That is what i meant Panka ji,
the source was not our box.
anyway my neighbours are convinced and have started composting.
But in one year we had too many ants there and the compost had a very
pleasent smell. The ants are gone now.
Regards
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>
To: "nabha meghani" <[email protected]>
Cc: "mani nair" <[email protected]>; "Padmini Raghavan"
<[email protected]>; "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59088] Vinca rosea hybrids in Chennai
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.
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Wildlife Institute of India
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Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India
