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| Our house has been under remodeling for a few months. Now that the work is finished and landscape on its way, we converted a previous unused corner into a sitting area. But that area smells of urine like a public toilet.
I suspect some of the workers used to pee there. It has rain a few times in the past few days but the urine smell lingers. The rest of the yard smells alright just this corner. How to get rid of them? |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 18:03
| Nature will clear it up given time. Is this bare dirt? You could mulch it with wood chips or compost (or compost first and wood chips on top) and it would likely absorb the odor. |
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| It wasn't bare dirt, in fact, that was where we piled up lots of shredded tree cuttings. so it was heavily mulched. Sigh. |
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- Posted by marshallz10 z9-10 CA (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 23:58
| Spray diluted vinegar OR dust with baking soda. Changes the pH and neutralizes odor. Apply as need but limit yourself to spraying or dusting. Vinegar is used to neutralizaed the pee of female dogs in lawns. |
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- Posted by joepyeweed 5b IL (My Page) on Wed, Feb 29, 12 at 9:49
| The odor may just be the smell of nitrogen/ammonia from decomposition of the tree cuttings. It probably will dissipate in time, but adding something brown - carbons, like a dry wood chip mulch in the area may help offset the Nitrogen odor. |
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| yeh like joe, doubt it would be where workers pee'd that would not last more than a day or 2 if it occurred, more likely from something that was mulched there. so sort of carry on regardless, smell won't hurt you. len |
Here is a link that might be useful: lens garden page
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| What is in that corner? Materials undergoing anaerobic digestion often smell of urine, ammonia, putrid something. |
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