Urea as liquid feed

Posted by Dave Hill on July 14, 2010, 4:36 pm

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Many, Many years ago when I was a lot younger than I am now we used to
use Urea as a liquid feed.
I am trying to remember how much we used and at what strength.
Can any one help?
David Hill

Posted by nmm1 on July 14, 2010, 4:39 pm

I have used it only in its natural form ....

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Nick Maclaren.

Posted by David in Normandy on July 14, 2010, 4:39 pm

On 14/07/2010 22:36, Dave Hill wrote:

I have no idea, but my experiment of watering the veggies with dilute
pee is working very well. Diluted to around 1/20 they are all thriving.
I vaguely recall urea is the main constituent of pee? I'm sure someone
will correct me if I'm wrong.

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Posted by Derek Turner on July 15, 2010, 11:42 am

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:39:31 +0200, David in Normandy wrote:

<pedant> You're wrong: the main constituent is water! </pedant>

Posted by Dave Hill on July 15, 2010, 2:25 pm

As I want to use it on around 1/2 an acre I don't intend drinking all
that much.
Pee might be OK for a small patch, but no way am I going round the
neighbourhood collecting from the neighbours.
There are enough people who come on here who take the p....
David Hill