compost - to pee or not to pee
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How much pee is too much pee?
Comments (10)When I was younger I worked summers at a Boyscout camp. Being an all boys camp we didn't have to worry much about heading to the latrine to pee. Every cabin had a more or less designated area nearby. We'd pick a grassy spot and for the first couple weeks the grass would grow like crazy. After about 5 or 6 weeks the vegetation in that area would get burned off and die and that spot would start to smell. It was worse in summers when we didn't get alot of rain. The proceedure at that point was to get a 5 gallon bucket of water and hose the area down, then switch to the backup spot for the last couple weeks of camp. We'd spend a total of 9 weeks there per summer. I'm not making any of that up. I'm sure different cabins delt with the problem in different ways but I stayed in 5 or 6 different cabins over 4 summers and each one worked pretty much the same....See Morepee in the tea?
Comments (11)I read in some book years ago that *diluted* urine was a very good supplement for nitrogen- and acid-loving plants such as tomatoes, and could be added to the compost pile too. I seem to remember that the ratio was 6 parts water to 1 part pee, but I think I'd go with 10:1 to be safe. I am trying to get my BF to contribute now and then but he's horrified by the idea! LOL I think plain ammonia can be used too but don't know the dilution ratio for it....See MoreTo pee or not to pee... that is the question
Comments (42)ROFL! And I thought houzz was what had messed up GardenWeb! Actually it REALLY is a worthy topic and obviously men "go" when and where it's most convenient and...well, if we can cut back on the store-bought fertilizer, all the better I say. On the dilution topic and for those of you who have killed things...so maybe it makes you feel macho to be able to kill things like that, but I think I have a solution. You should not "go" in one spot and saturate the soil there but rather spread it around the tree. That will reduce the chance of odor and reduce the chance of shocking the roots and adding too many salts to one spot. johnmerr, are there regulations in the US about peeing in the field of a commercial crop? I know there are regs against #2 for obvious reasons but #1 SHOULD be almost sterile when it's "applied"....See MorePee Gees growing only inches p year
Comments (1)Water! Actually, from 6" sticks to 2' trees is not terrible, that's about 6" per year. I have a 10 yr old (give or take) PeeGee in tree form that gets sun until about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, but on longest days of the year it gets sun till about 4PM or so. My mother has one in shrub form that gets sun all day long till late evening (6PM at earliest). I have a well that DH installed for watering my flower gardens and my PeeGee gets the equivalent of an inch of rain a week easily. (If we have no rain I water.) It's most prolific growth spurt is from late May through June each year. My mother has very dry sandy soil (although I amended her peegee's location), and she doesn't water nearly as often/deep due to not having a well. Mine grows much faster than hers. It took both a few years to take hold, and then mine took off. I typically get a lot of new growth each year (minimum 8-10", and if I thin some branches early, before bud break, the remaining branches grow even longer + new ones form). My mom's is about 5 years old, younger than mine, and hers is very slow growing. I'm convinced ample (but not too much) water is the difference. I also give mine a quick shot of liquid fertilizer once or twice a month when I'm watering flowers, always has lots of blooms. So heavily loaded I have to tie them to the fence or the stems hang to the ground. (The fewer the stems, the larger the blooms. The more stems, the more blooms, but they are smaller. One year I had thinned it pretty well and got blooms nearly the size of footballs!) PeeGees are great for drying, too, btw. I like to pick mine in fall before frost, when the white petals have taken on that rich burgundy>bronze tone. (I use Schultz for Acid loving plants, it seems to bring on more fall color). Good luck!...See Morepaulns
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