ENCAP’s® Seed Watering Technology™ Helps Gardeners and Green Thumbs from Overwatering
Green Bay, WI, June 29, 2009 – ENCAP®, a Midwest-based lawn and garden technology company which creates eco-friendly products, provides environmentally conscience gardeners another solution for everyday lawn care problems with its versatile innovation, the Seed Watering Guide™ also know as SWT™ (Seed Watering Technology™). SWT™ is integrated into the company’s wide range of eco-friendly retail products, many of which are made from recycled office paper.
Known as Sparkle®, a university tested cross linked polyacrylamide, acts as the visual indicator of SWT™, swelling up into diamond-like crystals that sparkle in the sunlight when watered. When consumers see Sparkle® on their lawn, it signals that enough water has been applied, preventing costly and wasteful overwatering. Sparkle® then releases the water it absorbed at a consistent rate ensuring optimal moisture is present to maximize seed germination and plant establishment. When the consumer can no longer see Sparkle® present, it is time to water again. Tested on a multi-platform basis by accredited researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, SWT™ accurately indicates the presence of adequate surface moisture for optimum seed germination and establishment, and accurately indicates when additional moisture is required. Additionally, the study discovered that Sparkle® not only reacts to air conditions, but also to which type of soil it is placed on, making SWT™ a valuable and economic resource for any consumer, regardless of their location. “In addition to ENCAP’s® Advanced Soil Technology™, which acts as an invisible net on consumers’ lawns to help keep nutrients in, both experienced gardeners and weekend green thumbs now have the ability to apply the correct amount of water to ensure that their flowers stay up and their water bill stays down,” said Michael Krysiak, CEO of ENCAP®.
ENCAP’s® Seed Watering Technology™, helps to ensure consumers are not overwatering, and is included in a multitude of the company’s various eco-friendly products. These products include various flower kits, Grass Repair Kit™ and New Lawn Kit®, which includes seed, mulch and fertilizer; everything DIY’ers need to achieve beautiful flowers or a lush-green lawn. Each of ENCAP’s® products and soil technologies are available nationwide at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Stein’s Gardens and Gifts and Menards, as well as fine home and garden stores across the country.
About ENCAP
ENCAP® develops, manufactures, and markets advanced soil technologies that fight erosion, establish seeds, and hold fertilizers in place. The company holds the patents and exclusive rights to numerous landscape, agricultural and forest fire restoration solutions used throughout the world. ENCAP® sells its products to the world's largest lawn and garden retailers, the professional landscape/golf market and various government agencies.