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Composting Pistachio Shells
Pistachio shells decompose slowly and cantake several years to completely biodegrade. It is important,however, to compost shells from unsalted nuts only, to avoidcontaminating your garden soil with salt.
Likewise, are pistachio shells good for soil?
Pistachio shells are a hard material with a highsurface area, which makes them perfect for using for plantdrainage. Pistachio shells will provide the correct amountof drainage to keep your plants healthy and growing in optimalsoil conditions.
Then, do peanut shells make good compost?
Yes, peanut shells are a fine high-carbonaddition to your compost pile. Adding peanut shellsto your compost will probably tend to dry it out, somake sure you either add water or use enough high-moistureingredients (e.g. most kitchen scraps or coffeegrounds).
The answer to this is yes, you can. Addingeggshells to compost will help add calcium to themake up of your final compost. This important nutrient helpsplants build cell walls. While you don't need to crusheggshells before composting them, doing sowill speed up how fast the eggshells break down inthe compost.