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Quest7777: This Present Generation will never believe this once happened in Nigeria.
True that. It was the norm back in the day for those kinds of savings account openings with 10 kobo and above.
The services were painfully slow though. However, the digitization of the 21st-Century is way BETTER than what we experienced in the bricks-and-mortar banking sector (and a few other sectors) in the 1970s through to the very early 2000s.
DomPerignon: Why do ibo people hate this project ?
Because it is a literal direct bridge between SS and SW and they see this project opening coastal communities to development. The hate to see those prime lands being developed and occupied by the indigenes because the see those lands and the entire SS as their future reservation in their deluded Biafra project..
This is why only them and them only are bitterly complaining about this project.
With this road, someone travelling to Cross River from Lagos will totally avoid the SE and for good measure.
Even someone travelling by road from Abuja to PH will simply drive to Benin, connect via the coastal artery road and be in PH in no time sound and safe.
jesmond3945: your stocks is protected by fcsc. However always go for etfs, gold and index fund. They are safer. You should have home insurance in place. House depreciation is not a regular thing. Even if so you can get a bridge loan to refurbish and make it valuable.
deji17: Inside Nigeria’s first pencil and toothpick factory
Victor Ekwealor January 10, 2018
In the second quarter of 2017, Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, commissioned the AKEES pencil and toothpick factory. It was going to be the first of its kind in Nigeria.
In response to the news, Nigerians noted via various mediums that contrary to claims, the factory was indeed not the first in Nigeria. Others said the factory itself was propaganda and did not exist. What was true and what was not?
During the Techpoint Innovation Tour, the Techpoint team visited the sleepy town of Ekom Iman in Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State where the factory was reportedly situated.
Front view of the AKEES Pencil and Toothpick Factory in Uyo
We saw the factory in its entirety and even got some pleasant shockers.
Located in a 1,000 sqm warehouse styled house, the factory truly produces pencils and toothpicks.
Speaking on the initial skepticism, General Manager of the facility, Engineer Bassey Friday Moses says he was disappointed that even people from Akwa Ibom State and environs joined doubting Thomases.
Engr. Friday Bassey Moses, General Manger AKEES Pencil and Toothpick Factory
“At the time, they said the governor commissioned an empty hall and rented people for show. If anybody at any point felt this establishment was a scam, all they had to do was walk in and confirm for themselves instead of spreading rumours.”
On a tour of the expansive facility, Bassey pointed out that unlike similar projects in specific locales, the AKEES Pencil and Toothpick Factory was a true Nigerian project because of its tribal diversity in hiring workforce. Of its 62-man workforce, every region in Nigeria is duly represented to a great extent.
Pencil factory
Pencils are usually made from cylindrical wood pieces carved from felled trees, but there is another method that is both cheaper and, most importantly, environmentally friendly.
The AKEES Pencil Factory uses old newspapers instead of wood to make pencils. This reduces deforestation, recycles old newspapers and cuts production costs by nearly half.
Bundles of old newspapers used as raw material
As beautiful a prospect as paper over wood is, how strong is a ‘paper pencil’? Bassey says the durability question is a general concern.
“People think wood is harder and more durable than paper, but that is not the case. With the right production processes, they’re are both on the same level in durability.”
According to Bassey, national dailies are more suitable for production than local papers because of their quality and resultant strength.
Apart from newspapers, other materials needed in pencil production include; urea formaldehyde, processed graphite, pencil sleeve, eraser, and ferrule. The graphite comes in 2A, 2B and 2.5B(HB) grades. When these materials are set, it is production proper.
Even in its seeming simplicity, the pencil production process is one of the most interesting industrial processes you will ever see.
After the graphite is cut to size, it is manually placed in trimmed newspaper spreads pre-slathered with urea formaldehyde.
Graphite
Urea is the glue that holds the newspaper and graphite together in the rolling machine where it is folded into a compacted wet cylindrical mass.
Wrapping graphite in urea formaldehyde and newspaper
Still not looking anything like a pencil, these wet masses are sun dried for a minimum of 24 hours before a 40 – 45 minute bake in the dryer where an operator turns them over every few minutes for even dryness.
