Re: Soil Sponge

**"* M* <c*@ns.sympatico.ca>**

Hi Mary Ann:
    I used it last year in a large cement fountain that (due to lack of parts) has been converted into a somewhat shallow planter (24" diameter, 8 inches deep). It's also located in a spot that we don't pass by regularly but is visible from the street, so I wanted to incorporate something to keep it from drying out. 
    I used two of the 59 gram bags mixed into bagged potting mix, planted wave petunias, dracaena, and osteospermum. Only remembered to water it twice and it was my best show! I live in Nova Scotia, inland, and it was a typical summer (average 75 - 100 degrees F.) where we needed to water other planters one or two times a week. I couldn't believe how well it did. So, the short answer is 'great'!
Cheers
Carol

Carol Matthews
Truro, Nova Scotia

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mary Ann Newcomer 
  To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:15 PM
  Subject: [GWL] Soil Sponge

  Somewhere along the line I picked up a case of samples for Soil Sponge and just discovered it in a
  great game of hide and seek/ while attempting to spring clean my garage. Ha!.

  I can't find any accompanying literature on Soil Sponge.  Has anyone tried it, liked it? Disliked?
  How did you incorporate it?

  Here in Boise, anything I can do to help with watering/water retention is good.

  Thanks in advance for your help.

  Mary Ann Newcomer
  www.idahogardener.com  

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