Composting coconut shells?

[divaitalia]

I have just started a compost pile and would like to know if you can compost coconut shells? The seem to be so big, how can they compost over long term?

Thanks in advance,
Divaitalia

[asil]

I use a super hot composting method-- in a round drum that I turn daily. So I can get usable conpost in about a month. And coco shells do compost in this thing, but take more than 30 days. :) I'm not sure how long they would take in an open compost pile type thing, if that's what you use.

[divaitalia]

What is a super hot composting method? How do you do this?

Help!!!

[robertandenith]

by getting a tumbler bin :) or just a compost bin. The temp in those bin get REALLY hot compared to a compost pile.

[Dragggon]

I recomend breaking them up a bit befor you dump them in the compost pile or you will find them still kinda whole even a year later they take quite a while to break down

[rawpriestess]

YEP, Dragggon is right, they take a while to break down, but we compost everything, or burn it, we only have about 1/2 can of trash a month, if that much, unless we are doing remodleing, which we have been doing for a while now.


but as far as personaly home garbage, practically zilch.