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Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 8:26
| Ever see those bags of corn that are available to feed wildlife; squirrels etc. Do those ears degrade? |
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- Posted by mustard_seeds 4 -Onalaska Wisconsi (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 9:04
| very slowly!! |
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- Posted by curtludwig New England (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 15:14
| Everything that was once alive will compost. How fast it composts depends on your concept of speed. I've never found a corncob in my compost. I just swapped my "live" pile for the empty bin that was spread on the garden. The pile I just moved will now rest until next year. Big chicken bones not in the center will last through the year. Hambones will go 2 years. Avocado pits will last a year if they're not in the center unless I split them in half. Everything else (excepting sticks) will break down in 1 year. |
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| Slowly, as mustard seeds has said. You can speed up the process by chopping them up when you add them and/or when you find the partly decomposed ones in your compost. |
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