CPC A01G 13/0275 (2013.01) [B01J 20/24 (2013.01); B01J 20/261 (2013.01); B01J 20/262 (2013.01); B01J 20/28038 (2013.01); B01J 20/28047 (2013.01); B01J 20/321 (2013.01); B01J 20/3272 (2013.01); B01J 20/3295 (2013.01); C02F 1/285 (2013.01); C02F 1/288 (2013.01); C02F 1/469 (2013.01); C08G 59/00 (2013.01); C08G 59/18 (2013.01); C08L 63/00 (2013.01); C08L 63/10 (2013.01); D06N 3/0006 (2013.01); D06N 3/0011 (2013.01); D06N 3/0036 (2013.01); D06N 3/0038 (2013.01); D06N 3/12 (2013.01); C02F 2101/163 (2013.01); C02F 2101/203 (2013.01); C02F 2103/06 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2303/16 (2013.01); D06N 2201/0254 (2013.01); D06N 2211/30 (2013.01); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05)] | 3 Claims |
1. A method of conserving irrigation water comprising placing a fabric substrate in the form of an open weave woven fabric sheet or woven mat having a thread count of 1 to 100 threads per inch below a soil surface or planting media surface of one or more plants at a depth ranging from one tenth (0.10) of an inch to forty-eight (48) inches deep, wherein the fabric substrate is coated with a polymer gel that is hydrophilic, the polymer gel coated fabric substrate has openings for plant roots to grow through, the polymer gel coated fabric substrate allows irrigation water to pass through openings in the substrate when the one or more plants are being irrigated, and also slows down the rate of water evaporation from the soil or planting media.
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