SwellGel
WATER STORING
CRYSTALS
SwellGel crystals are a free flowing material that you mix into
the growing media where you are going to be planting. When it rains
or when you water your plants, these crystals absorb 400 times
their own weight in water, becoming self-contained water
‘reservoirs’. These crystals are clever in the way that
they release the water they have absorbed – they only release
the water when your plants need it – preventing them from
being overwatered. This occurs as the lattice work structures from
which the crystals are formed expand when absorbing water. If the
level of water in the compost reduces, then the crystals release
water into the compost – similar to a sponge. Plant roots can
also grow through the Swellgel, so having direct access to the
water.
Therefore, by adding Swellgel to the growing media, the length of
time between watering is increased and as there is less fluctuation
in the availability of water your plants growth is uninterrupted
and less water is wasted.
Usage
Information
Depending on where your plants will determine the amount of
Swellgel Crystals that you should mix into their compost. Click on
the Images below to see recommended amounts for the various types
of planting.
Don’t be tempted to
exceed the amounts suggested – rather than helping it will
simply cause the compost to over expand so that it spills out of
the container it’s in. The only way to rectify this type of
situation would be to remove all the compost, dilute by mixing in
some fresh compost and re-potting.
After
Planting
Once you’ve mixed the
Swelgel into the soil and your plants are in place you need to do
an initial watering, followed about an hour later by a second good
watering. The reason behind this is that the crystals take a little
while to absorb water the first time they are used – so
watering twice, close together, will ensure that they have absorbed
all the water they can. Swellgel Crystals will continue to work for
up to five years – after this length of time sunshine and
bacteria will have acted on the crystals to degrade them back to
simple molecules.
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