Question

About to do hanging baskets. opened up my kids nappied and its just cotton wool like stuff with grit. cabt see not water beads. Or am i being thick?  

Answer 1

What on Earth - ? ‍♀️ gobbledygook  lol

Answer 2

Wet it it will swell up

Answer 3

They turn beady when wet

Answer 4

You mean the polymer. It has to be wet. It looks like white sandy power normally but when it gets wet it expands

Comments

@whopper oh right il get it wet then thankyou

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@rinaldo3 no worries I know this because I was forever cleaning the damn stuff up when my son started walking as his nappies would constantly split

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@rinaldo3 don’t wet it you don’t want to put it into the soil wet

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@honoria60 why not? To late ‍♀️

Answer 5

Thanks guys, bought monster 18 inch baskets this year im doing them tonight x

Comments

@fausta no 3 nappies equals 1 big bowl

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@rinaldo3 well who knew eh ? What a fascinating post you’ve started here  

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@fausta im looking forward to summer cse my hanging baskets never do well cse they want watering every 2 bluddy mins

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@rinaldo3 you do make me chuckle  

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@fausta tell u what was funny. my husband and 7 year old watching me tearing up nappues in kitchen fluff everywhere and me trying to explain in simple language. 'mummys lost it dad' ‍♀️‍♀️‍♀️‍♀️

Answer 6

The grit is what you want

Answer 7

Line them with empty compost bag turn inside out it's black inside bag put little holes in fir drainage

Answer 8

Nappies? I'm so confused right now  

Answer 9

Water retaining beads , great idea

Answer 10

For those following this post - you will probably notice a great many of us (women) are experiencing severe ‘lockdown fever’ which makes us ramble on about nappies etc on a gardening site rather than talk to our other halves ! Who’d have thought eh ? Lol ‍♀️‍♀️

Answer 11

Bless you heart hope they turn out as beautiful as you x

Answer 12

So let me get this right . you put the inside of a ripped open nappy inside your hanging basket with the soil !?  

Comments

@bordie I’m so lost I thought I was on a baby’s page by mistake ‍♀️

Answer 13

You guys i am freaking amazed. turned round and boom. 3 nappies. Thankyooooou all. Learn so much off you lot x

Comments

@rinaldo3 and now what ? So it that all wet .  

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@bordie mixed in with compost

Answer 14

Paul Morris does this work? X