[Terrapreta] Caution on Urine

[David Yarrow]

my suggestion is to treat urine as a microbial food and stimulant, not as a
plant food.

for a green & peaceful planet,
David Yarrow
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon C. Frank" <jon.frank at aglabs.com>
To: "Terrapreta" <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:46 PM
Subject: [Terrapreta] Caution on Urine


> Just a quick caution on using urine.  While useful for supplying soluble
> nutrients, urine should not be over applied.  The over application of
> urine
> will cause an increase in nitrogen uptake by plants.  It needs to be used
> in
> diluted form and also used with more carbonaceous products.  When cattle
> urinate in a pasture the center area may die but the surrounding area will
> be lush green with excessive nitrogen.  Cattle never prefer to eat this
> because it is poor quality just the same as if excess commercial nitrogen
> was applied.  The over application of nitrogen leads to poor quality
> produce/forages etc. even when coming from natural/organic sources.
>
> Using it to saturate charcoal seems quite ideal.
>
> Jon
>
>
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