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David in Normandy[_8_] · 20-05-2012, 01:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 20/05/2012 14:05, wrote:

Well, the cheapest fertiliser is that which you produce yourself :-)

I swear by pee as fertilizer now and it is free. From the research I've
done it is quite a balanced fertiliser in NPK terms plus it has trace
elements. I simply use an old large necked detergent bottle as a urinal
and each days collection gets made up to a watering can full with water
from the water butt. It is surprisingly odour free, presumably because
of the dilution and the way the ground / plants take up the nutrients.
It gets used mainly on the vegetable garden. Each day a different row of
plants gets a feed. They cycle takes around two - three weeks before a
row gets another feed. It works very well. For anyone on the squeamish
side I ask the question: Is it any worse than putting on horse, cow or
chicken manure?! Pee is free and is effective.