Urine added to Leaf Compost

Human urine adds Nitrogen and water to your compost pile. Leaves are dry and have great Carbon, but they need moisture and Nitrogen to be added in order for composting to happen. Human urine is a free, easy, clean source of Nitrogen and water for your compost. It saves lots of water by not having to flush urine down the toilet, and saves your city from having to chemically treat all those wasteful flushes.

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[ArizonaAdventures]

how much is over kill? How often to you pour a gallon onto the pile? thanks!

[OrganicGarden123]

@ArizonaAdventures Re: your question of how often I pour gallons of urine on my leaf compost pile... I don't bottle my urine when I am at work (too much hassle to drive it home), but for the ~ 1/2 of my life when I am at home, peeing in a jug and then pouring on the compost later works out to maybe 4 gallons of urine per week. That gets poured/spread on a compost pile that is 40-50 cubic feet in size. Since my dry leaves are almost all carbon, the pile needs nitrogen/water = urine, lots of it.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@OrganicGarden123 maybe this is a stupid question, but what do you do about the flies? Could be just bad timing from when I started pouring urine on the compost pile or from the large amount of juice pulp in the pile, but the flies are pretty bad. Any tips? Thanks :)

[OrganicGarden123]

@ArizonaAdventures Hmmmm. I don't really get any noticeable flies on my compost pile. If you add kitchen scraps or fruits, don't leave them on TOP of the compost pile... instead just throw a shovel/handful of leaves on top of those items, to keep it too deep for the flies.

[Hibbleton666]

urine works beautifully,if you want to make leaf compost quickly,grind or shred the leaves as close as you can to dust with your lawnmower,wet the pile thoroughly and add as much urine as you can collect or add a few pounds of dried blood(in layers,mixing well)to the wet leaf dust.the bigger the heap the better and put an insulating lid on it.the heap will get hot very quickly but it is extremely important to empty and refill the heap every few days to keep it aerated and rotting very fast!

[OrganicGarden123]

@Hibbleton666 Yes, I agree that "urine works beautifully" when added to leaf compost. I admit my compost would do better if, as you recommend, it was aerated/turned often. Personally, I have a lazy-man's compost where I don't get around to turning it for months, so it takes longer to compost. But this way works for me since I don't have any rush and it's important that everyone does what they can and what works for them. Happy composting!

[Imigra]

My neighbors hate when I add urine to my compost pile since I skip the bottle step.

[frank2796]

I've found myself laying huge mud monkeys directly onto my compost piles.

The only problem is that I happen to live in a condo where everyone can see me laying the fugde dragon down.

I think I'm just going to start crapping into a 2 liter coke bottle.

[alan30189]

You poured it all in one little spot. I suggest using a sprinkling can and spread it out throughout the pile as you turn the pile. Make sure the pile is moist throughout.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@OrganicGarden123 must just have been bad timing with some fruit that had some eggs in it I suppose. I do cover all the kitchen scraps with newspaper and then a small amount of alfalfa straw, but I can see these guys shooting out from deep insdie the pile when I move it around. Going to turn it tomorrow and try and break up some of thier habitat. Good to know you don't get any flies from the urine...I'll have to try more when I get the flies under control. Thanks

[W4V3MAKER]

It'd suck if someone drank that thinking it was lemonade.

[gazzaka]

Peeing liquid nitrogen !