Drying in the sun before baking in the oven
To confirm if they are properly dried, the pencils are sharpened. Wet ones do not sharpen well and are thrown out.
Pencil sharpener
From the sharpener, it’s a one way ticket to an abrading machine where they are smoothened and slowly begin to resemble actual pencils.
Like a fashion fitting session, the sleeve section is the most important step in the actual ‘pencilfication’ of these writing materials. Here, naked discoloured pencils finally get identities as they are clothed with coloured cylindrical nylon wraps called sleeves.
Workers putting sleeves on the pencils
Loosely hanging on the pencil’s frame at first, the sleeves are shrunk to fit by heat from a laminating machine.
Pencils rolling out of the laminating machine
Finally, the pencil’s feet is shod with an eraser after the ferrule — a small ring under a pencil that holds the eraser in place — is attached.
Running 8 hours a day, 3 major production machines combine to give a daily output of 30,000 – 60,000 pencils. Bassey says the disparity between numbers is a direct result of the minimal capacity of the dryer.
The dryer we have now cannot take all the pencils that come off the rolling machine at once so sometimes we have to rollover drying to the next day. But we are planning on getting a bigger one very soon to increase daily production quota.
Dryer
Toothpicks With scary machines all spotting shiny spinning blades, the toothpick factory is in the same building on the left side divided from the pencil factory by an the aisle leading up from the factory main entrance.
Cutting machine
General overseer of the toothpick section, Mr. Christopher Shawa, couldn’t wait to explain to us how his angle runs.
“Bamboo is the major and only raw material in the production of toothpick,” Christopher explained.
“3 year-old bamboo is best fit, but a maximum of 5 years old is acceptable. Bamboo should be left to stand for 3 days after harvest before entering the factory.” he continued.
Harvested bamboo
When it is eventually ready, the bamboo is sliced into lengths of 1.5 metres to make it fit the different cutting machines available.
A Splitting machine further splits the already cut bamboo into smaller cuts then another machine cuts them into regular toothpick sizes — 6.5cm length and 2.5cm breadth.
Mr. Christopher Shawa cutting bamboo in a Fixed Width Slicer
All these plenty cutting machines all do the same thing, but come in different sizes and blades.
The Sharpening Machine gives rounded pointed edges after the Polishing Machine has smoothened the toothpicks.
Polishing machine
Next, they are bleached and sun dried for an hour before being baked in an oven and then polished again before finally heading to the packing section.
Sun drying toothpicks after bleaching
From the toothpick section, one final look at the end of the pencil factory line showed Hannah Montana, Ben 10, Spiderman and other cartoon characters singing, peeping and swinging from the sleeves of AKEES pencils.
Packaged pencils ready for sale
While these are the usual designs for pencils, it is worrisome that AKEES pencils do not spot Nigerian and African art, designs and characters.
Bassey agrees this has always been a problem.
According to him, when AKEES started, the foreign designs made people think the pencils were imported. He had two explanations for this and the second is downright disappointing and shocking.
“It is a market penetration strategy. When entering a consumable market, first introduce something the consumers are already used to then slowly innovate with time. After familiarisation, subsequent production batches will hopefully come in traditional Akwa Ibom colours; orange and white. Some will spot cultural symbols like masquerades and landmarks. But even if and when we want to make this change, we will have to go to China because pencil sleeves are not produced anywhere in Africa.”
What?
In January 2016, when the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, gave a 2-year timeline for Nigeria to start producing pencils, we all laughed our heads off at “his incompetence”.
But apparently, the minister was speaking from an informed perspective; Nigeria wasn’t and still isn’t fully prepared to produce pencils.
Apart from bamboo and newspapers, every other material and equipment inside the AKEES Pencil and Toothpick Factory is imported from China.
From raw materials — urea formaldehyde, toothpick bleach, graphite, eraser, ferrule, sleeves — to all production machines. Everything.
Imported boxes of graphite
Considering the abundance of graphite in Nigeria, having to import graphite too is ridiculous. Ordinary pencil sleeves which are the simplest parts of the pencils are also imported from China. Bassey authoritatively stated that no country in Africa produced pencil sleeves.
