Capillary action experiment

experiment content and purpose

We will look for materials that can facilitate the absorption of important water in hydroponic culture.
I think which is the best material to be used to permeate fertilizer water into plastic bottle cultivation containers used in hydroponic culture
I selected several kinds of materials and selected the best material.
We will update and introduce any more optimal materials. (*^▽^*)

Experimental overview

Sorting criteria for materials
It can be easily procured and affordable.

What you have prepared

1. Cotton material
2. polyester fiber
3. non-woven fabric.
All purchased at Daiso (One Dollar shop).

We will infiltrate the red ink into three materials and verify which one is high in capillary action.

（※Japanese is translated into English by translation software. I am sorry if it is strange English.）

Capillary action experiment

 

This experiment is an experiment to select a moisture-absorbing material that connects between fertilizer water and vegetables used in plastic bottle type water culture etc.

Our chance was that when the vegetable garden was just started, the sprouted vegetables were withered due to poor absorption from fertilizer water, (;^_^A

→ part This is an experiment to select the material. (*^▽^*)

 

 

 

 

As a basis for material selection,

I selected three types of readily available materials that were not expensive.

From left, there are 3 types of cotton, polyester and non-woven fabric.

 

 

 

Experimental results

The best absorption of cotton, followed by polyester,

Non-woven fabrics resulted in almost no absorption. (＾◇＾)

 

Good! Cotton material adopted! （｀・ω・´）

But .........

 

 

If you open it for fertilizer water supply one month later using cotton material, ・ ・

Why is it so short? ... (´･ω･`)

 

If you look inside a plastic bottle, ...

Cotton material is sinking.

! ! ! (; ･`д･´)

When I examined other containers, everything was cut out as well.

Well, was it decomposed by something like microorganisms?

So, The absorption rate is good, but cotton material has been rejected.

 

Experimental results of capillary action

1. The cotton material had the best capillary action and was the polyester material next.

2. The non-woven fabric had almost no capillary action.

 

Experimental results from future kitchen garden

I want to use polyester material because the cotton material is broken down and melted along the way. (＾◇＾)