Is Dog Urine Bad for My Vegetable Garden?

Since it seeps into the ground, I don't believe there is potential harm for humans - but it can/will kill grass and plants (especially from female dogs).

Try to get the dogs to go somewhere else. You can also dig a small "moat" around your garden to block the urine - or line the edge with rocks to block it.

In the meantime, you will need to neutralize the soil. An old trick my father taught me - place a few tablespoons of baking soda in a watering can - water thoroughly. This will counteract the acid in the urine.

Pat Roy

July 8, 20070 found this helpful

Don't know if it will harm you to eat the veggies, but you probably won't get any if you don't neutralize the acid from the urine (especially from female dogs.)

I would put a barrier between the garden and the dog urine - possibly dig a small "moat" and fill with rocks to stop the urine - or build a barrier with bricks of garden stones.

Also, you will need to neutralize the acid fairly quickly or your vegetables will not survive - my father's trick was to use a few tablespoons of baking soda in a watering can and water the area.

Good luck!

Annie Rios Hill
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July 12, 20070 found this helpful

I read somewhere dog feces in veg garden will seep in and cause bacteria that is not good for humanes.
I would find out BEFORE I ate anything. Good luck

sharonjagger

May 27, 20180 found this helpful

What if it is your crazy neighbors that have 2 large dogs male and female in a penned in area under a tree on the other side of our fence from our raspberry vines. The berries are almost dead and I think it is from the dogs peeing in that area. What can I do? Dump a bunch of baking soda in the ground?

 

My dog urinates on my basil and cilantro which i've been eating for 3 months. I just learned today that he was doing that. Because he is a boy and a 150 lbs. Neo mastiff it gets the whole plant from top to bottom.