Of course, none of YOUR friends could possibly have AIDS.

They would all come out and tell everyone if they had the dreaded disease,
just like Rock Hudson and Liberace did!!!!

It is even more humorous that your source of info is America's #1 master of
masturbating gardeners, Jerry Baker himself. That mercenary "paragon of
virtue" wouldn't be giving out bogus advice, would he?

What's next? Advising that semen is good fertilizer for gymnosperms?


Mogie wrote in message
...
This info came from the master gardener's. Would think they know what they
were talking about. Of course you don't line up strangers and have them
pee
in your compost pile. Of course you don't pee in the compost if you have
AIDS either. Come on.

JNJ wrote in message
...
Heard at my composting class that human urine is good for the compost
pile.

Maybe if it were pure, but nowadays....

There are a variety of chemicals in a person's urine that would probably
not
do well in a compost pile, especially if that person were on medications
(both prescribed and, ahem, "social" medications or libations). Things
such
as fluoride (for example) will readily pass into urine, and unless you
grow/raise your own foods there's no telling what chemicals are in the
foods
you eat and subsequently in you.

That being said, urine has been used for centuries as a form of
fertilizer
(as has untreated excreta, both human and otherwise) -- in many
countries
it
still is used as such. AFAIK, this is for it's nitrogen content. It's
also
used in medicinal and industrial applications.

Either way, I don't think I'd use it on my compost pile -- in this case,
it
would be just as easy to pick up a bag of nitrogen to sprinkle over the
pile.

James