New question about urine as fertilizer
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Comments (13)Thanks for the good practical advice on this subject. I was rather worried about over doing it and killing my plants. I think that I'll still begin using a rather highly diluted mixture just to be on the safe side. I'm mostly interested in getting chard to grow faster, and also to buff up my brussels sprouts, brocolli, and corn. This is poor sand ground low in nitrogen with a short growing season and highly drought prone. It's tough to get good lush vegetation here. If urine gives plants a fast growth burst I'm all for it, and I'm sure my plants will agree. Speaking of aged urine, I have a couple jugs of urine for deer repellent that have to be a 2-3 years old. Is that too old to use??? That we throw away valuable "home made" fertilizer and then go buy chemical fertilizer in the store is rather nutty when you think of it. Since I'm not on meds, I don't have to worry about that angle either....See MoreUrine fertilizer results
Comments (76)In response to a six year old comment on a very old thread, urine is actually quite sterile. What comes out the other end is not. That's the best thing to wrap your head around. I find that putting urine on my compost pile raises the temperature noticeably. It really does seem to accelerate composting. Urine sure won't do anything about the pH level of the bed, and wood ash is about the worst thing you can do about alkaline soil. My soil is alkaline, and I consider wood ash mildly toxic waste. (Though in very modest quantities, it is fine to put in a compost pile.) Per unit weight, wood ash is about half as effective in increasing alkalinity as lime....See MoreUsing my urine to fertilize lawn?
Comments (81)I spent a decent amount of time looking for a hose end sprayer that could attach to something larger than a quart size container. Lafferty Model 51 Sprayer does just that. It comes with an attachment that connects to a gallon jug, but you can easily drop the ten foot line in a five gallon bucket. It does come with several metering tips that allow you to dilute at various ratios, but the standard ratio it uses without a meeting tip is 5:1. You have to call in your order, no online ordering, but the best I've seen. Great quality product. Anyone have suggestions on reducing the odor? Plenty of naysayers and self-righteous shamers on here... I'd rather spend my time looking into how something valuable could work better, than focusing on the challenges. Sure, it's gross in concept, but aren't nearly all natural processes?Composting is appalling to some, but when done right doesn't even have a smell. I work for a company that is in the Fortune 100 best places to work and we have compost bins on every floor.... it's not just for the farm. There were naysayers there too, but they stuck around and are getting used a lot. It's about doing what's better, not saving a nickel. Many times what's better is harder work, which is why even I like the idea of spending a little on a bag of inorganic fertilizer I can drop in a spreader and be done in five to ten minutes, but I know it's not better for soil health....See MoreWhat concentration should be used for urine fertilization?
Comments (6)Not diluting makes it easier for multiple small scaled applications. I don't want to store it and diluting makes for extra work to store/disperse and takes extra time as opposed to just temporarily storing and dispersing. The diluting is done by rain/supplemental watering after the fact which has seem to be nice and easy....See Moredaylilyfanatic4
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