Patent ID: 6079153
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A01G,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for reducing hydrophobicity of soilless mixes comprising the step of:applying a surfactant composition to a soilless mix, the surfactant composition comprising a polyoxyalkylene that is defined by the formulaHO(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.a --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.3)O).sub.b --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.c Hwhere a and c represent the weight percentages of the ethylene oxide portions of the polyoxyalkylene and the sum of a and c is from 10 to 20 percent, where b represents the weight percentage of the propylene oxide portion of the polyoxyalkylene and is from 90 to 80 percent, and where the molecular weight of the propylene oxide portion of the polyoxyalkylene is from 1,900 to 2,000.