“It is a shocking and sad fact. But we have searched extensively and confirmed it. Surprisingly, it is not a prohibitively expensive venture. It is an industry that can be established comfortably. It is in our plans to produce these sleeves in the nearest future here in Akwa Ibom State.”
For urea formaldehyde Bassey said he believes the Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals company in Port Harcourt has the raw materials but not capacity.
All the machines in the factory can also be produced in Nigeria, but they’re currently not. As expected, this unavailability of machines has taken a toll on productivity.
Good Business Regardless of all the challenges, Bassey says the pencil and toothpick production is a very profitable venture. He goes ahead to explain the dynamics.
I’ve been in manufacturing for over 18 years and I know you don’t just set up and start making money immediately. There should be room to study your market and experiment to a certain extent. Time is also needed for market penetration and dominance. Once you can conquer all these, you break even. Power is still a major challenge we have. We run on generators 24 hours but we still make profit. Even if the margins won’t be as big as when the generators are not in the equation.
The AKEES Pencil and Toothpick Factory by itself is making money. Monthly revenue is between ₦3-4million and Bassey speaks of possibilities of this number shooting through the roof.
We recently started negotiations with the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) to supply them pencils. With the free education policy in Akwa Ibom state, the about 1,160 primary schools in the state get free pencils and other educational materials. One carton of AKEES pencils at ₦14,000 to each of these schools monthly is ₦16.2 million monthly revenue. Two cartons will double that amount and so on.
Apart from the government, Bassey says AKEES has barely scratched the surface in terms of supply.
“Someone once asked why we are not in Lagos and other states, I said “let’s capture our region first. For now we are focusing on the South-South and South East regions. Primarily, Cross Rivers, Port Harcourt and Bayelsa. At our present capacity, we will never meet demands for others. When we are able to scale the south-south region, we will then have the financial capacity and wherewithal to procure machines, foster automation and eventually service customers in other regions.”
deji17: Why cereal maker Kellogg plans to invest $420m in Nigeria
Kellogg Co topped Wall Street forecasts for first-quarter profit and sales on Thursday.
By Reuters - May 3, 20180 (Reuters) – Fruit Loops cereal maker Kellogg Co topped Wall Street forecasts for first-quarter profit and sales on Thursday, boosted by stronger sales of snacks including Pringles chips and protein bars.
Though Kellogg has lowered the sugar content in many of its popular cereals to win back health-conscious customers, much of the Battle Creek, Michigan-based food company’s business today is driven by sales of snacks such as Pringles chips and RXBARs.
Highlighting the falling demand for cereal in the United States, Kellogg on Thursday also announced a $420 million investment in Nigeria’s Tolaram Africa Foods, its distributing partner in Africa, which makes noodles in addition to cereal.
It is the latest in a handful of deals Kellogg has sealed in the past few years to diversify its business, including the acquisitions of protein bar brand RXBAR and Brazilian snacks group Parati.
The company did not disclose additional financial terms of the Tolaram investment.
“Cereal consumption remained soft, though the company made progress toward stabilizing the key health and wellness brands, including Special K,” Kellogg said in its earnings statement.
Kellogg’s sales rose 5 percent in the first three months of the year, the third consecutive quarterly increase, as shoppers also bought more Eggo waffles and veggie patties in addition to snacks.
Overall sales of $3.40 billion topped analysts’ expectations of $3.30 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Kellogg said it expects net sales to rise between 3 percent and 4 percent in 2018 on a constant currency basis. The forecast includes gains from the Tolaram investment and translates to sales of $13.31 billion to $13.44 billion.
Kellogg’s net income rose to $444 million in the first quarter of 2018 from $266 million a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, Kellogg earned $1.23 per share, handily beating expectations of $1.08.
Kellogg’s stock rose 3 percent to $58.47 on Thursday morning.
Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Sai Sachin
deji17: " I will never leave APGA. I'd rather quit politics or die than leave APGA. PDP is a curse to the SE"-Peter Obi, Vice Presidential Candidate of the PDP.
Zero integrity!!!
Shameless Pigs.
