[NoOneNew]

Hey, the market for dog shit is growing since there's a looming fertilizer shortage due to the Russian invasion. Growth market... add in a scheme for tax breaks through city clean up initiatives, you may just have an opportunity.

[selectodude]

Dog feces is acidic and shitty fertilizer because dogs are primarily carnivorous :(

[NoOneNew]

You're supposed to compost any shit before using it as fertilizer. Appling poop directly to a plant is never really a good idea unless you water it down a lot.

[janj]

Not always the case

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/bunny_honey_using_rabbit_manur...

[jsmcgd]

Interesting. The grass around the cat shit in my garden always seems to grow much better than the surrounding grass. I'm assuming the cats also eat a carnivorous diet.

[NoOneNew]

It all depends on the plant. Some plants, including grasses, take direct shit great. Others, not so much. It has less to do with the type of shit and more with the type of plant. Most shit is composted before use.

[idkwhoiam]

You can tell this gentleman knows his shit

[NoOneNew]

Of all things I know, I'm recognized for my knowledge in shit...

[lobocinza]

This gentleman shits

[Cd00d]

Thank you!

I learn a lot of things on HN. But, this was a surprise, and a genuinely interesting one.

Poop for the win, I guess.

[weatherlite]

Dude you are not taking great care of your garden...

[gigaflop]

I feel like we should kill 2 birds with one stone: Bats and bat guano.

Guano used to be mined for gunpowder, to the point where the US annexed a few islands after the Guano Islands Act of 1856. If bat guano is usable as fertilizer, we could design some basic guano-collecting bat shelters that act like an automatic litterbox for cats.

The bats get a home, and the equivalent of a flush-toilet, while we get bats, less bugs, and plenty of batshit ideas.

[chrisgp]

"...and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore"

[bombcar]

The quite reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare

[jbboehr]

Not a coincidence:

> The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) established the Plowshare Program in June 1957 to explore the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The program took its name from the Bible (Isaiah 2:4), "they will beat their swords into plowshares."

https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/plowshare-program

Strangely, Wikipedia makes no mention of the source of the name.

[nradov]

There is also a fertilizer shortage in parts of the US due to railroad bottlenecks. We can produce fertilizer but can't get it to the farms in time.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220414005731/en/CF-...

[rapind]

So many people trying to sell us dog shit though. Very competitive market. Margins will be low.

[giantrobot]

*looks in back yard*

I'm going to be a fucking billionaire. I'll finally have a car with doors that open like this!

[ChuckNorris89]

https://youtu.be/0oV4IVy8tvE?t=60