive species: The plasma treatment creates reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) in the water.

Plant signaling: These reactive species may participate in plant signaling pathways.

Metabolic processes: They may regulate metabolic processes and help plants respond to stress.

What are the benefits of PAW?
Seed germination: PAW can increase the percentage of seeds that germinate.

Seedling growth: PAW can improve the length, weight, and vigor of seedlings.

Plant development: PAW can help plants develop and fight off pathogenic bacteria and fungi.

Plant health: PAW can improve the amount of soluble protein in roots and photosynthetic pigment in leaves.

How is PAW made?
PAW can be made from tap water, distilled water, or demineralized water. The water is exposed to plasma in a reactor.

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Notably, seeds treated with plasma-activated water for 10–15 min exhibited longer root and shoot lengths, increased fresh weight of plants, and improved seed germination compared to the control group.

Furthermore, the chlorophyll content in green leafy plants was enhanced when irrigated with plasma-activated water.

Lower PH actuality helps germination. Plasma activated water helps achieve that.

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woahh i use to smoke with this old “ex cia” dude
he was a stockmarket investor. People would pitch him ideas all the time for funding to help bring their companies public.

One that we were seriously into did this on a large scale. “we shoot lightning into water”
It really was proven to be efficient.
The problem that i remember was-is its not stable, it wasn’t portable. So you have to use this water right away.
From a business standpoint the product wasnt very sellable.
This small stationary at home size is amazing. I hope to understand enough to build one one day.

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Do you have any academic citations for these claims? Sounds like the same old pseudoscience that’s pervaded this community since the beginning…

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Magnetized water Is stupid easy to make and more accessible for most people. I recommend everyone use it

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Some here.

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Interesting, sounds like there’s actually a mechanism of action here, I stand corrected. Like so many things in biology, it also seems like there’s a good amount of uncertainty around what is actually causing the observed changes.

Apologies for my cynicism, I’ve seen thirty years of “water activator” technology being sold to the public without a drop of science behind it.

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Why i like OG , we have, beyond politics lol, a great energy here between everyone. :100::dove:

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Really nice work @GregOG Thank You.

In the video the person say “lowers pH from 9 to below 4 to 2.2”
I’ll read the PDF later, Have they developed a way to control exactly how to get to a predetermined ph of like 4.8?

Have a great day. :sunglasses:

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Bear with me, I’m still trying to figure this out…

When you say ‘reactive’ do you mean that some of the dissolved diatomic molecular oxygen and nitrogen have their covalent bonds broken?

Cheers
G

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Most of the substances in the Universe are in the form of plasma. On Earth, plasma is generated naturally in lightning and the aurora borealis. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the observed effects of the aurora borealis on plants and trees have been associated with ions generated by atmospheric electricity near the Earth’s surface.

During his visits to the Arctic, Karl Lemström was surprised how green and healthy the vegetation looked and wondered whether this might be due to the air ions carried through the atmosphere from the aurora borealis. The related research was termed ‘electroculture’

Over the last decade, it was found that cold plasma may also be beneficial for improving seed germination, disinfection of seeds, protection from bacterial infection, acceleration of plant growth and food processing. The associated field is termed ‘plasma agricultural.

ROS are beneficial to plants, and maintaining a basal level of ROS in cells is essential for life.

Cold plasmas have four main components that can affect plants: charged particles (ions and electrons), photons (including UV light), electromagnetic fields and reactive neutral species such as RONS.

Some of the RONS are known to play important roles in plant physiology. They can be very toxic to biological tissue, mitochondria, bacteria, fungi and viruses. At the same time, RONS are beneficial to developmental processes of plants and activation of ion channels.

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Its the number one reason why all your outside plants will be standing at perfect 45s after a lightning storm

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