Skoot, I donÂt know how long it would last or if it does much of anything to be honest. This all came about a few years ago when my Son was in college they burned a sample of Nitron A 35 in a gas chromatograph to see what was in it. Turns out to be water, beer, soap (mild like baby shampoo or bath), and a common enzyme found in human saliva, papaya seed, and the yucca plant (meat tenderizer ADOLFÂs) No I wouldnÂt use it in sandy soils since the product is made for heavy clay soils. It is suppose to soften them up and make them absorb water better. Same thing any surfactant will do. No it wonÂt hurt soil microbes as long as you donÂt over do it like anything else. The beer and enzymes will feed microbes. Problem could be the shampoo if you used the wrong kind or too much. No I donÂt use it, I have rich sandy loam yard. My personal thought is it wonÂt do any harm. On the other hand I do not know or claim it would do any good. Only thing I do use once in a while is use a potion like Jerry Baker published of using ammonia and a lemon scented soap to hose end spray around the patio plants and surfaces before a party of guest like a BBQ. Seems to run the bugs off, makes things smell fresh, and puts a shine on the potted plants and ivy growing. I originally posted this a couple of years back because I seen a lot of folks buying the Nitron A 35 product, and knew how to make your own for pennies rather than buying for dollars. If you have ever had the product it smells, looks, and taste like dilutted soapy beer. That is what it is.

Here's a quote from Texas-Weed: "You have to be extremely careful what kind of soap, in fact not soap at all as most dish soap has anti-bacterial agents and de-greasers in it which is a recipe for dead grass. Several years ago when my youngest Son was going to college at OSU, he did a gas Chromatigraph on a product called Nitron A-35. What he found is it is flat stale dark beer, baby shampoo, and an enzyme found in human saliva. So we came up with a recipe that closely matched it. 1 bottle of stale dark beer. Open it up and let it sit out a few days. 1 cup of spit. 1 3-0unce travel bottle of Sauve or Johnson's tearless baby shampoo. Place in a hose end sprayer and set dial to 1 TBLSP per gallon." This post made we re-think using Dawn dish soap due to its degreasing properties. That's why I made mention of using something along the lines of "Seventh generation" dish soap or just sticking with the baby shampoo.

I buy a product called Sea-90 which is harvested ocean salt. A lab found it contains 92 minerals, trace elements and organic compounds plus more than 50,000 organic substances in the just the right proportions. Crop production benefits from enhanced micro flora populations include: Enhanced nutrient uptake Significantly improved flavor Greater production and yields Reduced days to harvest Reduced transplant shock Reduced drought stress Reduced heat stress I add it to the soil and also use it as a spray for leaves. Aphids hate it and it will cure many diseases as well. I swear this i something you'll want to know about. There's years of research behind it. Read amazing and detailed info on the sea-90 website. [seaagri.com] Not an ad. I don't benefit from this, I just think our soil needs the minerals.

I think that older people tend to bathe/shower less often because their skin is thinner and more sensitive... I can attest to that. My mother's skin was so paper thin and lacking in elasticity, there were multiple times her forearm skin would literally tear from dabbing with a towel. Multitude of reasons; aging, medications, forgetting to keep hydrated by drinking water, etc. etc. But I digress... My hair gets fully washed at night, then rinsed in a.m. so I can dry/style. So twice daily it's wet. (Summer more). My skin/hair needs moisture (don't drink enough water, I know that). Oily is clear on the other end of the spectrum. My concern was stress (death of my mom); age (hormone shift); regular coloring & twice daily rinsing is all taking a toll. I'm on my 4th night of Sally's 'wen' like product. First night, wow, hair was like pure silk when rinsed. Next morning, fluffy, full, oh so soft and shiny. Day 2, not so much. (But I blew it the night before by putting a small amount of oil on my scalp, ran through my hair, let dry before bed. The oil is helping, but too many nights in a row is too much.) The next night I skipped the oil, did the Sally condition clean, next morning my hair didn't feel as nice. (I used product on low end of amounts suggested as an experiment.) Last night I used Sally's, increased amount I used, then when out of shower put oil on again, and when I woke up this morning I did my usual rinse before drying/styling, only this time I put a dime size amount of Sally's product on my hair, massaged in and rinsed. Much better. It's fluffy, soft, shiny & silky clear to the ends and it swings ;) (I have no styling products in it, but it sure looks like I do.) Guess I'll have to fine tune the routine. But figure I'm saving a lot of wear 'n tear on my hair with a less harsh shampoo, no styling products, oil for added moisture a few nights a week. Oh, and something I should have done long ago was get one of those mega wide tooth combs for combing the product in the shower. I got Sally's "Beach comb" set. One for in the shower, one for when I get out. That also saves a lot of wear and tear over a regular comb or nylon (non-bristle) brush. We'll see how it goes, but just after a few days it's a lot less dry looking.