P-K free fertilizer?

[keithrs]

I know. Our "liquid waste" is basically ammonia and our "solid waste" is basically urea.

I thought that are pee had urea in it!?

 

[gonewild]

So houseplants can absorb urea because they are in soil with microbes; am I correct?

Yes but not exactly. Because house plants are generally potted in a more dense media or soil there is more chance for the nitrogen in urea to be trapped. It is more due to the lack of airspace than microbes that the nitrogen stays available longer.

When I said use it on houseplants and in the garden it was only a suggestion of how to use it without wasting it. If your house plants don't grow so well because of it it probably is not as bad as if your orchids suffered from it. Unless of course you have very expensive rare houseplants. When you said houseplant I thought "cheap" common plant that just won't die no matter what.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Urea is the physiological solution to the toxicity of ammonia. Simple aquatic animals have no problem with ammonia, because it can just diffuse away. But more complex animals, with circulatory systems cannot survive unless they convert the seriously toxic ammonia to the far less toxic urea (or uric acid). Once the urea/uric acid has been excreted, bacteria break it back down to ammonia. So, pee contains urea. Bird poop contains uric acid....and poop. Human poop is just poop.....lots of cellulose with some stinky bacterial byproducts like skatole. But our urea is in our pee. The reason all those men's rooms smell like ammonia is because those urinals are curved in such a way that it sprays back. Just take a pee in one while wearing shorts or sandals to see for yourself. Or take my word for it and spare yourself the trouble (I never, ever, use urinals anymore!) So the smell is from all that pee urea decomposing to ammonia.

 

[Amadeus]

Urea is the physiological solution to the toxicity of ammonia. Simple aquatic animals have no problem with ammonia, because it can just diffuse away. But more complex animals, with circulatory systems cannot survive unless they convert the seriously toxic ammonia to the far less toxic urea (or uric acid). Once the urea/uric acid has been excreted, bacteria break it back down to ammonia. So, pee contains urea. Bird poop contains uric acid....and poop. Human poop is just poop.....lots of cellulose with some stinky bacterial byproducts like skatole. But our urea is in our pee. The reason all those men's rooms smell like ammonia is because those urinals are curved in such a way that it sprays back. Just take a pee in one while wearing shorts or sandals to see for yourself. Or take my word for it and spare yourself the trouble (I never, ever, use urinals anymore!) So the smell is from all that pee urea decomposing to ammonia.

:rollhappy::clap:This receives my vote for best post of the year.:clap::rollhappy:

 

[goldenrose]

At first I started skipping over this thread, just rehashing the K thread. Now I'm finding it rather entertaining!

I'm going to use K lite from Ray soon. I just wanted to see what you all thought of these other fertilizers. What should I do with all this extra fertilizer? Use it on houseplants or garden?

lesson learned ......
research it before buying and there will not be wasted money as well as what to do with it!

 

[The Orchid Boy]

I enjoyed this thread too! Yes, I definitely should have researched before buying.

 

[Ozpaph]

The reason all those men's rooms smell like ammonia is because those urinals are curved in such a way that it sprays back. Just take a pee in one while wearing shorts or sandals to see for yourself. Or take my word for it and spare yourself the trouble (I never, ever, use urinals anymore!) So the smell is from all that pee urea decomposing to ammonia.

or pee sitting down (women are so smart - no splash back).

 

[gonewild]

or pee sitting down (women are so smart - no splash back).

It's easy to be brave and sit in a Woman's bathroom....NOT so pleasant in a Men's room, may as well sit on a urinal..

 

[Clark]

It's easy to be brave and sit in a Woman's bathroom....QUOTE]

Some are just as filthy. Just make sure, one locks the door...

 

[goldenrose]

I enjoyed this thread too! Yes, I definitely should have researched before buying.

what can we say, we get impulsive, part of the addiction & passion!