January
25
/ 2021
“White Gold,” or seabird guano fertilizer, is found to have boosted agricultural systems in the pre-Inca civilizations of South America who inhabited Chile’s hellish Atacama Desert. Seabird and bat guano (excrement) is a prized source of N-P-K, (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium) and those gardeners among you will know that these three chemicals are essential in a balanced crop of plants, fruits and veg. Particularly high in nitrogen, phosphorus and trace minerals, guano provides well-balanced nutrition and because it’s totally natural it causes no undesirable disruptions to creatures and habitats. A new research paper published in the journal Nature Plants, called “‘ White gold’ guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from AD 1000,” presents new findings on the
