Re: Who Can Top this Tip?

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• To: "Mary" <s*@earthlink.net>, "sqft gardening" <s*@lists.umsl.edu>
• Subject: Re: Who Can Top this Tip?
• From: "* K* <k*@midwest.net>
• Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:56:59 -0600

Maybe I can.
Besides the warm water which is great,
I cut just a corner off the plastic bag that
it comes in and fill the bag with the starter
soil in it with warm water.
It soaks up evenly and is ready to use
when the bag is opened all the way.
Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary <starbase1@earthlink.net>
To: sqft gardening <sqft@lists.umsl.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 1:18 PM
Subject: Who Can Top this Tip?


>Hi!  Let's compare notes - subject:  Best Gardening Tip of '97!
>Tip:  Use warm water to moisten bags of potting soil.
>
>Soil readily absorbs warm water whereas it will float on cold!
>(source:  . . can't remember exactly, but I was glad to learn it!)
>
>Mary
>S. Calif.
>zone 9b
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