Ok, this is going to sound totally off the wall, but the question is
genuine.
I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
Anyhoo. I can recycle the bottles, but I hate to just pour the wine
down the drain if there is any other use I can put it to. It is truly
too awful to cook with - take my word for it. Then, suddenly, I
thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
Is there any reason why I shouldn't? More to the point, would it have
any benefit in terms of accelerating the composting process? Are
slightly sozzled earth worms and other creepy crawlies more efficient
breaker downers of organic material?
Enquiring minds want to know...
:-)
TIA
Cat(h)

Cat(h) wrote:
Ok, this is going to sound totally off the wall, but the question is
genuine.
I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
Anyhoo. I can recycle the bottles, but I hate to just pour the wine
down the drain if there is any other use I can put it to.


You could offer it as prizes on the next school jumble sale with bottle
tombola. Obviously you don't want to attend in case you win it back again.

dan

On Sep 10, 2:11*pm, Dan Smithers wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
Ok, this is going to sound totally off the wall, but the question is
genuine.
I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
Anyhoo. *I can recycle the bottles, but I hate to just pour the wine
down the drain if there is any other use I can put it to. *

You could offer it as prizes on the next school jumble sale with bottle
tombola. Obviously you don't want to attend in case you win it back again..

dan

Believe me, I value my little community too much to commit such
neighbourly suicide!

Cat(h)

In article ,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Sep 10, 2:11*pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,"Cat(h)" writes:

|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. *There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.


That's its destination, then.
Ta muchly.

Cat(h)

In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.

While I'm sure that bacteria will break it down, what about the issue of
interim toxicity with regards to the invertebrate fauna of the heap?

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

On Sep 10, 5:21*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. *There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.

While I'm sure that bacteria will break it down, what about the issue of
interim toxicity with regards to the invertebrate fauna of the heap?



I could have the ISPCA on my back.

Cat(h)

On Sep 10, 5:21*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. *There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.

While I'm sure that bacteria will break it down, what about the issue of
interim toxicity with regards to the invertebrate fauna of the heap?

Hmmm. I could have the ISPCA on my back.

Cat(h)

On Sep 10, 5:46*pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:
On Sep 10, 5:21*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley



wrote:
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. *There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.

While I'm sure that bacteria will break it down, what about the issue of
interim toxicity with regards to the invertebrate fauna of the heap?

Hmmm. *I could have the ISPCA on my back.

Cat(h)- Hide quoted text -

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So good they name it twice. Ah, the joys of Google groups.

Cat(h)

In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
| In article ,
| "Cat(h)" writes:
| |
| | I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| | from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| | Then, suddenly, I
| | thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| | Is there any reason why I shouldn't?
|
| No. There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.
|
| While I'm sure that bacteria will break it down, what about the issue of
| interim toxicity with regards to the invertebrate fauna of the heap?

Minor, unless you put industrial amounts of alcohol on the heap.
Natural concentrations of up to 5% are common, and local ones or
more aren't rare. Anyway, bacteria will break down their corpses
fast enough, and that's the way things turn into humus anyway ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article
,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
| from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
| Then, suddenly, I
| thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
| Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

No. There are plenty of bacteria that will break it down.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

There's algae that live on alcohol fumes. It turns the outside of distillery
buildings black.

In article ,
"Duncan" writes:
|
| There's algae that live on alcohol fumes. It turns the outside of distillery
| buildings black.

Hic.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Cat(h)" writes
Ok, this is going to sound totally off the wall, but the question is
genuine.
I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
Anyhoo. I can recycle the bottles, but I hate to just pour the wine
down the drain if there is any other use I can put it to. It is truly
too awful to cook with - take my word for it. Then, suddenly, I
thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
Is there any reason why I shouldn't? More to the point, would it have
any benefit in terms of accelerating the composting process? Are
slightly sozzled earth worms and other creepy crawlies more efficient
breaker downers of organic material?
Enquiring minds want to know...

Why don't you use it in slug traps and wasp traps?

Might also work as a windowlene substitute.

I don't think it would be fairly neutral in terms of its effect on the
compost.

--
Kay

On Sep 10, 2:26*pm, K wrote:
"Cat(h)" writes

Ok, this is going to sound totally off the wall, but the question is
genuine.
I have a few bottles of really, really bad wine in the house, gifts
from the uninformed, and nasty prizes from pub quizzes.
Anyhoo. *I can recycle the bottles, but I hate to just pour the wine
down the drain if there is any other use I can put it to. *It is truly
too awful to cook with - take my word for it. *Then, suddenly, I
thought: "what about pouring it onto the compost heap?"
Is there any reason why I shouldn't? *More to the point, would it have
any benefit in terms of accelerating the composting process? *Are
slightly sozzled earth worms and other creepy crawlies more efficient
breaker downers of organic material?
Enquiring minds want to know...

Why don't you use it in slug traps and wasp traps?

I've always thought life was too short for slug traps...
As to wasp traps, I just don't agree with trapping wasps.
Either would be intolerable cruelty to animals - this is really,
really appalling painstripper.


Might also work as a windowlene substitute.

Gasp.


I don't think it would be fairly neutral in terms of its effect on the
compost.


So... you think it would be good or bad?

Cat(h)

"Cat(h)" writes

Why don't you use it in slug traps and wasp traps?

I've always thought life was too short for slug traps...
As to wasp traps, I just don't agree with trapping wasps.

Agree with you on both of those.

Might also work as a windowlene substitute.

Gasp.

.... on the principle that a little bit of vinegar in water works well on
windows.


I don't think it would be fairly neutral in terms of its effect on the
compost.


So... you think it would be good or bad?

I don't think it'd make any difference either way. Ah - see your
problem - the 'don't' shouldn't have been in my previous post
--
Kay