Re: coca cola
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] coca cola
- From: w*
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:55:38 -0800
- References: <0.bef1254e.25637cd6@aol.com>
From: waddie <waddie@slip.net>
I use really cheap beer on my compost pile -- I believe it's the interaction of
the yeast in the pile that makes it work.
waddie
Gmbeasle@aol.com wrote:
> From: Gmbeasle@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 11/16/1999 7:16:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> GardnrJan1@aol.com writes:
> > << was talking to a fellow gardener the other day, he said; he read
> > somewhere
> > that coca cola was good for activating a compost pile and causes rapid
> > break
> > down of organic material. Has anyone else ever heard of this? >>
> >
> > Heard it causes rapid breakdown of paint on cars...why not compost?
>
> In 1963, it was recommended to me for freeing the pistons and valves on an
> engine that had frozen. I think it is mildly acidic.(phosphoric?), and also
> being carbonated makes it a little more active. Don't know that it would
> have the effect mentioned though.
>
> RosalieAnn Beasley (daughter to Rosalie Figge)
>
>
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