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May 17, 2012 2:23 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
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Do they shrink and swell in the soil, as the soil gets drier or wetter?

If they do, it might be a way to keep some outdoor raised bed clay soil aerated: like freeze-thaw cycles expanding water to create voids or air spaces.

It's too bad that they swell when wet instead of swelling when dry: over-watered soil needs extra air channels more than dry soil.

But for marginally over-watered soil, maybe these beads would pull enough water out of the soil that some air could re-enter. In other words, they might increase the amount by which you could over-water without drowning roots.

I recently saw a "broadfork" demonstrated as a low-till way to keep soil "open" without turniong it over and exposing new weed seedfs. I like that idea too.

But having little plastic pellets loosen the soil for me every time it rains sounds cool! Like little ballons.

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