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I might be able to get peanut hulls in lg proportions. What do they add to the soil if anything? Do you have to grind them up if used? Thanks

11/7/2005 7:24:25 PM

Montoursville, PA

Good stuff! Interesting that you have lots to use. Very good in the compost pile. I would try mulching about two inches deep if I had your opportunity. If weeds come through add some more. Till them when doing fall prep and be sure there is lots of greens and manures to break them down. Do not overload the soil with them. Use excess in a compost set up to break them down and be, of even more value that way.
.....I have no reference to their exact value. We do know that they are nitrogen containing high carbon in the shell form. The plants would be even better used as a mulch and compost additive....even more so if still green in the growing stage. They would value out somewhere, in comparrison, to vetch, clover, beans or peas either hulls or the actual plant.

One word of caution....know what comes with the hulls. What is sprayed onto the plants, in the fields, may not be desirable, in your patch depending, on your viewpoint.

11/7/2005 8:07:19 PM