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Balance pH soil of your garden
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Posted by: Zerodour on November 28th, 2013 | No Comments
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Do you remember that little piece of paper in your chemistry lessons at school? The one that turned red for acid, blue for alkaline and purple for neutral? Well that was a litmus paper which is used as an indicator of PH levels and PH levels in your soil can affect how well your garden will grow and which types of plant are best suited to your soil.
PH or ‘Potential Hydrogen’ is an indicator of the balance of hydrogen ions against hydroxide ions in a solution such as soil. If the ions are balanced then you are said to have a natural PH soil, if the hydrogen ions are greater than the hydroxide ions, you have an acidic soil and if the hydroxide ions outweigh the hydrogen ions, you have an alkaline soil.
To give you an idea, each unit on the PH scale shows a tenfold increase or decrease in the acidity or alkalinity of your soil. In fruit for example, a lemon which has a PH of 2.0 is one hundred times more acidic than an orange which has a PH of 4.0.
The PH of your soil is important in gardening because it is a good indicator of the nutrients available in the soil that can be absorbed by your plants. For the nutrients to be absorbed they must first be dissolved and the PH affects this solubility of nutrients.
When planting your garden it is important to know whether your soil is alkaline or acidic as different types of plants need different types of soil to flourish. For example, camellias and lilies prefer an acid soil while lilies and hollyhocks thrive in more neutral soils with a PH of around 7.0. Most vegetables and plants grow best in soil in the range of 6.0 to 7.5 where the optimum level of nutrients becomes dissolved in the soil.
You can easily test your soils’ PH with DIY soil testing kits which are readily available from most garden centres or you can send a sample of your soil to a laboratory for more detailed analysis. This will enable you to either plant the types of plant in your garden that you know will thrive or you can modify your soil by adding lime to increase the PH or, to make it more alkaline, you can add acidifying materials such as elemental sulphur.
As different plants thrive in different types of soil; it’s always advisable to check the PH of your soil before planting. Either plant the plants that are best suited to your soil type or you can amend your soil PH by the methods mentioned above.
Soil preparation, whatever pH your soil, is always an important factor in ensuring success in your garden. Adding compost and soil treatments such as Zeradour Flower Power will help to bring the soil PH into balance as the zeolites in Flower Power act as an excellent buffer against soil PH fluctuations. Having a balanced PH soil will mean that a much wider variety of plants, flowers and vegetables will flourish in your garden
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Nothing new in far east? hmm, think again
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Posted by: Zerodour on August 30th, 2013 | No Comments
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Ever heard of Alibaba?
Last year two of Alibaba’s portals together handled 1.1 trillion yuan (170 $ billion) in sales, more than eBay and Amazon combined.
Alibaba is on the track to become the world first e-commerce firm to handle 1 trillion $ a yer in transaction.
Soon afterwards, Alibaba.com is expected to announce details of its initial public offering (IPO) possibly even bigger than Facebook’s listing.
Estimates of the likely valuation of Alibaba range from 55 $ billion to 120 $ billion.
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Fly & Knit?
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Posted by: Zerodour on July 17th, 2013 | No Comments
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The Free Flyknit unites two of Nike’s most innovative and popular technologies to deliver barefoot-like flexibility and a compression fit that locks the foot in place.Free Flyknit is designed to flex with the foot in motion.
Official release beginning in August.
If you fancy, check it out 🙂
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Blog is not your cup of tea? Think again!
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Posted by: Zerodour on November 12th, 2012 | No Comments
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Companies that increase the number of blog posts they publish via their website each month can boost their inbound traffic levels and lead counts, according to a new reports.On average, companies that publish 15 or more blog articles per month generate 5 times more Web traffic than companies that don’t blog at all, and those that blog 9-15 times per month generate three times more traffic than companies that don’t blog!As I said, think again my friends 🙂
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Shoes for Halloween Party? Oo Yeah! Check it Out!
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Posted by: Zerodour on October 19th, 2012 | No Comments
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Shoes for Halloween Party? Look no more 😉Here we have Apex Predator just for you! As you could see, soled with human teeth.Cool or What?!Yes, yes (teeth are fake) 🙂
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Handmade Footwear with 3D printing technology
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Posted by: Zerodour on September 18th, 2012 | No Comments
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Be Safe and Cool as Bicyclist!
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Posted by: Zerodour on August 26th, 2012 | 1 Comment
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These chics from Hovding company has great product for all bicyclist !
The airbag is shaped like a hood, surrounding and protecting the bicyclist’s head. The trigger mechanism is controlled by sensors which pick up the abnormal movements of a bicyclist in an accident.
Inside is also small black box.
The box records 10 seconds of data on the bicyclist’s movement patterns during (and just before) a cycling accident.
Soo Cool!
Hand’s down Hovding gang!
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Ireland vs UK, Escape the Madness of Olimpic Game!
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Posted by: Zerodour on July 21st, 2012 | 4 Comments
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The video is part of Tourism Ireland’s campaign to attract harassed London commuters to Ireland during the upcoming Olympic Games.
Two London friends compete in a race to see whether one can get to Ireland as fast as the other can get to his office in London city centre, with voice-over by actor Chris O’Dowd.
Check it out!
discoverireland.com/escapethemadness
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Nikola Tesla The Greatest Innovator of All
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Posted by: Zerodour on July 10th, 2012 | 1 Comment
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Today is the day we remember the greatest humanist and innovator Nikola Tesla with 300 patents to his credit, with UNIMAGINABLE vision of free enegy. Yeah, 100 years ago !!!
Aroud 100.000 web sites all over world is dedicated to “The Greatest Geeks of all”
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”
~Nikola Tesla~
We send Big Wave to guys from TheOatMeal.com from Ireland
Why?
Check it out :
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
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Barefoot Wines Expression Session in assoc. with Billabong sets off European Summer Season !
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Posted by: Zerodour on June 26th, 2012 | No Comments
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The Barefoot Expression Session in association with Billabong will start this Friday, June 29 in Bundoran, Ireland. With a 3,000€ prize-purse and a list of big names within the British and European surf scene already entered, the Expression Session will bring its share of entertainment during the Sea Sessions Surf and Music festival.
It’s going to be Great Weekend !!!
The musical festival will also be a major blast with an amazing line-up of artists including Happy Mondays, Kaiser Chiefs, The Coronas, Rev Run from Run DMC and plenty more !!
The 2012 Barefoot Expression Session in assoc. with Billabong will run from June 29 – July 1 in Bundoran, Ireland. To find out more, please visitwww.aspeurope.com and discover the full lineup of SeaSessions at www.seasessions.com.
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