DoomsdaysCW6d ago

Waste Not: How to Safely Use #Urine in Your Home #Garden.

"Using Urine to Feed Plants

Not many people talk about it, but lots of home gardeners do use their pee in their gardens. This practice is centuries old. Some gardeners will use it around fruit trees, or in their flower gardens. Some add it to their compost piles, or to strategically placed straw bales that later get added to compost piles or used to mulch vegetable beds.

Worried about the smell? Read below about dilution. Any smell will dissipate within minutes of application."

https://www.sustainablemarketfarming.com/2025/02/19/waste-not-how-to-safely-use-urine-in-your-home-garden/

#Urea #Fertilizer #Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #ZeroWaste

Waste Not: How to Safely Use Urine in Your Home Garden.

  Using Urine to Feed Plants Not many people talk about it, but lots of home gardeners do use their pee in their gardens. This practice is centuries old. Some gardeners will use it around frui…

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Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱6d ago

@DoomsdaysCW

When I was a kid 'helping' my dad in the garden, if I needed to pee, he would tell me 'go pee on the rhubarb - that makes it grow better!'

Mother was a 'Domestic Science' teacher (and these days would have been full on with 'organic gardening' had that been a thing in the 60s) and she approved, because it involved no chemical fertilisers.

Show threadDoomsdaysCW
@bytebro I guess some plants could get "burned" from the salts found in urine, so dilution is best long-term.
Apr 2 at 2:41pmWeb
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱6d ago

@DoomsdaysCW

True. I suspect dad sprayed the hose over said rhubarb afterwards, although at aged 7 I didn't retain that info!