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sleavenson3 wrote:

I am the activity director at a nursing home that specializes in
psychiatric patients and we want to start a garden. The trouble is,
alot of them urinate whenever and wherever the want, including the
garden. I plan to keep most of the plant up high, but is there anything
I could plant in the ground or planters that might resist the high
concentrations of ammonia? Also, given my black thumb what are good,
tenacious outdoor plants. We are located in San Antonio. Any help would
be appreciated.

Hmmm... The question is, what plants would tolerate a high nitrogen soil?
Urine is going to be initially acidic, then turn alkaline as it breaks
down into ammonia, so I'm not sure that pH tolerance would be an issue.

Seriously, you may want to consider putting in an edible mushroom patch.
If you use a lot of good quality compost with a deep bed to absorb the
urine, some species thrive on more Nitrogen. Oyster mushrooms are one
and WILL grow up from a flat bed of wood compost They don't need a
verticle wall. Another good one would be King Stropharia.

Check this website for information, books, and spawn:

http://fungi.com/

HTH? :-)

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K.

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