INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Sam Saliman, a local farmer and inventor, has designed and produced a new product for sale in our local shops that will save time for most of us who are gardening in our homes and cellars. Our hydroponic systems are very efficient at delivering nutrients to make the plants grow. But as you know the lack of humidity in the air presents a problem for some of our plants that require moisture on the leaves and stems. With the prohibition on municipal pressurized water hoses in our home gardens, (to conserve water) we can only spray by a hand pump or by a gravity fed dribble from an old-fashioned watering can. Both are time consuming and uncomfortable activities. From first appearance, Sam’s device appears to be very normal. It comes with a 4-liter jug with a hand pump which sends just enough water to the nozzle. The magic is in the strange looking spray nozzle. If you gently pass the nozzle over the plant material and touch them gently, the nozzle adds a very low level static electrical charge to the plants themselves so that when the water leaves the tip of the nozzle, it is magnetically attracted to the plant faster than it can be delivered to the plant by the effect of gravity. And the water molecules adhere to the plant longer before gravity pulls it down. So, this device provides the plant with more moisture with less water consumption. The hydrogen atoms inside the water molecules carry a slight static electrical charge by nature, so those pull the oxygen atoms along with them to the plant. Then the plant processes the water as it normally does, absorbing the hydrogen and releasing the oxygen into the air. Although Sam sees changing the name of this device in the future, for now it is called the Electrostatic Water Delivery System.
When asked what was his inspiration, Sam said, “I grew up in Molten, where we were constantly living with static electrical activity, so I have been thinking about this for years. Though I could not have accomplished this without the help of my son, Raheem.” His son is a senor at Seleneca High School and according to his proud father, he gets straight “A”s in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
