Any one use water crystals out door?

Very Helpful Post.
https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/8598-water-absorbent-polymers.html

if 3 tablespoons of polymers can aid a plant during 60 days of drought... can a larger amount of polymers allow a plant to not need any additional watering?


How about this idea..

Soak the polymers in water+nute mix, and use as the sole or primary medium. This would be like a DWC bucket, with the addition of air spaces (or perlite, etc) for the roots to have oxygen. (some organic material or soil could aid in micro-organisms, buffering ph, and other processes)

The polymers could be layered, so that the lower layers of polymer had a higher PPM of nutes soaked-in, so the plant would have more nutrients as it grows.

Questions:

If the water-nutrient solution is oxygenated, including while the polymers are being soaked in it - will the soaked polymers store the additional oxygen content?

What rate do the polymers release stored water? If there was 1 cup hydrated, would that release anywhere near 1/2 gallon per day in normal to dry soil?


This page mentions that the more dissolved solids, the less water will be help by the polymers. (1 pound can hold 35 gallons of distilled water, or 20-25 gallons of tap water)
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/water-jelly-crystals-superabsorbent-polymers

I bought the "Zeba" singles packets with fertilize cause they were only 5$ of amazon. Comes with 24 packets witch do a small pot each.

Ill put one in my automarias pot, an 4 in the hole with the outdoor bitches. And some "plastic mulch - aka weed screen"


The automaria is 2 weeks old an i still havent watered since planting. I have kept my little box temps hot with extra light for flowering the Red dwarf(83-91).

All other plants get the top soil watered with a spray bottle-
every other day for 1 gal pots like maria has.
An twice a day for the seedlings in the 12 oz styrofoam cups.

So the first Zeba tests are looking realy good. Im off to water my girls, including maria today cause it dont feel right not watering that long..............