Composting corn?

[rainbowgardener]

Yeah, the worms do love them. I put whole corn cobs in my compost pile. The next time I turn the pile over, usually about 3 months later, the cobs will be hollowed out, with a bunch of earthworms in the center. At that point I break the (now softened) cobs up into pieces and put them back in the pile. The next time I turn it, in another 3 months, all the pieces are gone.

[toxcrusadr]

@carolohay: Thanks for posting the results of your experiment. It really did work!

We break up cobs from summer sweet corn eating into 2-3 pieces and throw them in the kitchen compost bucket. I never have enough to do the tomato thing, sad to say. My tomatoes could use some help.

[PunkRotten]

I compost both of them. I don't break down the cobs just toss them in whole. They do take awhile to break down though. But after some time when I am moving the pile around I see cobs still but they fall apart when you touch them.