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Peecycling--immodest and icky but could it save the planet?

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  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    Decades ago I suggested my husband pee on the compost heap......he's yet to do it.
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Mine always does it.😇
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    My allotment neighbour pee's around his sweetcorn because he says it keeps the rats away.
    I just mentioned that on another thread, I read about it the other day!
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Urine is good on citrus trees.  

    Human waste is all methane and one day or another we are going to have to resort to old methods.  Too much progress makes man weak.  Like a vineyard, he needs to suffer to be strong! 
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • I had OH peeing into an empty milk carton regularly over winter, and trotting straight down to the dalek with it (I'm very cruel). Kept things moving along nicely. 
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My compost bins are in view of the street so direct application of wee wouldn't really be a good idea even if I had the equipment for it. Can't be bothered mucking about with buckets (and as for getting OH on board, not going to happen!)
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Compost toilet is the answer.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    Historically human urine has been in great demand for use in the cloth dying process, the manufacture of gunpowder, and the Alchemist Hennig Brand collected 1500 gallons of the stuff in an attempt to discover the "Philosophers Stone," he failed in his attempt but did produce Phosphorous.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think it's still used in the manufacture of Harris Tweed ( but I might be wrong ) 
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Good for softening fibres, leather production, bleaching wool, explosives, as mentioned. The Romans used it to get their sheets white.
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