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quickie question -composting
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:41 pm
by Super.Niki
Can I compost mussel shells? Cooking them for dinner tonight and have no idea!
cheers guys (and gals!)
Nicole
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:36 am
by Wombat
Hey Nic!
It will take a loooooooooong time. It will work better if you crush them or burn them, or burn them then crush them and distribute them through the pile.
Nev
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:50 am
by Jack
Gidday
Or crush em and throw em straight on the garden.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:26 am
by Thurston Garden
Aha, my theory is that anything that lived can be composted, but as Nev said, they are likely to take a loooooooooong time!
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:59 am
by possum
we love mussels and so get a lot of shells, we have a long gravel driveway so chuck them down on it and drive over them.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:51 am
by Muddypause
I wonder if crushed mussel shells would act as a slug deterrent in the way that crushed eggshells can. Might last a bit longer, too.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:11 pm
by ina
On the other hand, if you compost them whole, some geologist might make an exciting find in a few million years... Proof at last: mussels lived in central Hertfordshire!
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:10 am
by Wombat
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:05 am
by hedgewitch
Adding sea shells to your compost will add important calcium carbonate to your mix, just make sure they are crushed up really small, which is relatively easy to do anyway.
