Yup! I compost fish and shrimp scraps regularly, you might have some critters and vermin try to dig up your pile for them so I’d try to bury them deeper into the pile.
Yes, just make sure they are burried very well under various layers of greens and browns to avoid smells and critters.
merkurmaniac
I have done this several years in a row. I buried them in my garden, and a year later, no evidence at all. No smell either, which was super surprising. Bury them deep.
PsychoTurtlenaut
poor crawfish.
Chickenman70806
Hell yes.
Ask me how I know.
Pectre
Yooo you don’t need to dry and blend of whatever just throw em in whole. These shells like shrimp and lobster and crab shells are made of chitin which is different than say clam shells and mussel shells and will decompose rather quickly. I do it regularly but yeah as others have said bury it deep so the rats don’t get to it bc Mfs love seafood
TigerTheReptile
I bokashi mine first, and they do wonderfully. Take a bit to break down, but much faster than hard seeds or bone.
I’ve been very happy using crustacean shells in the compost/garden. Crawfish, crab, lobster etc are all out there. I basically have no blossom end rot in my garden now.
RamShackleton
If the smell or wildlife are potential problems for you, no. If they were cooked with a lot of salt, that would be another reason not to compost. Some folks are equipped for those factors but some are not.
BackFromTheBanAgain9
Great for soil; I crush them when I have them otherwise it just takes a few months to breakdown in a hot pile. Raccoons love them though and will tear apart a pile for them.
llzaknafeinll
You can compost almost anything be it fish, fruit, your enemies, crab shells, the tax man, coffee grounds and grass clippings just throw it all in!!
Rocknbob69
Racoons and other varmits will love you.
TheElbow
Let me know what this smells like after a week 🤓🤢
ZutaiAbunai
yes, it will compost, but it is better as a foliage spray. toss em in a blender with water, filter it, and spray it on the plants. they will react as if they are being eaten, and act to defend themselves. this tends to boost flavors and aromas we like. along side the left over shells being easier to compost now 😛
RiflemanLax
Absolutely. But bury them deep and cover them with lots of carbon material. Crustacean guts are odiferous…
cboogie
I lived by a Chinese restaurant that would use their shrimp shells directly in their veggie beds. It stunk to high hell for a week. But they would have amazingly huge veggies.
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yeah but i’d dry it and powder it first
this really should have been a google
Yup! I compost fish and shrimp scraps regularly, you might have some critters and vermin try to dig up your pile for them so I’d try to bury them deeper into the pile.
Take a following read at [this post from 9 years ago about crawfish shells in the compost](https://www.reddit.com/r/composting/comments/4q7qq7/crawfish_shells_in_compost/). It’s do-able, best to bury them deep!
Yes, just make sure they are burried very well under various layers of greens and browns to avoid smells and critters.
I have done this several years in a row. I buried them in my garden, and a year later, no evidence at all. No smell either, which was super surprising. Bury them deep.
poor crawfish.
Hell yes.
Ask me how I know.
Yooo you don’t need to dry and blend of whatever just throw em in whole. These shells like shrimp and lobster and crab shells are made of chitin which is different than say clam shells and mussel shells and will decompose rather quickly. I do it regularly but yeah as others have said bury it deep so the rats don’t get to it bc Mfs love seafood
I bokashi mine first, and they do wonderfully. Take a bit to break down, but much faster than hard seeds or bone.
I’ve been very happy using crustacean shells in the compost/garden. Crawfish, crab, lobster etc are all out there. I basically have no blossom end rot in my garden now.
If the smell or wildlife are potential problems for you, no. If they were cooked with a lot of salt, that would be another reason not to compost. Some folks are equipped for those factors but some are not.
Great for soil; I crush them when I have them otherwise it just takes a few months to breakdown in a hot pile. Raccoons love them though and will tear apart a pile for them.
You can compost almost anything be it fish, fruit, your enemies, crab shells, the tax man, coffee grounds and grass clippings just throw it all in!!
Racoons and other varmits will love you.
Let me know what this smells like after a week 🤓🤢
yes, it will compost, but it is better as a foliage spray. toss em in a blender with water, filter it, and spray it on the plants. they will react as if they are being eaten, and act to defend themselves. this tends to boost flavors and aromas we like. along side the left over shells being easier to compost now 😛
Absolutely. But bury them deep and cover them with lots of carbon material. Crustacean guts are odiferous…
I lived by a Chinese restaurant that would use their shrimp shells directly in their veggie beds. It stunk to high hell for a week. But they would have amazingly huge veggies.