Synopsis
About the benefits of fertilizing and putting chemicals made by the Monsanto Company on your lawn and garden.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Released
- 1950-12-31
- Running time
- 25 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0756_Garden_Wise_01_00_58_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Kids Today! · Yowp · 2024-08-12
Ah, the 1950s, when tossing some man-made chemicals into the environment solved all your problems. The plot for this sales pitch sponsored by Monsanto is one big cliche. A young couple moves into a new home. They want to plant a garden. Young wifey knows everything, so she tells the all-knowing older neighbours to buzz off after they warn her she can't grow a garden in clayish soil. The garden is a disaster. But the oldsters, being all-knowing, have the answer! Why not try Krilium? It'll make your soil like new again. And it does. Thanks, Krilium! How dumb are these children of the…
★★★ · Here's mud in your eye · Spuzz · 2014-06-07
A classic long winded commercial that doesnt appear that way until it's half done Garden Wise is about this couple whose house has The World's Biggest Back Yard. They want to garden garden garden! The nosey neighbors chime in and say the soil isn't right. The couple doesn't listen and begin planting anyways. Sure enough, nothing grows. Defeated, they go back to their neighbors to find out what they did wrong. "Why, you didn't use Krilium! Ahhhh it all becomes all clear now. The product, which looks like the stuff you sprinkled on your carpet before you vacuum, massages the soil, or something…
★★ · Krylium Didn't Last Long · JayKay49 · 2018-09-10
Monsanto abandoned Krilium within 3 years because its formulation (seen here) contained calcium which altered the (polyacrylamide) polymeric arrangement and made it cumbersome to use (jelly soil). A long winded advertisement for Krilium which plays longer than the product, itself, did.