anyone else utilizing their urine as a nute?

scroglodyte

scroglodyte

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or am i the only cheap-ass, too lazy-to-go-upstairs-to-pee freak in here? 10:1 urine/water.......plants love it. so do bacteria in my compost tea.......
 
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Elloco

Active Member
Urine can burn plants from what I've read somewhere.(no idea where i read that is 3 am here) But its good for the compost pile
 
bkbbudz

bkbbudz

New Member
Well I uhhhh..... HMMMM ....too be honest I ne....HMMMM what too say what too say? Oh, Ya about peein on plants....ummmm ....

Well, most people say .........uhhh huh HMMMMMM. NOT A GOOD IDEA. LOL!!!

I'm sure you will get lots of comments both ways but we secrete tremendous amounts salts and...well it just seems so wrong! Think about the children!!!!!
 
Thedillestpickle

Thedillestpickle

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lol You shouldnt have to pee on your plants to give them N, Arent they getting that already? ...do you use your ppm/pH meter on your pee? lol

I guess its organic lol, You must be in soil, which is made up of different types of shit, so I guess some pee cant be that bad. I don't know about the bacteria though, maybe they are all good, maybe there are some really bad ones in there though. I know that pee is pretty sterile, but becomes very unsterile within a few hours(bacteria)

have you done a side by side of a pee fed plant vs an unpeed on plant?
 
dbkick

dbkick

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Nothing new here. straight from wikipedia


Urine contains large quantities of nitrogen (mostly as urea), as well as significant quantities of dissolved phosphates and potassium, the main macronutrients required by plants, with urine having plant macronutrient percentages (i.e. NPK) of approximately 11-1-2 by one study[SUP][20][/SUP] or 15-1-2 by another report,[SUP][21][/SUP] illustrating that exact composition varies with diet. Undiluted, it can chemically burn the roots of some plants, but it can be used safely as a source of complementary nitrogen in carbon-rich compost.[SUP][22][/SUP]

When diluted with water (at a 1:5 ratio for container-grown annual crops with fresh growing medium each season,[SUP][23][/SUP] or a 1:8 ratio for more general use[SUP][22][/SUP]), it can be applied directly to soil as a fertilizer. The fertilization effect of urine has been found to be comparable to that of commercial fertilizers with an equivalent NPK rating.[SUP][24][/SUP] Urine contains most (94% according to Wolgast[SUP][20][/SUP]) of the NPK nutrients excreted by the human body. Conversely, concentrations of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium, commonly found in solid human waste, are much lower in urine (though not low enough to qualify for use in organic agriculture under current EU rules).[SUP][25][/SUP] The more general limitations to using urine as fertilizer then depend mainly on the potential for buildup of excess nitrogen (due to the high ratio of that macronutrient),[SUP][23][/SUP] and inorganic salts such as sodium chloride, which are also part of the wastes excreted by the renal system. The degree to which these factors impact the effectiveness depends on the term of use, salinity tolerance of the plant, soil composition, addition of other fertilizing compounds, and quantity of rainfall or other irrigation.
 
Dizzle Frost

Dizzle Frost

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i wonder what would happen if you got someone going thru chemo therapy to piss in your soil? would you need a pH meter or a Gieger counter?
 
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