[colin120]

is compost activator worth buying to add to you homemade compost also can you add it to fresh horse manure so you can use the horse manure within months

Cheers Colin

[mumofstig]

Diluted urine is a good compost activator, so no need to buy stuff 
No need to add any activator to horse manure, it's already in there    Fresh horse manure rots very quickly, as soon as the weather arms up.
As long as it is no longer smelly, you can use it.

[Aidy]

Diluted urine is a good compost activator, so no need to buy stuff 

As long as the source is male 

[mumofstig]

Diluted urine is a good compost activator, so no need to buy stuff 

As long as the source is male 

Male wee is better, but female is OK 

[colin120]

Diluted urine is a good compost activator, so no need to buy stuff 
No need to add any activator to horse manure, it's already in there    Fresh horse manure rots very quickly, as soon as the weather arms up.
As long as it is no longer smelly, you can use it.

Urine needs to be used along with compost for it to be effective, since urine alone doesn’t have enough nutrients to sustain plant growth over several years

[mumofstig]

Well you would be using it with compost, if you are adding it to the compost heap, wouldn't you.

[colin120]

Well you would be using it with compost, if you are adding it to the compost heap, wouldn't you.

Well no because your trying to make homemade compost, only way urine might work by it self is if u go to a shop buy some compost and add that to your homemade compost, then what would the point be in making your own compost

[surbie100]

Well you would be using it with compost, if you are adding it to the compost heap, wouldn't you.

Well no because your trying to make homemade compost, only way urine might work by it self is if u go to a shop buy some compost and add that to your homemade compost, then what would the point be in making your own compost

       

Rotted vegetation, perhaps with some browns in it to stop it going slimey = compost

Speeding up the rotting process to get compost quicker = add fresh manure (contains pee) and/or pee in it.

Simples.

[Aidy]

Diluted urine is a good compost activator, so no need to buy stuff 

As long as the source is male 

Male wee is better, but female is OK 

Like most things in life 

[mumofstig]

Be careful Aidy, be very careful............................

[JayG]

Think it's probably fair to say that most people don't feel the need to buy compost activators - they do 'work' but a heap made with the proper ratio of greens to browns and with access to air doesn't really need it, although pee recycling can help and is strangely satisfying, (but not in a pervy way I assure you!) 

[Aidy]

Quite agree JayG. I find drinking the required liquid to produce the urine in the first place very satisfying indeed.

[jrko]

Quite agree JayG. I find drinking the required liquid to produce the urine in the first place very satisfying indeed.

Quite agree Aidy!  And the beauty of it is it doesn't really matter what you put in liquid wise as it all comes out the same.  I'm currently working my way through 20 or so different macro brewed IPAs.  I'm thoroughly enjoying it and I'll get amazing compost to boot 

[colin120]

Sarcasm never gets you any where, must be Brighton and Man U fans lol

[jrko]

Sarcasm never gets you any where, must be Brighton and Man U fans lol

Um?  There seems to be some misunderstanding

You asked about compost activators.  Wee IS a compost activator.  You can either add it to your compost bin fresh or store it and let it 'mature' a while before using it.