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I've gotten free samples with mail-order bareroot strawberries I'd 
bought.  All of my transplants survived, but maybe they would have 
anyway.  The agri-gel has much smaller pieces than disposable diapers, 
but diapers are cheaper, if you or a friend is using them anyway.  (A 
whole pack of diapers was comparable to a little bottle last time I 
looked.)

Ginda

On Jan 12, 2004, at 2:29 PM, Michael Glassford wrote:

> I haven't tried it, but Fedco carries a brand called Agri-gel in their 
> 2004
> Trees catalog (page 23).
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mark Lee wrote:
> > I have been reading about the use of water absorbing polymer gels as
> > a way
> > of helping plants through drought conditions.  This material is
> > similar to
> > what goes into disposable diapers that makes them so absorbant.  We
> > get alot
> > of rain in Seattle except in the summer.  I would like to do an
> > experiment
> > this summer to see if adding these polymer gel crystals to the soil
> > will
> > help my raspberry plants get by with less watering during the dry
> > summer
> > months.
> >
> > I would be intersted in hearing about a good place to order water
> > absorbing
> > polymer gel, and about any experiences growing fruit with the help of
> > this
> > material.
> > -Mark Lee, Seattle
> >
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