what is urea?

Question

is it good for lawns and flowers

Answer 1

Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen, with the formula (NH2)2CO.

Answer 2

Urea is produced commercially from two raw materials, ammonia and carbon dioxide. Large quantities of carbon dioxide are produced during the manufacture of ammonia from coal or from hydrocarbons such as natural gas and petroleum derived raw materials. This allows direct synthesis of urea from these raw materials.

More than 90% of world production is destined for use as a fertilizer. Urea has the highest nitrogen content of all solid nitrogenous fertilizers in common use (46.4%) It therefore has the lowest transportation costs per unit of nitrogen nutrient.

Urea is highly soluble in water and is therefore also very suitable for use in fertilizer solutions (in combination with ammonium nitrate: UAN), e.g. in 'foliar feed' fertilizers.

Solid urea is marketed as prills or granules. The advantage of prills is that in general they can be produced more cheaply than granules which, because of their narrower particle size distribution have an advantage over prills if applied mechanically to the soil. Properties such as impact strength, crushing strength and free-flowing behaviour are particularly important in product handling, storage and bulk transportation

Answer 3

dried urine/waste from livestock. It can be good for lawns in very small amounts. It will burn lawns and flowers if used alone. Usually it can be found in a fertilizer mix if you really want to use it.

Answer 4

dried urine...it breaks down and releases large amounts of nitrogen into the soil.

Answer 5

technically, it is the acid component in urine. In gardening terms, it is a source of nitrogen.

Answer 6

It is an organic compound and is used as fertilizer.