Bianca Ojukwu Curses Peter Obi For Betraying Ojukwu
Former Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain and widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca, has opened up on how the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, failed to sustain the legacies of the late Igbo leader in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Bianca said Obi rode on the wings of the late Ikemba Nnewi to the government house on the platform of APGA but he had abandoned it.
She took her anger to a new level by laying curse on her late husband’s protégée, thus asking ‘history to judge him harshly’.
He told Sun that, “APGA’s political credo revolves essentially around those principles championed by Ojukwu in the Ahiara Declaration which constitutes the benchmarks of a well-ordered society.
“Ikemba envisaged an administrative model with a dynamic policy for industrialisation which concentrates on the employment of primary products in various domestic manufactures, a government which creates possibilities for citizens with talent in business and civil administration, agriculture, technology, trade and commerce, to mention but a few, to fulfil themselves and receive their due reward and appreciation in service to the state.
“It is simple. I maintain that Peter Obi betrayed Dim Ojukwu, and tried to destroy APGA for his own selfish interests. He has continued to undermine Ojukwu’s personality and recently, he has gone ahead to desecrate his legacy. From relative obscurity, Obi was brought into national prominence when the leader, Ojukwu, through his party APGA, offered him an opportunity and platform upon which he ran and became governor of Anambra State
“Ojukwu sacrificed so much and laboured for him to become governor. He (Ojukwu) was fiercely protective of him and helped him overcome the various challenges that confronted him. Peter Obi had a difficult first tenure and stepped on so many toes that the majority of our party faithful were adamant that he should not be nominated for a second tenure. Yet Ojukwu stood by him when it mattered most, jeopardised his health by traversing all the local governments in a rigorous campaign on his behalf and begged the people of Anambra State to grant him a last wish by returning Obi for a second term.
“This feat was achieved for the first time in Anambra State’s history on 6th February 2010. Peter Obi swore to Ojukwu, upon his honour, that he would never abandon APGA; that he would quit politics or die; rather than leave APGA, and that he would preserve this legacy as a potent voice and rallying point for Ndigbo.
“History will judge him (Obi) harshly because the truth of the matter is that it is his pathological fear of political redundancy and oblivion that is now driving him dangerously close to the precipice from where he will soon commit political suicide. The people of Anambra State cannot be hoodwinked as they are determined not to indulge him with a third tenure by installing his candidate as governor.”
godwinngbede: No one should blame Israel for the onslaught going on, Hamas has now proven the west and all those who supported it's via recognition wrong
Meanwhile see what Israel promised to do should they get overwhelmed by their enemies
godwinngbede: Benjamin Netanyahu is the only man ever declared wanted who boldly walked straight into the very authority that declared him wanted—only for them to scatter like sheep. The only president who disunited the United Nations and chased them out of their own building!
Israel Iron Beam laser weapon is now read to counter even Iran's Fatah 4 missiles
abc115: Yesterday, on Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary, I was delighted to witness the rebirth of the National Arts Theatre now aptly named the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, first built for FESTAC ’77.
Once neglected, it now stands restored through the vision of my predecessor, the Late President Muhammadu Buhari, and the commitment of the Bankers’ Committee and CBN.
prof2007: The Federal Government has commissioned the operations of Dukia Gold and Precious Metals Project (DGPMP). The project is expected to enable Nigeria mine her gold reserves properly, trade responsibly and refine locally.
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, while performing the virtual commissioning of the project, said Nigeria has potential reserves of 200 million ounces of gold reserves. He disclosed that the Dukia Gold and Precious Metals Project has been under construction for 7 years and it was his pleasure to see that the project is ready to start operations.
According to a press statement issued by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Edwin Okpara, the Vice President said, “I believe the Dukia gold project will encourage the emergence of smaller-scale mining companies which, for the first time, would have a transparent and welcoming market for their mined gold and precious metals. This would create jobs and unleash the economic potential of mining communities.”
Going further, he said, ‘’The project will create primary employment for local artisanal miners and mining cooperatives across the solid minerals value chain. Off-take agreements between DGPMP and local mining communities and owners of recyclable gold will be a useful provider of jobs in our post COVID-19 economy.”
