This article says human hair has nitrogen and is good for organics

“Hair breaks down slowly and that nitrogen is packaged in the hair in such a way that it’s released slowly,” said Silver.

“We just scattered it over these tiny plants that were barely growing. They could barely make it and that has resulted in this beautiful meadow of bunch grasses, and this wouldn’t have happened if had not out that hair down,” said Stringer.

I’m personally not going to try it, what does everyone else think? sf snake oil?

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Curly hair works best.

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As kids, dad made us bury the fish we caught & didn’t eat at the base of his pine trees.
Sorta like hair…sorta.

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Fish do not have hair.

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By the time we planted them they did.

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Rastapescatarian

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had to look that up…

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Irie glub glub


just to get the thread back on track…

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Wads of hair deter wildlife and domestic life too

It’d be nice to have aplace to put them

:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::green_heart:

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Beneficial microbes?

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Damn she’s gorgeous

Hair is often mentioned as a good additive to compost, high nitrogen, slow release.

Pet hair too… I’ve always had multiple dogs and after brushing them we toss the hair in the outdoor garden and voila fruits and vegetables magically appear. Jk but there is nitrogen available during breakdown

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Sheep wool is known for its nitrogen content, and sheep wool is also available as waste.
The problem with sheep hair or wool, etc., is that it takes a long time to decompose naturally. Look at the ancient corpses and mummies that still have hair. You also have to be careful not to add large quantities, as it retains a lot of moisture.
I have a method for dissolving sheep wool and converting it into amino acids and nitrogen, it is for use in compost.

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Bio available nitrogen in 5000 years!

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Yeah :rofl:, well, if you can get mummy hair you might be able to get it to degrade faster in your crops, after all it’s had thousands of years to soften… anyway.

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I will steal some from the local museum.

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Pass me some grams when you make it! :smiling_imp:

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