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Hi Folks:

There is some excellent work by Linda Chalker-Scott about the polymers. She 
does a lot of work providing the science that rebuts outdated and incorrect 
garden practices. 

Most of these polymers are marketed as storehouses of moisture that the plant 
roots can attach to and draw on as needed. Dr. Bonnie Appleton at Hampton 
Roads, VA, did some research in the past and found that they actually locked up 
all available water and removed them from the plants. I explain it to my 
students as trying to get a drink of water from Jello.   Some are starch-based and 
others break into toxic compounds. 

Leaf compost works better.

Donna Williamson
Winchester, VA
Expecting frost.

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