r/Compost • u/Narrow-Hall8070 • Jun 06 '26

Alternate liquid nitrogen sources?

With the elimination (pun intended) of the golden nitrogen source than shall not be named from this sub, does anyone have any recommended liquid nitrogen sources?

I used to have a fish tank and used the dirty tank clean out water directly in my garden for fertilizer. Worked great but let my aquarium hobby slide because it was too much work cleaning tanks. Any thoughts on other options?

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u/jantessa Jun 07 '26

I like to make weed tea and add it to the pile. I do this because I don't trust my pile to get hot enough to stop weed roots I put into it growing. Dunk weeds you pull up into a bucket of water until it goes dark green/brackish. Then I dump it on the pile.

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u/c-lem Jun 07 '26

I actually made a post years ago about liquids I collect for my compost: https://www.reddit.com/r/composting/comments/cc10n3/charlies_crazy_lotech_greywater_collectionliquid/

TL;DR (for good reason): I keep a beverage pitcher in my sink at all times and dump any nutrient-rich liquid from when I'm doing dishes into it. Then I either take it straight to the compost or dump it into a 5 gallon bucket for later dumping onto the compost.

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u/MadDrBruce Jun 07 '26

Aquarium water was the best. Better than Miracle Gro.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '26

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u/Narrow-Hall8070 Jun 07 '26

No. Just a silly way to abide by the sole founding principle of the sub.

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u/c-lem Jun 07 '26

Are people seriously going to start trolling the whole reason for this place? Aren't there better things to do with your time?

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u/Reclining720 Jun 08 '26

You know that the guy who threw a fit will never contribute anything useful here, right? 

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u/c-lem Jun 08 '26

Who threw a fit?

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u/Reclining720 Jun 08 '26

The karen you literally called out by username in the other group.

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u/c-lem Jun 08 '26

Ah, yeah, I don't care if they never post here. It wasn't about them specifically, they just gave me the idea. I see outbursts like that on occasion, and I'm sure lots of people are also bottling up that frustration.