The Effect of Hydrogel on Plant Growth

Regina Ramilevna Yangirova,Hafizov Ildar Fanilevich,Gazizov Asgat Mazhatovich

doi:10.11648/j.ogce.20210904.12

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https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ogce.20210904.12

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Abstract

One of the problems of growing seedlings at home is that the garden land is infected with pathogenic organisms. A hydrogel is a water-absorbing polymer in the form of granules, which has a unique ability. It can absorb and retain up to 1 liter of water per 10 g of hydrogel when swollen. The most well-known are polyacrylamide-based hydrogels. When the hydrogel is in a dry state, the polymer chains are in a folded state, when water is added, they diverge and water penetrates inside. The granules swell with the formation of a hydrogel. Hydrogels are essentially made on the basis of environmentally friendly polymers. It is non-toxic, retains all its original properties at different (low and high) temperatures in the soil for five years. Therefore, the main goal of my work is to study the effect of hydrogel on plant growth. Tasks of this work: 1) To study the peculiarities of growing plants in hydrogel. 2) Determine the moment of plant life at which it is better to use hydrogel for them 3) Consider the possibility of growing indoor crops in hydrogel.

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The term hydrogel is understood as polymer compounds
Crystals of dry hydrogel powder are similar to sugar crystals, they are of different shapes and sizes
Hydrogel is not suitable for everyone, more often it is plants with dense leaves that do not require watering for months. This means that the earth in the pot will be wet for a long time, and fungi and algae will begin to grow on the soil surface, thereby blocking air access to the roots of plants

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The term hydrogel is understood as polymer compounds. They are initially in a "bent" state, but if you add a little water, they disperse and the water makes its way inside. [2] In the hot season, it helps to moisturize plants well and even replace irrigation, thereby retaining a large volume of water and eliminating irrigation, which significantly increases crop yields. [3] When water is added to the granules, the crystals increase their volume by 300 times, and the resulting jelly-like mass is used for planting plants or preparing the soil. In order for the plant to use hydrogel water, the roots need to germinate into hydrogel granules or come into contact with them [4].

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