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Burt NY

Would yeast help in compost pile

1/17/2007 2:03:29 PM

Roanoke Il

There are a number of recommended additives for boosting compost performance, most of which are unsubstantiated or silly. Some practitioners suggest pouring Coca Cola into the pile to increase biological activity; it will increase, but mostly in the form of yellow jackets and ants. Adding yeast is also a common practice, but expensive and useless. Adding worms or worm cocoons has grown in popularity due to some confusion with vermicomposting. Worms do a tremendous amount of good, but need not be purchased or transplanted by the average backyard composter: just build a pile and they will come.

http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/sustainable/handbooks/easycompost/9.html

1/17/2007 2:46:47 PM

Indiana

I dont know for sure but Agro-k symbex4 sure has a yeasty smell to it.
Steve

1/18/2007 1:27:56 PM

Montoursville, PA

A bit of Black Strap Molasses at 20 cents a pound and about ten pounds in a gallon is never wasted in a compost pile. It's a very good booster in the spring tilling also. Left alone and adding nothing but oxygen by turning the pile will do just about as good. Doing nothing...ever..just takes the pile a little longer to decompose.

1/18/2007 6:20:22 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

I second that doc.

1/18/2007 9:25:53 PM