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Water saving methods
Anyone have experience with rainsaver crystals or similar methods of water
saving?Any links to proper studies will be appreciated as I have a quater acre of garden to maintain and restrictions are about to hit.How long do these chemical methods last and how effective are they?All help appreciated. |
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"MICHAEL KING" writes:
Anyone have experience with rainsaver crystals or similar methods of water saving?Any links to proper studies will be appreciated as I have a quater acre of garden to maintain and restrictions are about to hit.How long do these chemical methods last and how effective are they?All help appreciated. I have used the water crystals, and gained the impression that they did work. (Strawberry plants on the dry ends of the rows bore better than they ever had once I put water crystals under their feet.) So I was surprised to hear Don Bourke recently say that he hasn't seen convincing evidence that the crystals do work. They are made of a polymer that is supposed to have an almost indefinite lifetime. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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"MICHAEL KING" writes:
Anyone have experience with rainsaver crystals or similar methods of water saving?Any links to proper studies will be appreciated as I have a quater acre of garden to maintain and restrictions are about to hit.How long do these chemical methods last and how effective are they?All help appreciated. I have used the water crystals, and gained the impression that they did work. (Strawberry plants on the dry ends of the rows bore better than they ever had once I put water crystals under their feet.) So I was surprised to hear Don Bourke recently say that he hasn't seen convincing evidence that the crystals do work. They are made of a polymer that is supposed to have an almost indefinite lifetime. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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"MICHAEL KING" writes:
Anyone have experience with rainsaver crystals or similar methods of water saving?Any links to proper studies will be appreciated as I have a quater acre of garden to maintain and restrictions are about to hit.How long do these chemical methods last and how effective are they?All help appreciated. I have used the water crystals, and gained the impression that they did work. (Strawberry plants on the dry ends of the rows bore better than they ever had once I put water crystals under their feet.) So I was surprised to hear Don Bourke recently say that he hasn't seen convincing evidence that the crystals do work. They are made of a polymer that is supposed to have an almost indefinite lifetime. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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g'day john,
you'll probably find the makers of the crystals aren't paying burkey enough if anything at all. chuckle len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/ |
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g'day john,
you'll probably find the makers of the crystals aren't paying burkey enough if anything at all. chuckle len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/ |
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len gardener wrote in message . ..
g'day john, you'll probably find the makers of the crystals aren't paying burkey enough if anything at all. chuckle len I've used the crystals in pots, seem to work very effectively, and the crystals swell to about 20 times their size. A teaspoon is enough for 5 litres of dirt. I have found they work best if the crystals are under the surface out of direct sunlight, as they dry up quicker when in the sun. Hope this is of help. Ben http://www.directedfocus.com.au/gardening |
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len gardener wrote:
g'day john, you'll probably find the makers of the crystals aren't paying burkey enough if anything at all. chuckle len exactly! Jane |
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We put them thru the undersoil for new lawn last year - the lawn is coping
with the big dry. Also - by accident someone dropped a pile of them in the pool garden. Weeks later, we foudn an alien creature there - the crystals had swelled to a huge gelatinous lump - much bigger than the demos in the garden centre. The plans around it are doing MUCH better even thro the alien is now just below the surface. Judy "len gardener" wrote in message ... g'day john, you'll probably find the makers of the crystals aren't paying burkey enough if anything at all. chuckle len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/ |
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