Urine Soil Fertilizer

First remember that irrigation water should always be left to stand on an open container.

Urine soil fertilizer. Immediately usable by plants. For soil and containers with good drainage. Studies in countries such as india have shown that using cow urine as fertilizer can greatly improve soil quality in a cost effective and natural manner. As bizarre as it sounds your urine is a fantastic fertilizer for your marijuana plants.

Watering after application helps drive in the nutrients and is recommended. Urine also contains phosphorous and potassium plus whatever other excess trace minerals you eat that your body doesn t end up using. The breakdown of your urine depends on your diet. Start applying urine fertilizer when plants are 2 weeks old.

Human urine is almost perfectly sterile unless the person it came from has a urinary tract infection even though fresh urine is sterile i don t apply it on crops that will be harvested in a couple of weeks. In soil there s no problems but in hydro setups there may not be enough bacteria culture to breakdown the urea and ammonia. Use human urine as fertiliser a complete step by step guide in today s project diary video i will give you a brief history lesson on how urine ha. When using urine as fertilizer apply it to the soil around the plant.

Fertilizer produced in the lab will have a more consistent concentration. Apply the urine into the soil around the plant s roots. Fresh human urine is high in nitrogen one of the key nutrients in weed growth. While the answer to can urine be used as fertilizer is a resounding yes there are a few precautions you should take.

For at least 24 hours to clean. When applied to the soil both will convert to the ammonia and nitrogen needed by plants. How to use urine as fertilizer. Tips for using urine in the garden.

Urine as fertilizer applying it safely. The thing that makes urea the most common nitrogen fertilizer is that the nutrients are in a form that can be immediately used by the plants. Last summer a research assistant from a study being done at the university of michigan interviewed me about my use of human urine as fertilizer. Safety is of course of the utmost concern in fertilizing with human urine just as it is with animal manure application to improve soil while urine is considered sterile there are rare occurrences of bacterial infection that can contribute to bacterial problems around your plants.

Interestingly because it s chemical free low cost and readily available cow urine has been used successfully as a fertilizer as well.