AquaSoil

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AquaSoil

• the new dimension
• in
• cultivating sandy grounds and deserts

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Who is producing AquaSoil ?

• AquaSoil was defined by MS Licence BV
• AquaSoil is produced in Europe
• The company in charge is GABCO, a huge soil
  producer in Aachen ( Germany ) near the Dutch
  border in co-operation with BASF
• The supervision is done by European authorities
  and institutes

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What is AquaSoil?

• a combination of excellent features like
• clean compost with natural organic matter
• humic acid as long lasting organic base
• polyelectrolyte polymer as 1st water storage
• peat derivatives as 2nd water storage
• sufficient nutrients (N-P-K)
• high cation exchange capacity

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What contains AquaSoil ?

• sufficient organic matter for many years as
  complex organic
• a rich fertiliser combination
• a double water storage
• all necessary minerals
• full range of micro-organisms
• but no parasitic nematodes

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How works the water storage ?
To explain the water storage capacity of
AquaSoil, that is shown in a small picture show
as comparision to a normal soil on the next pages
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1. Rain or irrigation on normal soil
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2. The water flows into the soil
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3. The water disappears
evaporation gt
draining off gt
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4. After a short while the plant stands dry
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5. AquaSoil with water storage
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6. The water is assimilated by AquaSoil
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7. The water is stored for a long while
very low water evaporation
no water flow gtgt
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8. The plant has still sufficient water and grows
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9. AquaSoil generates fresh water out of the
humidity !
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Water storage in two steps

• the water flows into AquaSoil and
• is absorbed within minutes in the 1st storage
  system up to 1cbm per cbm AquaSoil and
• transferred into the 2nd storage system within
  some hours. That results into
• a total water storage capacity of more than 1cbm
  per cbm AquaSoil

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AquaSoil for a sound environment
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AquaSoil as lung of the ground
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AquaSoil is swelling and the air is pushed out
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AquaSoil is shrinking and the air is flowing in
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AquaSoil has caused a total exchange of the air
highest possible oxygen content !
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The chemical drainage
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AquaSoil becomes partly wet
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The humidity is guided within the soil
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The humidity is all over the same !
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The use of AquaSoil, step 1

• Before the employment of AquaSoil, the ground has
  to be prepared accordingly. When defined is what
  kind of plants should grow in the selected area,
  the excavation must be done as follows
• 1. Grass / ground cover 30cm
• 2. Vegetables 50cm
• 3. Bushes or shrubs 50cm
• 4. Trees 120cm
• 5. Palms 150cm

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Step 2

• After this work, the ground should
• be covered with a layer of stones
• of about 5cm depth. The used
• stones should have sizes between
• 1cm and 5cm. With these stones
• the ground should be covered to avoid
• a mix-up with the sandy ground or a
• suitable geo-textile can be used.
• Condense the ground as above.

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Step 3

• The soil should be prepared as a 2575 mixture of
  AquaSoil and coarse sand
• The ground should filled up with this mixture up
  to the old level
• Now the ground is prepared for
• planting the selected plants.

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Planting
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Conclusions

• AquaSoil is ideal for the cultivation of land
• AquaSoil is saving water and reducing the
  expenditures for irrigation of at least 50 !
• AquaSoil offers and ensures the best environment
  for plants as lung of the ground with the highest
  possible oxygen content for the best nitrogen
  processing in the soil
• AquaSoil ensures a equal distribution of the
  water
• AquaSoil means healthy, fast growth and no loss
  of plants

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Thank you very much for your kind attention !
Please visit also our homepage www.aquasoil.org