Re: Soil Sponge

**D* G* <d*@kos.net>**

Here's the manufacturer's product page
http://www.plantbest.com/?page=shop/soilSponge

Basically coir plus "proprietary but natural" ingredients.  Not sure  
what those are or how they define "natural" so don't assume it's  
organic.  Many wetting agents are not considered organic.  I'd want to  
see the full list before I'd go on record as saying it's organic and  
recommend it.

There are a ton of these kinds of things hitting the market right now  
- some are pretty heavy duty non-organic types of products such as  
acrylamides.  Many contain some form of surfactant.  Due diligence  
required no matter the "environmentally friendly" claim.   
("environmentally friendly" not a registered or advertising  
standardized word while "organic" does have standards so darn near  
anything can be positioned as "environmentally friendly" somehow.)

Doug

Douglas Green
Online Garden Publishing
Blog:  http://blog.douggreensgarden.com
Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com

On 29-Apr-08, at 12:15 PM, Mary Ann Newcomer wrote:

> 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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