Garden Wise (Pt 1) (1950)

★★★★★ · Krillium should be called Killium · Pakuni Jedi · 2005-03-05

The product that Monsanto is advertising in this film is a soil conditioner called "Krillium," also known as polyacrylamide. (krill... cryl... get it?) Far from being the benign, helpful substance portrayed by Monsanto, the facts are these: water-asborbant polyacrylamide polymers 1) biodegrade into cancer-causing & fertility-lowering toxins; 2) can continue to be water-retaining but cease to be water-releasing as they break down & begin to stop the soil overall from absorbing water, & may have a plasticizing effect on surrounding soils resulting in lower absorption rates & topsoil wash-off; &…

★★★ · Here's mud in your eye · Spuzz · 2003-09-16

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 Yar. 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…

★★★ · We have come a long way · Arlena Schott · 2009-01-23

Yes we have come a long way in technology as well as education since this Garden Wise video aired. I host and produce a TV series called Garden Wise with Arlena. I was surprised to see this Garden Wise Episode as I scanned the internet watching for what was said about my series Garden Wise with Arlena. I saw the review done in 2003 saying it is a long winded commercial. As I neither agree nor disagree on that assessment of the video I enjoyed watching the old time footage and wonder what the producers of that time would be thinking of the technology we posses now. I am sure that they were at…