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"Potatoes are easy to get started but can be a little finicky with soil conditions." mm have you tried fertilizing with poop?
by booi 7y ago
"Potatoes are easy to get started but can be a little finicky with soil conditions."
mm have you tried fertilizing with poop?
- bluGill 7y agoThat might make things worse, you can have too much fertility. Depending... Potatoes like sand soil. Beyond that I'm not a potato growing expert.
- yiyus 7y agoI guess this was not a serious suggestion, unless you're in Mars.
- 6510 7y agoThere is very little written on the use of vegan poop. One argument against human poop is that it can transfer disease. If it is your own that doesn't seem all that harmful. It might even help convince other humans not to eat your crops.
- samus 7y agoThere are a lot of bacteria in the colon, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's safe to have them everywhere, even if they are your own. It would be necessary to store poop dry, separate from urine, and to compost it to make it somewhat safe. Usually, a dry toilet is used for this. However, it might be difficult to install and operate the whole process if you're not living in the countryside.
- Melting_Harps 7y ago> That might make things worse, you can have too much fertility. Depending... Potatoes like sand soil. Beyond that I'm not a potato growing expert. Potatoes are super forgiving, I've grown nice sized potatoes and carrots in very heavily compacted clay soil before (it was the farm's 2nd season amending the soil with sand but it was pretty bad) however, potatoes can be grown in many other growing mediums, straw or hay can be prepared if you don't want to go with a soil based system: https://www.bettervegetablegardening.com/growing-potatoes-in-straw.html https://www.bettervegetablegardening.com/growing-potatoes-in... The best part is its a closed loop growing system, as after harvest you can use it to add to the compost or even as mulch. I personally prefer soil gardening, and believe it determines taste enough to not want to do it, but if I would do it if I was first starting out.
- joejerryronnie 7y agoSan Francisco just became the fertilizer capital of the world.
- jsilence 7y agoPlease do not recommend fertilizing plants for human consumption with human manure!! It is a practice that has been abandoned for good reasons. The reasons are the propagation of pathogens right into your food chain. You can compost the manure and use that compost for fertilization of fruit trees in early spring. But please do not use it on vegetable plants, leafy greens and such.