If you have an aquatic fresh water tank, the creatures in it will produce nitrogen as waste. For example, urea has nitrogen. Most plant fertilizers are nitrogen based. One way you can add a little bit of nitrogen to the soil is by pouring the dirty water from your fish or aquatic animal tank onto your lawn.
Nitrogen is a necessary part of an ecosystem where it is in a cycle. As a part of that cycle, when lightning strikes, it causes nitrogen fixation to occur causing the growth of greenery to increase especially fast. This is one of nature’s ways of adding nitrogen to soil for plants. The nitrogen that gets fixed to the soil for the greenery to take up the nitrogen in the process of nitrogen fixation, meaning that it is from the atmosphere. That is, nitrogen fixation, takes gaseous nitrogen and gives it to plants in a way that the plants can use. Lightning splits 2 triple bonded gaseous nitrogen atoms, and fixes the nitrogen that was once tightly bound to the soil.
Nitrogen comes in several different ways, meaning that there are several compounds that contain nitrogen. The nitrogen in a fish tank might be urea or ammonia. However, though you can buy ammonia at a store, it is a bad idea to dump it on the lawn. This is because it is far too concentrated. Dirty fish tank water, however, can serve as an excellent source of nitrogen in lawn care. Don’t have a lawn? Pour it near a tree or a bush. This is also the reason why peeing on greenery makes plants grow if you urinate on a lawn for example.
The nitrogen in the dirty water will provide fertilizer to help your grass grow greener. It might not amount to much, but why pour your water down the drain if you can put it to better use? If you can’t save the whales, then save scum! Use the water to help vegetation grow. However, don’t pour it directly on crops, or you may get sick. Use a bucket to pour it out. You will also be exercising your arm, shoulder, and back muscles by carrying water, which is good too!
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