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Polymer crystals
Does anywhere know the best type of polymer crystals for plants ( veggies.) And
the best place for price. I'm in the LA area, so that would be best to avoid shipping costs, but if I can get them at a good price elsewhere I'll do it mail order. I am looking for at least 5lb bags. Helen |
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(HPBudlong) wrote: Does anywhere know the best type of polymer crystals for plants ( veggies.) And the best place for price. I'm in the LA area, so that would be best to avoid shipping costs, but if I can get them at a good price elsewhere I'll do it mail order. I am looking for at least 5lb bags. Helen First read "Deadly Polymers for Your Garden" http://www.paghat.com/polymers.html Coupla quotes: "Many of the "superabsorbant" properties claimed by polymer manufacturers are exaggerated, & during biodegradation these polymers even reverse their effect depriving plants of moisture. Woodchips, quality compost, or peat do the same job adequately, plus the woodchips or compost provide safe plant nutrients & a medium for benificial micro-organisms such as polymers retard." "Frank Shields actually observed soils with biodegrading superabsorbant polymers repelling water so that the ground remained too dry. But Jim McNelly of www.composter.com reports a different reason for this dryness, as shown in assessment studies of which he was part. The polymers biodegrade into a taffy-like substance that do not release their moisture for plants to use, plus do not permit moisture to reach the surrounding soil." -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com |
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