r/composting • u/Buxton328 • 1d ago

Question Pea hulls: Greens or Browns?

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My current pile is turning into sludge and is in desperate need of browns. I'll compost these either way but will these work as browns or will I just need to rake a ton of leaves?

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u/WeaklyTriangular 1d ago

They're browns. Dried out pods like that are mostly carbon at this point. The greenish ones will break down faster but they're still carbon-heavy compared to grass clippings or kitchen scraps. Toss em in and see if it balances out the sludge

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u/heavychronicles 1d ago

If it dies on the plant and falls off, it is a brown. If you pull something living off of a plant, its a green.

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u/Shawnm48 1d ago

Browns

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u/No-Category-1761 19h ago

crunch them up- run under mower....lots of great carbon,,,break 'em down a little