dumping nutrients

curioushiker

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2010

• #1

It just dawned on me that the house I live in uses a septic to deal with waste. I have been dumping my left over nutes and runoff from watering into my house drain. Does anyone know what kind of affect this could have on my septic system?

 

FuZZyBUDz

Well-Known Member

• Jan 10, 2010

• #2

its gunna grow sum stinkee potent plants.

 

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aerodoit

Member

• Jan 17, 2010

• #3

I was wandering the same thing, I would love to see some replies on this topic myself

 

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porter

Member

• Jan 17, 2010

• #4

It won't hurt nothing. The only thing side effect that you will have is your grass will be a little greener where your field lines drain in your yard due to the extra nutes. Your septic system is designed to let solids fall to the bottom of the tank and to leach the waste water back into the ground.

 

plantz

Well-Known Member

• Jan 17, 2010

• #5

porter said:

It won't hurt nothing. The only thing side effect that you will have is your grass will be a little greener where your field lines drain in your yard due to the extra nutes. Your septic system is designed to let solids fall to the bottom of the tank and to leach the waste water back into the ground.

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Yes but what about liquid nutes? I have been doing the same for about a year now and would like to know as well!!

 

curioushiker

Active Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #6

just a side question as well. What about nutes that get dumoed into a city sewer system? All these nutes end up in the ocean (eventually). I know the waste water get treated and the solids removed before it is finally dumped into the ocean but when they treat it they only kil the bacteria then nutralize the chlorine that was used in the sterilization process. The nutes are still intact.

 

oregon024

Active Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #7

I woudn't think it would be a good thing lots of mold growth down there probably.

 

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aerodoit

Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #8

I was worried about the enzymes in the septic tank. Correct me if I am wrong but there have to be enzymes in the tank to break down the solids. I was worried about the nutes effecting the enzymes

 

plantz

Well-Known Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #9

aerodoit said:

I was worried about the enzymes in the septic tank. Correct me if I am wrong but there have to be enzymes in the tank to break down the solids. I was worried about the nutes effecting the enzymes

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Yeah thats along the lines of what i was thinking. What if its organic nutes?

 

TheConstantGardner

Well-Known Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #10

You will have a yard of very lush grass over your field lines...after a couple of years, that's the only effect.

Dump some top soil on top and grow some big tomatoes.

 

plantz

Well-Known Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #11

TheConstantGardner said:

You will have a yard of very lush grass over your field lines...after a couple of years, that's the only effect.

Dump some top soil on top and grow some big tomatoes.

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Cool =D well sounds like for the most part nothing bad is going to happen =D good enough to put my mind to rest!

 

curioushiker

Active Member

• Jan 18, 2010

• #12

I like the tomoatoe idea. That is a great idea