[permaculture] A Golden Opportunity

Bob Waldrop bwaldrop at cox.net
Mon Dec 10 23:44:35 EST 2007


Shouldn't urine generally be diluted before being applied to plants?

Bob Waldrop, OKC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Johnson" <keithdj at mindspring.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] A Golden Opportunity


>I might add that the best time to apply this aged material is just
> before a rain, especially if you have neighbors in close proximity, due
> to the intense and lingering aroma.
>
> kevin akiva wrote:
>> keith wrote:
>> (from SCIENCE NEWS, 2007)
>> "human urine that had been stored for 6
>> months...[snip] collected from one individual over the
>> course of a year could fertilize a 90-square-meter
>> plot, yielding more than 160 cabbages, the team
>> calculates. The data indicate that a urine-treated
>> plot would yield 64 kilograms more cabbage than one
>> fertilized conventionally."
>> -----------
>>
>> over the years, i've grown to understand that a
>> commonly considered sign of madness of howard hughes
>> was actually an ancient practice of true wealth: a
>> pee-pee saved and yo'urine the cabbage.
>>
>>
>
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