Use of human urine?
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Using 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 MoreSustainable Fertilizer: Urine And Wood Ash Produce Large Harvest
Comments (12)Here's the study. Surendra K. Pradhan was interviewed on CBC radio this week. Discussing the benefits of urine as a fertilizer, on public radio - it's a new day. He suggested a time lapse of a few days between applying the urine and the wood ash, to avoid ammonia offgassing. By coincidence, or intuition, we've been tossing urine and wood ashes, and occasionally manure, on our scrubby roadside wild rose hedge in hopes it would grow and help block the sight and sound of traffic. The hedge, which was growing virtually in gravel, is now three times the height and breadth it was ten years ago, blooming beautifully, and admired by visitors. It's maybe not surprising that so much groundbreaking R&D on waste-separating toilets and waste as fertilizer is coming from northern countries like Finland and Sweden. My sister-in-law, an outpost nurse in rocky northern Canada, says heaps of disposable diapers can be seen in the brush around communities from the air as she flies in - there's nowhere or way to bury them. Here is a link that might be useful: study...See MoreUrine as Fertilizer
Comments (70)So, I'm currently experimenting using potted soil outside. I mix the golden fertilizer directly into peat moss and perlite, about a pint per cubic foot. I take a ph reading. It starts as highly acid (ph around 5) but the nutrient level is high. To bring it down, I water the soil with two gallons of water per teaspoon of baking soda, and add about a half pint of wood ash. I'm fixing to burn old deer bones I find in the woods, in fact, any bones I can find or use after making soup. Once I burn the bones, I'll mix the ash with the soil. This will increase the alkalinity of the soil and provide phosphoros and calcium. Since I live near the ocean, I'll also grind in some seaweed. Once the process is complete, I'll measure the outcome. It will probably be too concentrated (hopefully) but I can then mix this whole mixture into different concentrations of soil and experiment. I also have a commercial testing kit, so once I have my ingredients mixed, I'll test. A question for you all.. I've heard that if urine stands, it will eventually turn more alkali. Anyone know anything about that?...See MoreRats in the compost
Comments (8)Not only that, if the pile is kept moist as a damp, wrung out sponge, rats will not find it hospitable as a place to hang out or nest and raise young. If any interesting food scraps are buried pretty deeply in the pile, there will not be much in the way of odors to attract them. We had a pretty bad invasion of them last spring and fall, but I did not see any evidence of them around my compost pile. There was some in and around my sheds and a couple of them even managed to find a way into my attic, but some rat poison pellets in little packets from the feed stores took care of those problems pretty quickly and safely with no danger to our dogs and cat. It was NOT DeCon, I think that they just get fat on that. ":^) Bill P....See Moremagz88
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