It may sound awkward but the best way to check a compost is to smell it.... the best ones would have no smell at all. It smells only when it is still decomposing. Pankaj
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:58 PM, nabha meghani <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Pankaj ji and Mani ji. > Perhaps the source of foul odour is somewhere else. > I remember how our neighbours frowned upon our compost box in our garden, > many years ago, as composting was not yet "in". > The source of odour was their own garbagecollector. It took time to convince > them that compost is not at all the source of odour, if done properly. Now > they have three boxes in their garden. :-))) > Regards > Nalini > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: mani nair > To: Pankaj Kumar > Cc: Padmini Raghavan ; indiantreepix > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 6:03 AM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:58016] Vinca rosea hybrids in Chennai > Dear Padmini ji, > NEIGHBOUR'S ENVY, OWNERS PRIDE !! > Regards, > Mani. > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Nice pics. They do have an unplesant odour but its is not so strong >> that it can reach your neighbor. >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > These Vinca rosea hybrids seem to like the soil etc in our garden. >> > Some of my neighbours complain that they emit a foul odour which is a >> > nuisance in the ground floor apartments. >> > Is this possible? >> > One neighbour complained that it was not orderly - having grown out of >> > its >> > alloted space. >> > I was thrilled that SOMETHING was flourishing in our garden and not >> > going >> > into the usual wither -and -die routine! >> > Cheers, >> > Padmini Raghavan. >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
