Comments on: Lucky bamboo in gel-like substance http://hortchat.com/info/lucky-bamboo-2 Plant Care & Gardening Tips for Expert to the Novice, all welcomed...even FTD florists ;) community forum. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:50:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: matthew http://hortchat.com/info/lucky-bamboo-2/comment-page-1#comment-25639 matthew Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:14:40 +0000 http://hortchat.com/?p=534#comment-25639 is this polyacrylamide gel harmfull to pets? i have a cat that like to get into things, so is it safe if he trys to eat this pretty purple jello looking stuff? <blockquote>Hi Matthew I would not recommend your cat eat it. The pretty purple jel may be harmful to animals and humans. Check out this site http://ngin.tripod.com/170802b.htm discussing polyacrylamide gel. </blockquote> is this polyacrylamide gel harmfull to pets?
i have a cat that like to get into things, so is it safe if he trys to eat this pretty purple jello looking stuff?

Hi Matthew
I would not recommend your cat eat it. The pretty purple jel may be harmful to animals and humans. Check out this site http://ngin.tripod.com/170802b.htm discussing polyacrylamide gel.

]]> By: admin http://hortchat.com/info/lucky-bamboo-2/comment-page-1#comment-7647 admin Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:50:52 +0000 http://hortchat.com/?p=534#comment-7647 I just read all your recent comments made to everyone w/ questions about their bamboo plants and realized I needed to change the water for my bamboo plant. When I did I found a couple clear jelly-like blobs (like jellyfish). What is this and where did it come from? fyi: my plant is about a year old and kept in a shallow vase with water and rocks. Chances are that when you bought the plant it had some water gel crystals in the container. This gel crystal binds the water into a gel form. The gel slowly dissolves back to water at a controlled rate keeping the plant hydrated and reducing the need for watering. This gel is also mixed in certain potting soil to help keep the soil from drying out. It will not harm your plant. I just read all your recent comments made to everyone w/ questions about their bamboo plants and realized I needed to change the water for my bamboo plant. When I did I found a couple clear jelly-like blobs (like jellyfish). What is this and where did it come from? fyi: my plant is about a year old and kept in a shallow vase with water and rocks.

Chances are that when you bought the plant it had some water gel crystals in the container. This gel crystal binds the water into a gel form. The gel slowly dissolves back to water at a controlled rate keeping the plant hydrated and reducing the need for watering. This gel is also mixed in certain potting soil to help keep the soil from drying out. It will not harm your plant.

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