Osinbajo also commissioned the Dukia-Heritage Bank Gold and Precious Metals Buying Centers, which is part of valuable private sector collaboration. He opined that the buying center would provide a sustainable way for Nigerians to exchange their gold jewelry and other precious items for cash.
The vice president added, “This system of exchange not only helps to encourage a culture of recycling, but will also serve as a complementary source for the raw materials needed for the Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Company.”
Osinbajo promised that the federal government would provide support and facilitate policies to ensure successful deployment, implementation, and sustainable operations of the Dukia gold project as well as continuous support of the mining sector.
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, in his own statement, said the launch of Dukia-Heritage is a testament of the unwavering effort of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to serve as a business-friendly regulator by providing the enabling environment for business to thrive.
Adegbite stated that the Buying Centre Initiative (BCI) would bring about efficiency and transparency to physical trading and transactions of mineral commodities in the country and also ensure that artisanal miners would receive the right pricing for their goods relative to illegal off takers. The minister pointed out that his ministry has licensed two gold refineries and created a conducive fiscal and regulatory enabling environment for them to thrive of which Dukia is one of them.
DrMB: Which countries are breeding the continent’s millionaires, and why do some cities attract billionaires while others lag behind? Is Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, punching above its weight or falling short when it comes to creating extreme wealth? And what do these numbers reveal about inequality, opportunity, and the future of Africa’s economic elite?
The ONLY Forbes and Bloomberg Billionaires Index-listed USD billionaires living in Lagos: 4 1. Otunba Mike Adenuga. 2. Femi Otedola. 3. Aliko Dangote (Lagos and Kano States). 4. Abdulsamad Isiaku-Rabiu (Lagos and Kano States).
Bill Gates has outlined a vision for global financial inclusion centered on digital IDs and centralized financial systems.
Highlighting Kenya and India as models, he promoted tools like the Moja Loop financial switch and MoSiP digital ID, which he described as “extremely valuable” for sectors such as health, voting, and education.
Supporters say the plan could expand access to banking in developing nations, while critics warn it risks eroding sovereignty and enabling centralized control.
Bill Gates has outlined a vision for global financial inclusion centered on digital IDs and centralized financial systems.
Highlighting Kenya and India as models, he promoted tools like the Moja Loop financial switch and MoSiP digital ID, which he described as “extremely valuable” for sectors such as health, voting, and education.
ibechris: Even If You Are Not Educated, These 10 Unspoken Rules Can Help You Escape P0verty In Africa.
1. Find a Rich Mentor and Serve Them. Wealthy people hold secrets that books won’t teach you. If you can get close to one—by working for them, running errands, or just being useful—you’ll learn more than any classroom could ever teach you. [b] 2. Master the Art of Lying Low Poverty becomes permanent when you live above your means. Many people make money but waste it trying to look rich. Stay low, avoid unnecessary attention, and build in silence.
3. Understand “Under-the-Table” Business This is how things work in Africa, not everything is advertised, and not all deals are done in daylight. Learn how money truly moves in your industry. The biggest opportunities are usually not on bill boards but through quiet conversations and connections. As a matter of fact, it's the washed up leftovers that are advertised. And usually if you see it published, it's way too late.
4. Control Your Reproductive Choices. Let’s be real—poverty multiplies when you have more children than you can afford. Many stay broke because they keep expanding their responsibilities without expanding their income. Have kids strategically, not emotionally. And never let your erection determine your direction.
5. Extra activities & Entertainment as a Tool, Not a Trap. For example the poor use clubs and drinking joints to escape reality; the rich use it to build networks. If you must drink, drink with people who can change your financial status. Entertainment should be a gateway to connections, not an escape from responsibility.
6. Attach Yourself to Moving Vehicles. If you see someone or something rising—an individual, a business, a trend—find a way to attach yourself to it. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Join someone big and don't compete!
7. Exploit Gaps in the System Every country has loopholes—things others ignore, services that are in demand, or government programs that people don’t take advantage of. Research what exists in your area and capitalize on it. Those who know how to work the system never stay poor. Remember never to be too politically invested, put your stomach ahead of the nation; everyone does, even those who say they never!
