Curly Sue wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:48:35 GMT, "BruceW..1"
wrote:


You know SoilMoist, those polymer hydrogel granules:
http://www.soilmoist.com/soilhome.html

If you're interested, the NY Times had a related article:
http://nytimes.com/2004/07/20/scienc...G8m+5qAo52Xhow

Say I mixed Soilmoist with topsoil for my lawn. Does anyone know how
long this stuff will last? I have no idea. For all I know it could
last forever, but I doubt it.

Thanks for your help.


I have written to the company several times to find out what happens
to Soil Moist (how long it lasts, what it breaks down to) and they do
not answer. I don't want to add anything unknown to the environment,
so I have stopped using it, until I get some definitive answers.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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I did get a reply from the company today (JRM Chemical). They said it's
good from three to five year.

Bummer. I hoped it would last for eons.