Soil stabilizer carrier

Abstract

A method for applying a water soluble soil stabilizer to soil wherein the soil stabilizer is impregnated or applied to a solid carrier.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 ) A method of applying water-soluble soil stabilizer (WSSS) to soil comprising:
 Impregnating said WSSS in a solid carrier, applying said WSSS onto a solid carrier, or any combination thereof;   leaching said WSSS out from said solid carrier when water is applied;   binding said WSSS to said soil once it leaches out from said solid carrier;   wherein the amount of WSSS placed in or on said solid carrier is based on an intentional amount of WSSS to be leached out of said solid carrier to stabilize said soil;   wherein said WSSS leached out from said solid carrier stabilizes said soil.   
     
     
         2 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS is a water-soluble polyacrylamide. 
     
     
         3 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS consists of a water-soluble polyacrylamide, starch xanthate, acid hydrolyzed cellulose microfibrils, chitin, gypsum, hydrocolloidal polysaccharide, starch, glycogen and cellulose, acrylic copolymers, sodium acrylate, guar gum, polyethylene-imines, polyamides-amines, polyamines, polyethylene-oxide, sulfonated compounds, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         4 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said solid carrier comprises a fibrous mulch, fertilizer, gypsum, mineral, soil amendment, soil conditioner, waste product, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said solid carrier further comprises a viable seed. 
     
     
         6 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS is selected from the group consisting of: polyacrylamide, polyethylene-imines, polyamides-amines, polyamines, polyethylene-oxide, guar, and sulfonated compounds. 
     
     
         7 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS binds nutrients within said soil to reduce runoff of said nutrients from said soil, leaching of said nutrient from said soil, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         8 ) The method of  claim 7  wherein said nutrients comprise calcium, magnesium, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         9 ) The method of  claim 7  wherein said nutrients comprise iron, sulfur, manganese, boron, copper, zinc, molybdenum, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         10 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS binds an herbicide within said soil to reduce runoff of said herbicide from said soil, leaching of said herbicide from said soil, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS binds a pesticide within said soil to reduce runoff of said pesticide from said soil, leaching of said pesticide from said soil, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         12 ) The method of  claim 11  wherein said pesticide is an insecticide. 
     
     
         13 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS binds microbes within said soil to reduce runoff of said microbe from said soil, leaching of said microbe from said soil, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         14 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said WSSS binds soil particles together. 
     
     
         15 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said solid carrier is an erosion control best management practice (BMP); said BMP is a seed, a mulch, an erosion mat, gypsum, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 ) The method of  claim 14  wherein said soil particles bind together to increase infiltration of water into said soil. 
     
     
         17 ) The method of  claim 7  wherein said nutrients are iron; said solid carrier is calcium and sulfur; said solid carrier is an agglomerate; said agglomerate is formed by an agglomeration process; and said agglomeration process is an agitation agglomeration process, pressure agglomeration process or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         18 ) The method of  claim 14  wherein said binding of soil particles reduces time for seed emergence within said soil, reduces soil borne diseases within said soil, improves survival and growth of plants, improves root growth of plants within said soil, improves crop yield within said soil, expedites crop maturity within said soil, deepens plant rooting in said soil; increases germination rates of seed in said soil, increases viability of shrub, tree, and/or vegetable transplants in said soil, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said solid carrier is an agglomerated mulch product. 
     
     
         20 ) The method of  claim 1  wherein said solid carrier is an agglomerated product that binds phosphorus within soil: said solid carrier comprises gypsum, a phosphate containing fertilizer, and a binder to hold the respective agglomerated granules together;
 said gypsum is being a soil stabilizer; an intentional amount of gypsum is metered to the soil; 
 said intentional amount of gypsum binds said phosphorus within said soil to reduce runoff of said phosphorus from said soil, leaching of said phosphorus from said soil, or any combination thereof.