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Kaleva

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4. Well. used it today for the first time

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 09:52 AM

Aug 2012

Last edited Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:06 PM - Edit history (1)

For my house plants, I mixed 24 parts fresh water to 1 part urine. 3 cups of water and I ball parked the 1/8 cup measurement for the urine. If my ex ever found out I had used my measuring cups to measure out piss, I'd never hear the end of it. For the zucchini plants outside, I used about 1 gallon urine added to 4 gallons of grey water. (Edit: I had the original quantity for the zucchini plants wrong as I first poured a full gallon container of urine into a 5 gallon pail and then topped it off with water. So that would make it 4 parts water to 1 part urine).

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Has anyone tried recycling their urine for plant use? [View all] Kaleva Aug 2012 OP

Yep, there is an ick factor there. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #1

Um, well, yeah, um, ICK! Denninmi Aug 2012 #2

No,but I did make mr beac pee into bottles for a few days in beac Aug 2012 #3

Well. used it today for the first time Kaleva Aug 2012 #4

Seems to be working so far. Kaleva Aug 2012 #5

When you buy manure, it is ammonia in urine that provides the nitrogen Kolesar Aug 2012 #6

I piss on my compost piles in the Fall htuttle Sep 2012 #7

That's what I plan to do this fall and over the winter. Kaleva Sep 2012 #8

Been using it on my compost pile for some time now Kaleva Oct 2012 #9

Urine heats up the compost. malokvale77 Nov 2012 #10

I read that the it's the nitrogen in the urine that does it. Kaleva Nov 2012 #11

Correct... malokvale77 Nov 2012 #12

I've seen what it can do (dogs) Shagbark Hickory Nov 2012 #13

It is good stuff diluted. roody Dec 2012 #14

Urea is an ingredient in most fertilisers. kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #15

yup - and researched it also ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #16

Would not try this method while taking pharmaceuticals. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #17

Yes. Diluted, and into compost. But it is primarily a source of cheap nitrogen, jtuck004 Apr 2015 #18

We have used it in the past... sendero Apr 2015 #19