vals38•2mo ago

Just realized my balcony tomatoes needed a diaper last week

I was in Detroit visiting my cousin and she mentioned putting a diaper in her hanging baskets to hold water. I thought she was joking until I tried it on a couple of my tomato pots on my small patio. Cut a newborn diaper open, mixed the gel crystals into the soil, and now I only water every 4 days instead of every single morning. Has anyone else tried this trick with their rooftop veggies?

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skyler_white952mo ago

Stop right there. Those diaper crystals are just superabsorbent polymers that will break down over time and leach some pretty sketchy chemicals into your food, no thanks.

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william_miller2mo ago

My buddy Tom actually tried this a couple years ago with his garden... he figured he was being clever and saving money on water retention. @skyler_white95 is right though, after a few months the stuff started breaking down and his soil pH went all weird. He ended up having to replace half his raised bed soil because nothing would grow right.

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