Do plants grow faster with water or soda?
Whether plants grow faster with water or soda depends on the type of soda used. The only soda with proven benefits has been club soda; diet soda has had mixed and inconclusive results.FunctionWatering plants causes the nutrients available in the soil to be absorbed by the roots of the plant. The liquid also moves the nutrients throughout the plant. Water is a necessary component of photosynthesis, the way a plant makes food.TypesThere are three types of soda tested: diet soda with no sugar content, soda sweetened with sugar or corn syrup, and club soda, which is carbonated water.BenefitsIn a University of Colorado study, club soda did make baby’s tears plants grow almost three times faster. The macronutrients in club soda, including carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorous, potassium, sulfur and sodium, are beneficial to the plant.ConsiderationsSoda has a high water content, but the plant must work to remove the unessential ingredients.
