permaculture

[Stephen Brennan <thebrenmeister@gmail.com>]

I have used this system with a large barrel which was emptied when full and
let sit for two
years, then used on trees. Urine was seperated and used almost immediately.
Depending
on the exact system used the manure shold be fine after one year bt two is
recommended
for added security. This is all in the hmanure handbook.

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM, <yarrow@sfo.com> wrote:

> Did you read the Humanure Handbook? Read again!
>
> To use at all, humanure must be hot-composted. If in doubt, spend a
> couple years learning how to successfully make hot compost, and
> *then* incorporate humanure into the hot composting system. Some
> people won't use on crops ever, only on ornamentals. Never
> recommended for leaf or root crops! Others will let it sit 2 years,
> have it tested, then decide.
>
> I don't understand why you need to use a big barrel, but it sounds
> like that would involve anaerobic composting, which is usually not
> recommended.
>
> Urine is a different matter. If collected from healthy people who are
> not taking anything that would harm plants, it can be diluted and
> used immediately (not directly on crops, but for fruit trees etc.).
> Or it can be added to compost pile.
> It can't be separated later; it must be *collected* separately.
>
> At 9:16 PM +0000 11/8/09, dward Okun wrote:
> >i have read the humanure toilet, but he doesnt about using a big barrel. i
> >need to use a big barrel and seperate the urine and poops. how long does
> it
> >need to sit to be ok in the crops? 3 months, 6 months?  some people add
> >urine later in the process. what do you think of that?
> >also, i would like to seperate the urine and use it. but i hear it neds to
> >be very fresh. do you have any ideas on that
> >
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