One supposes that water soluble chemicals like pesticides and weed killers when applied would be picked up by the polymer as part of the water and thus not be carried into the ground water. That would be good. One also wonders what the effect of moving an aquifer from well below the surface to the near surface would be on the existing aquifer.
Sounds like a potential solution to the problem of my dead back yard. I wonder what it costs?
Update: Even better, it's already on the market.See comments.
Soil Moist™ Polymer, 8-lb. Granular, 8 lb, $62.50.
Complete Biodegradable Granular Polymer Waters Your Plants When They Need It!
This water
management system can save you money and time. Lasting for up to five
years, Granular Polymer is a safe non-toxic polymer that
will absorb over 200 times its weight in water. As the surrounding soil
dries, the polymer releases the absorbed water making it available to
the plant. The polymer will automatically re-swell during the next rain
or irrigation. Granular Polymer mixes right in the soil for crops or
trees. 8-lb. container.
2 comments:
Billll: You can buy it from places like Ben Meadows and Forestry Suppliers. ( http://www.benmeadows.com/soil-moist-polymer-8-lb-granular_s_152307/?searchterm=moist%2bpolymers )
We dip tree seedlings in it, and it will save a tree planting project in a dry year. We very seldom have a failure since contractors began using it. Landowners who plant their own try to get by on the cheap, and often have to replant.
Back in my otr trucking days I use to haul a new space age development called Dry Water. One 5cc bottle contained 10 gallons of water. Amasing. I would be carry something like 50,000 gallons of water but the weight in the trailer would only be 25,000 lbs.I hauled the product frpm Patterson,Nj (of all places) to Daytona Bch,Fl...this was back in the 1980s.
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