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Old August 7, 2019   #1
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Diesel exhaust fluid is 37% urea dissolved in water. If it is diluted would it be a reasonable source of nitrogen ? My son just brought 8 "empty" 55 gallon barrels home and there are another 30 available if I want them.
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Seems fine. Should be used quite diluted, better more often in small doses, as the ammonium which will form can burn roots, and also it's partly volatile in form of ammonia.
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I would be concerned about the other 63%. Many car substances contain toxic components.
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That 63% water is more pure than tap water.
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Old August 9, 2019   #5
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Diesel exhaust fluid is 37% urea dissolved in water. If it is diluted would it be a reasonable source of nitrogen ? My son just brought 8 "empty" 55 gallon barrels home and there are another 30 available if I want them.
uh, I would really question using this on plants. WHAT else is in DEF ? this is designed to burn through a diesel engine. oh never mind.. I went and looked it up. Worth is totally correct. the rest is just water. Is a great question to ask as I am so allergic to urea its great to know this.
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I'd guess that Worth1 knows a lot more about cars than I do, but diesel exhaust doesn't exactly smell like I'd imagine pure urea and water smelling. Maybe it reacts with the metal on the pipe or some such. My prilled urea fertilizer doesn't smell like diesel exhaust anyhow.

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There you go. I just showed you my ignorance. I didn't know you actually bought diesel exhaust fluid. I thought you meant like the exhaust in fluid form. But yeah, personally, I'd still be leery of hidden ingredients (not impurities, per se, but maybe stabilizers). I don't know what they're required to tell you by law.

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OK, further reading. Diesels are set to run lean so there is no soot, however this leads to nitrogen oxides in the exhaust. With SCR, selective catalytic reduction, the urea reacts with nitrogen oxides so that fewer are released.
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There you go. I just showed you my ignorance. I didn't know you actually bought diesel exhaust fluid. I thought you meant like the exhaust in fluid form. But yeah, personally, I'd still be leery of hidden ingredients (not impurities, per se, but maybe stabilizers). I don't know what they're required to tell you by law.
Liquid diesel smoke for your next cookout.
There are no hidden ingredients.
Probably one of the purist forms of fertilizer you will ever buy.

It's just relabeled as exhaust fluid.

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