[Stoves] er... wikipedia sez it all yeast or flat beer or coca cola

Richard Stanley rstanley at legacyfound.org
Wed Dec 19 15:32:33 CST 2012


More on use of yeast for accelerating decomposition for faster / easier briquette production. 

Yeast is indeed  used to accelerate decomposition. 
Just did a simple first order google search of " yeast for accelerating decomposition of plant material, for making compost…

Nothing new and apparently there are more options that just "yeast" per se:


• Any of several options are available ranging form you flat beer from last evening's bash, to coca cola.
• Decomposition with yeast is most effective when done erobically and temperature is kept under 160º F .

 The use of Kal or slaked lime powder as mentioned earier, -- sprinkled as a ring around the pile of decomposing yeast-accelerated leaves--, is more for  keeping the insects out of the mixture than accelerating decomposition though.. 

Richard Stanley



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