Yep,
it grosses people out, but you should be peeing in your garden. Typical urine
is very high in nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, the elements that makes
plants grow so thick and lush and fruitful. Why use fertilizers, even organic
ones, when you make a great fertilizer that you just flush away?
I know
what you are thinking. “But my dogs pee on the grass and it burns it!” OK, you
are right to an extent. First, the pee needs to go into the soil, not on the
plants. If pee gets on plants and sits there for too long, it forms ammonia
which will “burn” the plant. Second, what do you do to keep the dogs’ pee from
burning your lawn? You water the heck out of that spot. You need to dilute the
urine as much as 15 to 1. In the summer time, it’s not really a problem because
you are probably watering every day and that will dilute it pretty well. Think
about how much your dogs pee (but not too long or it’s weird). If urine burned
grass on contact, you wouldn’t have any grass left. Watering your lawn dilutes
it to a point where it doesn’t burn the grass and the lawn is healthier because
of it.
So
what is the plan? For guys, it’s easy. At night, when you have to “go,” step
outside in the backyard, go to your garden and pee on the soil. If you hit the
plants, give them a quick wash-off. Pee
in a different place each night and make sure your garden is getting plenty of
water. For women, you may need to collect the “yellow gold” indoors in a well-marked
mason jar and pour it in the garden in various places each night. In cooler
months when you water less, dilute the pee before you apply it. In Africa, they
have seen plant yields double using this method!
Some
people have worried about medications getting into your soil. Smart thinking,
but no need to worry. The small amounts that actually get filtered out by the
kidneys will be will diluted by watering.
Try
it, but don’t tell anyone right away. Let it be your little secret until AFTER
they eat.
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