With some amount of care and correct procedure, urine can be
used effectively.
Components Of Urine
- Urine is 95% water, 2.5% urea and 2.5 per cent is a mixture of minerals, salts. It is a blood by product.
- Urine is major source of nitrogen. Studies have proved that one a week urine application can double the yield of vegetables.
- A healthy human adult can release 11g nitrogen/urea, 1g phosphorus/super-phosphate and 2.5g potassium eberry time he/she passes urine
How To make urine Usable
- Separate urine from other bodily waste to keep it sterile. Pee in a bottle or bucket, or invest in a urine separating toilet.
- The smell of ammonia also indicates a drop in nutritional content. Use old pee directly on your compost heap.
- Dilute
one part urine with 10-15 parts of water in the growth stage.
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In agriculture, nitrogen based fertilizers such as ammonium
phosphate and nitrogen phosphorus potassium are widely used.
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The fact that human urine helps in speedy growth of
plants has been proved by researches done by agricultural universities in many
states.
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Every plant depends on nitrogen for its growth. Some
plants can extract nitrogen themselves, while others cannot