Electrolysis Water Agriculture

Electrolysis Water Agriculture (EWA)

1.  Outline

      EWA is a new method of agriculture utilizing electrolyzed water for prevention of 

     disease and also enhancement of plant growth. This concept was first experimented

     around 1990 in Japan, and is well established through out various experiments within

     the last tow decades. Today, thousands of Japanese farmers and gardeners are

     benefiting significantly faster and healthier growth; better produce quality, increased

     crops, and most importantly safe working environment with chemical free or very

     limited amount of use.  

2.  What is Electrolysis Water (Functional Water)

     Everybody knows electrolysis; electrically splits water into hydrogen and oxygen gas.

     Usually, either NaCl or KCl, is added to water as catalyst to produce electrolysis

     water.

     Quite complex chemical reactions heppen in the electrolyte during electgrolysis as

     shown by illustration below. When the electrolysis is done wth a diaphragm between

     two poles (+/-),  acidic and alkaline water are produced in each bath, which are

     referred to as Functional Water, because of its unique characteristics. A chart below

     the illustation shows basicspecifications of each water.

3. Charactreistics of Electrolysis Water

Sprinkle pH 2.5 acidic water to plants - almost 10 out of 10 people immediately have  an image of sprinkling hydrochloric acid to plant. Commonsense often times causes  prejudice to something new.

     What pH value indicates are hydrogen ion level, and not entire characteristics. As an

     example, 100mmp hydrochloric acid is deadly to human, animal and plant, but strong

     acidic water of pH 2.5 is practically harmless, yet is highly deadly to disease bacteria

     and viruses. This is a very important point for proper understanding of EWA

    Note: To be strictly, those very low level ingredients in acidic water, like Cl and HClO

    do cause some problem to plants when it is used inappropriately. This issue will be

    discussed in a separate  booklet. 

    The comparison of sterilizing power between hydrochloric acid and acidic water is

    interesting. Deadly 100ppm hydrochloric acid takes more than 24 hours to kill

    salmonella, while harmless acidic water takes less than 30 seconds to do the same

    job.

    This is explained by the situation of electron. As acidic water is in the stage of extreme

    lack of electron it takes electrons away from bacteria as soon as it is exposed, and

    causes the death. Human, animal and plants have very thick cellular tissue and

    electrons are takes away from its surface only. Hydrochloric acid does not work in the

    same manner as it is in much stable situation of electron.

    Becasue of its prominent features, acidic water is widely used in medical and food

    processing industries in Japan and few other asian countries. It is a very strong

    sterilizer, yet absolutely safe, no remnant, inexpensive and it's green. In addition,

    recent approval of HClO use to food by Japanese Government has accelarated

    rapid increase of it use.      

    Features of alkaline water are milder sterilization and enhancement of plant growth.

    The whole mechanism has not yet been discovered, but it is a fact that noticeable

    changes are observed after applying alkaline water to plants - bigger roots, thicker

    and stronger stems, more shinny and healthier leaves, and, as a result, faster growth,

    better quality produce, increased crop are observed. Following images shows the

    difference of rice root:.

 4. Actual Application

     Japanese leading ketchup manufacturer KAGOME has installed the full automatic

     system into their five major farms and benefiting improved crop (20%-30%), quality

     and sweetness. Here is a photograph of the installed system. A machine on the left

     is the electrolyzer machine. Two black containers are tanks, and others are automatic

     sprinkling system.

If you are interested in EWA, please feel free to ask for more information by sending e-mail to <opususa@gmail.com>  Attn. Mota