As bizarre as it sounds your urine is a fantastic fertilizer for your marijuana plants.
Urine soil fertilizer.
Urine also contains phosphorous and potassium plus whatever other excess trace minerals you eat that your body doesn t end up using.
Studies in countries such as india have shown that using cow urine as fertilizer can greatly improve soil quality in a cost effective and natural manner.
While the answer to can urine be used as fertilizer is a resounding yes there are a few precautions you should take.
Fresh human urine is high in nitrogen one of the key nutrients in weed growth.
For soil and containers with good drainage.
In soil there s no problems but in hydro setups there may not be enough bacteria culture to breakdown the urea and ammonia.
Urine as fertilizer applying it safely.
Apply the urine into the soil around the plant s roots.
Safety is of course of the utmost concern in fertilizing with human urine just as it is with animal manure application to improve soil while urine is considered sterile there are rare occurrences of bacterial infection that can contribute to bacterial problems around your plants.
Immediately usable by plants.
Start applying urine fertilizer when plants are 2 weeks old.
How to use urine as fertilizer.
Last summer a research assistant from a study being done at the university of michigan interviewed me about my use of human urine as fertilizer.
First remember that irrigation water should always be left to stand on an open container.
The thing that makes urea the most common nitrogen fertilizer is that the nutrients are in a form that can be immediately used by the plants.
If you are using soil you only need 10 of perlite and vermiculite in your fertilizer.
The breakdown of your urine depends on your diet.
Tips for using urine in the garden.
If plants start to yellow decrease urine and increase water.
Interestingly because it s chemical free low cost and readily available cow urine has been used successfully as a fertilizer as well.
Fertilizer produced in the lab will have a more consistent concentration.
Use human urine as fertiliser a complete step by step guide in today s project diary video i will give you a brief history lesson on how urine ha.
Watering after application helps drive in the nutrients and is recommended.
For at least 24 hours to clean.
Corn is an exception and likes to be urine fertilized 3 times a week.