“Desperate times call for desperate measures”
Anyone tried this super absorbent polymer which promises to help in drought conditions?
Found a local dealer who is selling it for about Rs 2400/kg and recommends 150g/coconut tree mixed with about 15liters of water. All the reviews and youtube videos look promising, just checking here to see if anyone have tried it.
Thanks
I looked into hydrogel crytals sometime back. Can’t find the link / page that explained… There was this woman researcher who has shown it to be a very bad idea for soil health. Apparently the chemicals (hydrocarbons) in the material leach after a few years of use.
[quote=Senthil]
“Desperate times call for desperate measures”
Anyone tried this super absorbent polymer which promises to help in drought conditions?
Dear Sri Senthil,
Hope the price stated by you is not correct and it is available for very much lesser price, by some reputed companies.
Up to my knowledge , Indian Agriculture Research Institute has developed Hydrogel in India during 2011_12 , firstly and given this technology to few companies. In this one company “universal Carborandum ltd”, hope a Murugappa group company. The above company has very reputed name in grinding wheel industry
I spoke to their Executive and found correct. Here I give his contact details and if you feel you can proceed further. Sri jagadeesh, executive of Corborundum universal ltd , 09449081339.
With best wishes, g.p.rao, farmer
I once was referred for hydrogel by a local nursery when we were not available at home for longer period and my lucky bamboo plants required water.
What was promised:
Little water plus hydrogel crystals will retain moisture for longer duration
Absoluteley no harm to plants
Not expensive
What we experienced
By the time we came back, plants died. Roots were rotten
Regards,
Saravana Kumar
Thanks for the info, i did find hyrdrogel at the local store for 500Rs/kg and ended up trying for about 50trees will see how it goes.
Someone suggested using the baby coir waste which is a better option, might not hold as much water but we will feel safe putting it in the soil.
Also deep drip irrigation is something we are looking at.
Hope we get some rain soon!
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Hi Saravanan,
yes hydrogel cannot hold the water for longer time , whereas Solid-Rain can do that magic , i can assure it is one of the technology to save the water for a longer time and we are the Authorized distributor , we can provide you the best prize for the Bulk orders , we can courier you the product wherever you want .
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Regards,
Govind
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Is it the same as the hydrogel?
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