8. Respect & Study How Money Works. The rich don’t see money the way the poor do. Money is a tool, not a prize. Stop thinking about how to spend it and start thinking about how to multiply it. Make financial literacy your private obsession.
9. Leverage Family & Community Ties Smartly. There are free benefits you get by leveraging your nativity. By virtue of being a native in your country or village, there are things you naturally get. Take advantage.
10. Develop a Ruthless Work Ethic Most people aren’t willing to suffer to escape poverty. Work harder than everyone else. Sleep less if you have to. Outwork your competitors, be reliable, and be known as the person who gets things done. Eventually, that reputation will open doors.
Poverty isn’t just about money—it’s about mindset. The difference between rich and poor is often not intelligence but the willingness to see and do what others ignore. Stay sharp, stay strategic, and make your way out.
True that.
2. Master the Art of Lying Low Poverty becomes permanent when you live above your means. Many people make money but waste it trying to look rich. Stay low, avoid unnecessary attention, and build in silence.
3. Understand “Under-the-Table” Business This is how things work in Africa, not everything is advertised, and not all deals are done in daylight. Learn how money truly moves in your industry. The biggest opportunities are usually not on bill boards but through quiet conversations and connections. As a matter of fact, it's the washed up leftovers that are advertised. [/b] And usually if you see it published, it's way too late.
7. Exploit Gaps in the System Every country has loopholes—things others ignore, services that are in demand, or government programs that people don’t take advantage of. Research what exists in your area and capitalize on it. Those who know how to work the system never stay poor. Remember never to be too politically invested, put your stomach ahead of the nation; everyone does, even those who say they never!
Double0h7: People are loved for who they are rather than what they are. A great father is loved because he is great not because he is a father. Be a great father and reap what you sow.
ayoncox: Far from being solely the behaviour of the woefully inebriated, introducing urine to one’s garden space is actually an age-old practice that’s used by gardeners and farmers around the world. It has a number of different uses, so depending on what your garden needs, you can use it a variety of ways. 1. Urine as Fertilizer Did you know that human urine is chock full of nitrogen? Okay, maybe you did, but you might be wondering why that’s a good thing, and what it has to do with your garden. Well, plants generally need more nitrogen than any other element, as it’s used to synthesize amino acids, enzymes, proteins, and chlorophyll, and some plants suck up far more than others do. Corn, for example, requires much more nitrogen than most other plants, which is why they were generally paired with beans as part of the Native “3 sisters” combination: beans deposit nitrogen into the soil, and thus help corn to thrive. We’re not talking about beans right now, though: we’re talking about wee, which is such a high-quality fertilizer that a single person’s urine would be enough to fertilize up to one tenth of an acre of vegetables for an entire year. If you plan to use pee as a fertilizer for actual plants in your garden, be sure to dilute it in a 20:1 ratio (20 parts water, 1 part pee) and sprinkle it around on the soil around the plants, not the plants themselves. 2. Soil Enhancer As urine isn’t merely rich in nitrogen, but also phosphorous and potassium, it replenishes soil that has had its minerals depleted by over- farming. Get a bunch of friends together and have everyone pee in your garden in late autumn, then put down some layers of vegetable peelings, leaves, and hay as mulch. By springtime, that soil will be loaded with nutrients that will plump up your parsnips and coddle your cabbages. 3. Compost Accelerator The whole point of composting vegetable matter is to break it down so it can be used to fertilize the next generation of plants, but that decomposition takes time. The uric acid present in urine accelerates compost decomposition , so taking a leak on your compost pile is actually fantastic for breaking it down. Of course, uric acid is most concentrated in your first pee of the day, so if you’re aiming to let loose on the compost, you’ll either have to trudge out there will a full, insistent bladder, or else keep a jar/ watering can/bucket in the washroom to collect said liquid gold and then toss it on the compost when you’re a bit less bleary-eyed. 4. Weed Murderer Have you noticed that when dogs urinate on specific patches of grass, that grass tends to die? First it goes yellow (from the acids in the urine), then it dries up as it dies. Guess what? It’s not just un-diluted dog pee that will kill plants: human urine will do the same. It’s been mentioned that you have to dilute urine like crazy-pants to ensure that it’s safe for the garden, because the acids contained therein will burn and kill your plants if you use it full-strength. You can, however, use that full- strength pee on weeds that you don’t want in your garden. 