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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
Hi all,
I was just wondering, seeing as once bread goes mouldy, it usually gets covered in green mould really fast. So if I were to mix this in with other peelings etc, would it speed up the decomosition of the peelings as well? Or is it a different type of bacteria. Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? Thanks for you help |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
In article m, dommy writes: | | I was just wondering, seeing as once bread goes mouldy, it usually gets | covered in green mould really fast. So if I were to mix this in with | other peelings etc, would it speed up the decomosition of the peelings | as well? Possibly, but it would probably make little difference. | Or is it a different type of bacteria. It is a fungus, not a bacterium. Many of the organisms in compost heaps are. | Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type | of matter will it break down into? Yes, and humus, respectively. Almost anything that will rot will compost. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
In article m, dommy
writes Hi all, I was just wondering, seeing as once bread goes mouldy, it usually gets covered in green mould really fast. So if I were to mix this in with other peelings etc, would it speed up the decomosition of the peelings as well? Or is it a different type of bacteria. The green mould isn't bacteria, it's fungi. Fungi are usually fairly specific about what they will grow on. Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? Bread doesn't have a lot of substance to it and doesn't add a lot to the compost heap, and it may attract rats -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
Kay Easton wrote in message ... In article m, dommy Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? Bread doesn't have a lot of substance to it and doesn't add a lot to the compost heap, "and it may attract rats" tats wot i was gonna say. but wot do i know, being an absolute failure with compost heaps. i've had one for ten years and it's never ever decomposed (but the woodlice and ants luv it). |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
In article , Kay Easton writes: | | The green mould isn't bacteria, it's fungi. Fungi are usually fairly | specific about what they will grow on. Er, not moulds and yeasts. One extreme example is Botrytis cinerea, which will grow on almost anything, but so will the Penicillins (which it could well be). | Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type | of matter will it break down into? | | Bread doesn't have a lot of substance to it and doesn't add a lot to the | compost heap, and it may attract rats Buy better bread! That is true of Americanised foamed starch, but is not true of Real Bread (TM). While it could attract rats in theory, I don't think that it is a problem in practice. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In article , Sid
writes Kay Easton wrote in message ... In article m, dommy Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? Bread doesn't have a lot of substance to it and doesn't add a lot to the compost heap, "and it may attract rats" tats wot i was gonna say. but wot do i know, being an absolute failure with compost heaps. i've had one for ten years and it's never ever decomposed (but the woodlice and ants luv it). You're keeping it too dry. Try adding water to it. If you can get it damp enough for earthworms, you should get good compost from it. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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s.com: Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? OK in the compost heap, but don't put much in a wormery. It breaks down into a sort of grey sludge that the worms don't like, and screws up the drainage. (speaking from bitter experience!) Victoria |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
dommy wrote in
s.com: Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? OK in the compost heap, but don't put much in a wormery. It breaks down into a sort of grey sludge that the worms don't like, and screws up the drainage. (speaking from bitter experience!) Victoria |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
dommy wrote in
s.com: Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? OK in the compost heap, but don't put much in a wormery. It breaks down into a sort of grey sludge that the worms don't like, and screws up the drainage. (speaking from bitter experience!) Victoria |
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Thanks for the replies everyone, very kind and helpful of you all. I have a loaf of mouldy bread, think ill break it up and chuck it in.
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In article , Nick Maclaren
writes | Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type | of matter will it break down into? | | Bread doesn't have a lot of substance to it and doesn't add a lot to the | compost heap, and it may attract rats Buy better bread! That is true of Americanised foamed starch, but is not true of Real Bread (TM). Real bread doesn't hang around long enough to go mouldy! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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Kay Easton wrote:
and it may attract rats the rat ain't been born that can find its way into my compost bin whatever I put in it. Old concrete coal bunker with cast iron shutter! |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
Not really but its OK to put it in ........best to break it up into small
pieces though and mix in "dommy" wrote in message s.com... Hi all, I was just wondering, seeing as once bread goes mouldy, it usually gets covered in green mould really fast. So if I were to mix this in with other peelings etc, would it speed up the decomosition of the peelings as well? Or is it a different type of bacteria. Also is it reccomened to add bread to the compost heap, and what type of matter will it break down into? Thanks for you help -- dommy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk |
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:11:25 +0000 (UTC), "Essjay001"
wrote: Kay Easton wrote: and it may attract rats the rat ain't been born that can find its way into my compost bin whatever I put in it. Old concrete coal bunker with cast iron shutter! If rabbits can get into a nuclear waste dump at Douneray, then anything is possible, including pink bunnies that glow in the dark. -- martin |
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Mouldy bread and compost heaps.
In article ,
Essjay001 wrote: Kay Easton wrote: and it may attract rats the rat ain't been born that can find its way into my compost bin whatever I put in it. Old concrete coal bunker with cast iron shutter! Hmm. I suggest reading H.G. Wells "The Food of the Gods" and then thinking about Monsanto :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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