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I posted this in the Xeriscape forum, because I don't really know where it belongs. But, I think we could try something like this out. If anyone here is willing to try some, I'll send at least five people a couple of tablespoons of watersorb crystals to try it.
Here's my idea: here goes.
After purchasing 15 #s of watersorb crystals, I wanted to see how long they took to hydrate and then how long it took to dehydrate. (a couple of hours to hydrate and 3 days to dehydrate back to their original size)... Well, the rest in the bucket had been in there for about a week and today I decided to plant all of my plugs (coneflowers etc..) and decided to use the bucket with the jelly water crystals. Then I usually use superthrive any time I transplant, so I added a couple of drops to my bucket with the crystals so the roots would not go into shock.
That got me to thinking... maybe I should add the superthrive to the water BEFORE it is absorbed by the cystals, then that also got me to thinking, it that works, why not add fish emulsion to the water too, and the plants could be getting fertilized also. This could really work to getting the plants established. Not only keeping them moist, but also fertilized..
Is this too easy or what? I love it, but do not know if it will work. I'm going to try it in a couple of my pots and see what happens.
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