Balcony Gardening
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Show off that vertical veggie garden 35 stories high. Or that bucket of potatoes you're proud of. Perhaps some fall mums that have been catching your eye through the sliding door into your living room. Any and all balcony gardens are welcome! Come and show your's off because we love to see it. :)
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Apparently it does not contain too much sodium, although you probably have to apply sparingly (like any fertilizer). Most plants can (and must) tolerate some sodium in the soil. Some plants are much better at this than others. It would probably help if these balcony plants are getting rainwater or non-salty tap water (like, you don't have a water softener).
Urine doesn't have the same parasite issues as feces but probably best to skip using it if you had a UTI or were regularly taking medications. I'd also just apply it to the roots and not the whole plant (like any fertilizer). I don't know, I've never used it, I just know it has been used historically and it has a ton of nitrogen. Anecdotally the spots in my (extremely rural) yard where I've pissed green up noticeably.
The "proper" way to use urine is to basically dilute and cycle it with aeration through some kind of filter media to convert the urea/ammonia to nitrates. It's pretty much exactly the way that aquaponics works with beneficial bacteria.
The lazier way is to "age" it so the urea converts to ammonia, raising the pH which essentially kills most harmful bacteria. Pathogens usually can't survive for long outside of a host, anyway.
Anthroponics is the term to look up.
I'm not too proud to pee on my plants!
Jk, I'll dilute it first. I'm doing a bit of reading (since I do take a few medications for chronic illnesses) but it looks like if you age the urine for two months, most pharmaceuticals will degrade below readable levels, (here's what I'm looking at) so I guess I just have to decide if I'm willing to risk creating plants full of antihistamines and painkillers or if I need to ask a friend. I'm not sure if I have any friends who don't at least take a Claritin in the mornings? ...But I'm not too proud to ask the group chat to pee on my plants! :D
Thank you for sending me down this rabbit hole. Genuinely love the idea of using my own urine to fertilize my garden... that's about as low-cost as you can get I think.
Though an antihistamine painkiller tomato does sound great tbh
Just be sure to accurately ID it, so you don't risk it being a Pain/Killer Tomato plant 🤞🏼