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Will palms grow in pots with crushed peanut shells?

SoulofthePlace

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Will palms grow in pots with crushed peanut shells?

Average day temperatures: +17°C in the winter and +24°C in the summer. Typical Summer: 68F to 77F (20C to 25C). Typical Winter: 55F to 64F (12C to 18C). Record Low (past 5 years): 45F or +7.7C (once a winter, some winters). Record High (past 5 years): 83F or +28C (some days only). Elevation 140 m (459 ft.) to 160 m (525 ft.), latitude 38.54º. Sunset Zone: unknown

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On 9/26/2022 at 12:46 AM, SoulofthePlace said:

Will palms grow in pots with crushed peanut shells?

I wouldn't use them. It is quite likely that they will mold.

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Actually what I do I mix in a little bit of crushed peanut shells or even not so crushed ones such as semi-crushed into the potting soil mix, so they aerate the soil and also feed the roots at the same time, but the ratio with soil is probably 1 to 10/20 only. I saw a couple puddles dug (by birds?) in my two pots but that's it. Rodents or birds probably do not bother to dig single peanut shell since they are mixed up with soil. I still have a lot of perlite left from a duty-free US importation, but once that is finished I will use crushed peanut shells to aerate and feed the soil in the pots. They do not seem to have perlite or vermiculite available in Portugal, so peanut shells maybe a good replacement for those.

Average day temperatures: +17°C in the winter and +24°C in the summer. Typical Summer: 68F to 77F (20C to 25C). Typical Winter: 55F to 64F (12C to 18C). Record Low (past 5 years): 45F or +7.7C (once a winter, some winters). Record High (past 5 years): 83F or +28C (some days only). Elevation 140 m (459 ft.) to 160 m (525 ft.), latitude 38.54º. Sunset Zone: unknown

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