# The SDMB 2019 Gardening Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2019-gardening-thread/828757 "2019-02-01T00:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2019-gardening-thread/828757/18 "2019-04-08T00:50:18Z")
You know what works well in a garden? Piss works well in a garden. There, I said it and I stand by it. You take healthy unmedicated urine collected in a clean jar, dilute it with water in about a 1:10 ratio, and pour it on your soil and/or your compost pile (without getting it on the edible parts of your food plants, although even that wouldn’t really matter after a good rain rinse), and you’ve got high-quality, fast-acting fertilizer rich in potash and nitrogen. It may be euphemistically referred to as “flowerdew” in honor of the [renowned British organic gardening expert Bob Flowerdew who promotes urine use in gardening.](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/apr/30/uk.waste) Plus, it reduces wasteful water use from flushing perfectly good liquid fertilizer into the sewage system several times a day. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2019-gardening-thread/828757)._