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Application of Stored Urine

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From normal, healthy people, urine is virtually free of pathogens. Urine also contains the majority of nutrients that are excreted by the body. Urine varies depending on diet, gender, climate and water intake among other facts, but roughly 80% of nitrogen, 60% of potassium and 55% of phosphorus that is excreted from the body is excreted through urine.
Because of its high acidity pH (increases with length of storage) and concentration, stored urine should not be applied directly to plants. Rather it can be used:
1) Mixed undiluted into soil before planting;
===References===
 
* [http://www.sswm.info/category/implementation-tools/reuse-and-recharge/hardware/reuse-urine-and-faeces-agriculture/urine-f Application of Stored Urine]. SSWM.
* Austin, A. and Duncker, L. (2002). Urine-diversion. Ecological Sanitation Systems in South Africa. CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.
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