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PunkRotten
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Shrimp Shells

Hi,

I got a bag of Jumbo Shrimp shells and would it be alright to compost this? I think I read once that you can compost these.
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Yep. Shrimp shells, crab shells, lobster shells.
Also encourages chitin -eating microbes which will also attack insect exoskeleton. Good thing.
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Would this be a brown or a green? I'm thinking green...?
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SOB wrote:Would this be a brown or a green? I'm thinking green...?
A green, yes.


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