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Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

I just bought a house with a big yard and will be back in the game prepping my new patch in two days...but onto my question. I was sitting in Texas Roadhouse (steakhouse chain if you are not familiar) last night chomping away on peanuts and it occurred to me that when the restaurant sweeps the floor every night they have to have a ton of peanut hulls that are probably getting tossed out. I looked up the nutrient analysis for peanut hull meal, and it came back as 1.2-.5-.8. Does anyone use peanut hulls in their patch and if so, in what quantity, and do you try to grind them up first?

Here's the link to a nice resource listing the nutrient content of organic materials:

http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/publications/Soilfacts/AG-439-18/#Table_3


Thanks,

Matt Wickless

12/3/2008 11:04:57 AM

Colorado

I wouldnt.lots of salt and no nitrogen.Now if you take a bunch with the nut still in,grind em up,compost them and water heavily to get the salt out.prob. would be good

12/3/2008 12:04:12 PM

Williamsburg,KY

Ive had peanut hulls in my compost tumbler for months and they are still not broken down. Mine were not salted. Think about the salt. Good idea tho. Here we have lots of leaves, but only finding the maple ones are hard, we have lots of oaks here. Oh well. Good Luck

12/3/2008 5:22:00 PM