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  • From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
  • To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Soil pH
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:26:37 -0500

Jerry asked, "Does horse urine really make soil acid, as several have said?"

Fresh urine tends to be acidic and is 95% water and 2.5% urea. The average pH of urea is 8.8. Urea in soil is converted to ammonium (NH4) and/or ammonia (NH3) which is rapidly converted to nitrate (NO3) which is in the form taken up by plants. Its effect on soil pH is fleeting and almost momentary.

Jim Fruth
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