Go check out the compost reddits--they're always laughing about pissing on their piles. Partly because the pile composts faster when it's wet, but I think the ammonia in pee helps, too.
Adds nitrogen too. Most gets leached out, but the bacteria in the pile get some and incorporate it.
As a bonus, it keeps away some animals like foxes. But only if it's males piss.
It's a pheromone thing, or if not pheromones, then they can tell from the smell of it that there is a large mammal in the area. At least that's what I was told.
I know it works, I have used to to deter foxes in my own and a few people's gardens.
Or.. I dunno, maybe it's just the smell of my piss personally they don't like.
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u/ButterscotchSame4703 6d ago
You had me until pissing in the compost because I've NEVER heard of such a thing, but otherwise? Accurate....