A babies nappy in your hanging basket

[KMARKSnr]

Hi all,
       A guy on our allotments swears by putting the gel out of a nappy into his basket compost to help retain the water/feed to the plants/flowers.
       Anyone heard of this,and if so any advice please?

                   Regards,
                         Mark. 

[KMARKSnr]

[saddad]

We don't break up nappies but we do use water retaining granules which are basically the same thing!
::)

[allaboutliverpool]

Used or unused?

[katynewbie]

 ;D

Should work, just remember to remove baby first...

;)

[Trixiebelle]

Seems like a good idea to me (especially removing the baby first  ;D )

But the gel stuff in nappies is designed to soak moisture up. Will it be willing to give the moisture back when the plants are thirsty? Shall I mail Pampers and ask them do you think? They might think I'm a bit nuts  ::)

[cornykev]

Go for it Trixie I don't think they will think you are nuts  :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D

[KMARKSnr]

thanks for the advice,- i`ll remove the "mother-in-law"first then  :o

                       Regards