5. Fungus Fighter Speaking of things you don’t want in your garden… sometimes plants can develop fungal diseases like leaf rot and downy mildew. Remember that uric acid we talked about? It’s also great for eliminating/discouraging those fungi on plants like berry bushes and low trees. You’ll have to dilute it by about 50%, and then use a spray bottle to spritz the watery wee on the affected areas. *Note: in both World Wars, soldiers apparently urinated on their own feet to get rid of (or even prevent) athlete’s foot and other foot-fungi that thrived in the damp trench conditions. Whether this was effective or not, I have no idea, but it’s possible that it helped! 6. High-Carbon-Soil Balancer Most people don’t give much thought to how soil is made, but just like most other substances on the planet, it has to be built. That rich, dark soil that’s so gorgeous for planting was created over time from broken-down plant matter, including sawdust, leaves, branches, and hay. These are dry “brown” materials, high in carbon, that break down very, very slowly, while those that are high in nitrogen are moist “green” materials, such as lawn clippings, vegetable peelings… and urine. Ideally, you’ll want to have equal portions of brown and green matter so that your compost is well balanced, but those who keep compost heaps generally have a great deal more in the way of lawn clippings and leaves than potato peels and carrot tops. To boost the nitrogen quotient, add un-diluted urine to the heap: it won’t just accelerate the breakdown (as listed in #3), but will help to balance out the nutrient ratios in your future soil. 7. Animal Deterrent If you’ve ever spent any time with a dog, you’ll notice that they like to mark their territory with their urine so all the other neighbourhood dogs know who lives where, and not to disrespect boundaries. Apparently, the scent of human urine (again, early morning pungent pee) can keep animals such as cats, foxes, and rabbits away from your garden. This hasn’t been tested by anyone I know and could just be hearsay, but it could be worth a try! Do note that this supposedly only works with adult male urine, as it’s full of potent hormones and manliness and such. 8. Deer Defense This is really an extension of #7, but is special enough for its own little section. If you live in an area that’s frequented by deer, you’ll likely have had some issues with the lovely beasts nibbling greenery from your garden. To keep them out of your lettuce bed, you should apparently fill a spray bottle with your own early morning urine (if you’re a guy —ladies will have to coax a partner or friend to donate instead), and then hose down the nearby trees, a few feet from the ground. Like, the height at which a deer’s nose will smell it easily. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/8-reasons-why-you-should-pee-your-garden.html
Far from being solely the behaviour of the woefully inebriated, introducing urine to one’s garden space is actually an age-old practice that’s used by gardeners and farmers around the world. It has a number of different uses, so depending on what your garden needs, you can use it a variety of ways. 1. Urine as Fertilizer Did you know that human urine is chock full of nitrogen?
Okay, maybe you did, but you might be wondering why that’s a good thing, and what it has to do with your garden. Well, plants generally need more nitrogen than any other element, as it’s used to synthesize amino acids, enzymes, proteins, and chlorophyll, and some plants suck up far more than others do. Corn, for example, requires much more nitrogen than most other plants, which is why they were generally paired with beans as part of the Native “3 sisters” combination: beans deposit nitrogen into the soil, and thus help corn to thrive. We’re not talking about beans right now, though: we’re talking about wee, which is such a high-quality fertilizer that a single person’s urine would be enough to fertilize up to one tenth of an acre of vegetables for an entire year. If you plan to use pee as a fertilizer for actual plants in your garden, be sure to dilute it in a 20:1 ratio (20 parts water, 1 part. pee) and sprinkle it around on the soil around the plants, not the plants themselves.
2. Soil Enhancer As urine isn’t merely rich in nitrogen, but also phosphorous and potassium, it replenishes soil that has had its minerals depleted by over-farming. Get a bunch of friends together and have everyone pee in your garden in late autumn, then put down some layers of vegetable peelings, leaves, and hay as mulch.
By springtime, that soil will be loaded with nutrients that will plump up your parsnips and coddle your cabbages.
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