Santiago (Reuters) -Human poetry of human hair abandons the base of plants, which helps to lock moisture for crops in orchards around Chile, which struggles with dehydration for years.
Hair, which turns into leaves and tablets of fertilizer accent through mechanical fabric, reduces direct evaporation by 71 % and provides up to 48 % of irrigation water, according to the Chile Foundation, which makes the hair mat.
“Hair is very interesting. It contains nutrients, nitrogen, calcium, sulfur, and organic materials that are added to the soil, improving and enhancing plant growth and agricultural production by at least 30 %,” said Matia Karenini, CEO of the Foundation.
The farmer Maria Salazar said the hair helped get an excellent crop of lemon trees in Tal, about 900 km (560 miles) north of the Chilean capital in the arid Antofagasta area.
“The hair mat is the benefit of the system and the pressure of the water we face.” “By providing a shadow, they maintain a lot of moisture and prevent sunlight from vaporizing the small water we have.”
The foundation was created in 2020 to enhance memorization and renewal through the creative use of waste. Hair is obtained from deals with 350 salons and 10 pets correspondence around Chile, with about 2 % of the hair used in mats coming from pets.
Other products of the institution include liquid fertilizer made of recycled hair and hair -based absorption to restore oils, minerals and other pollutants of water.
(Participated in the reports of Rodrigo Guterres; additional reports by Fabian André Cambro; editing Alexander Feligas and Rosallabba Operation)
