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htuttle

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7. I piss on my compost piles in the Fall
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:00 PM
Sep 2012

Well, I collect it indoors first, since I live in the city.

It seems to be especially helpful in composting 'dry/brown' compost over the winter, like dead leaves, small twigs, newspaper, etc. I 'applied it' to the leaf and straw sheet compost beds I laid in last fall, and had a lot of new soil this spring and summer. I assume that it helped get things going.

Apparently, you shouldn't apply it directly to growing plants, as it might burn them. Although the health concerns aren't that great, since urine is fairly clean, bacteriologically speaking, if the urine-donor is taking certain type of pharmaceuticals, traces of them might end up in the top soil (and eventually your food).

At least that's what I read. I only know that it rots my leaf piles faster.

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