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from "Martin" contains these words:

Sorry if this is slightly OT

Rest assured, it's not Off T at all!

My elderly Mother empties teapot down kitchen sink several times a day
claiming tea leaves clear the drain and that a slight gurgling after running
water is the sign of clear drains.She can offer no evidence on these
thoughts but has been emptying pots down for 40 years so she says must be
OK.

IME tealeaves which go down the sink tend to bind with odd fibres, etc,
and block the drain, sometimes resulting in an evil bacterial mess of
solid and slime. It is not to be recommended.

The reason I have posted this to the gardening group is my Mother is a keen
gardener and if I can convince her to use the tea leaves for compost heap or
garden she will use them for this purpose but says she will still put some
down sink to clear it !

Tealeaves are excellent in compost, and as an alternative to green
manure where that is appropriate. I have heard that roses like
tealeaves, but don't take that as gospel.

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