Hi guys, forgot to mention that this is a soil additive that is used to retain water in the soil. It is not a foliar applied material and sprayed onto the plant itself!!!

The data below is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Polyacrylamide - Water gel

Polyacrylamide is an acrylate polymer formed from acrylamide subunits that is readily cross-linked.

Un-polymerized Acrylamide needs to be handled using Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) to avoid poisoning since it is a neurotoxin. When polymerized it become a neutral substance with no know health effects.

(Much like pistastcho nuts are poisoinus before processing!!!)

Polyacrylamide is not toxic, but un-polymerized acrylamide can be present in the polymerized acrylamide. It is highly water-absorbent, forming a soft gel used in such applications as polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and in manufacturing soft contact lenses. It is also used as a thickener and suspending agent.

It has also been advertised as a soil conditioner called Krilium by Monsanto in the 1950s and today "MP", which is stated to be a "unique formulation of PAM (water-soluble polyacrylamide)".

MSDS Data

Section 3 - Hazards Identification
EMERGENCY OVERVIEW
Appearance: Clear viscous liquid.
Caution! May cause eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation.
Target Organs: None known.


Potential Health Effects
Eye: May cause eye irritation.
Skin: May cause skin irritation.
Ingestion: May cause irritation of the digestive tract.
Inhalation: May cause respiratory tract irritation.
Chronic: Chronic inhalation and ingestion may cause effects similar to those of acute inhalation and ingestion.

I'm by no means telling people that they should use this product, I'm just trying to see if there are others and what their results were when using this product. The MSDS does state that people need to use care when working with this material - I gues much like when you use your akali amd acid fertalizers.

Any other thoughts???
Lanietheberner Reviewed by Lanietheberner on . Water gel - Has Anyone else used it??? We tried using this product (polyacrylamide) in our last 2 cycles and found that we had an average increase in weight of 27% (the first we had a 25% better yield and the second we had a 30% better yield). This is the best yield improver that we have found and it's really reasonible. 10 pounds is in the $35-40 range and you use 1 1/2 cups for a 1 1/2cu ft bag The parameters for the 2 "experiments" were - 2 sets of 40 "kids" in the same room, same potting mix, same size pots, same Rating: 5