posted 3 years ago
I've seen locust pod bits still holding together after 30 day or 90 day compost, but not big enough that it bothered me. There's a lot of sugar in those pods! Makes them helpful to get a compost going. The big worry for me with locust (if you're talking Gleditsia triacanthus) is the thorns and the seeds. The seeds will happily sprout after a trip through the compost heap, and those thorns are wicked, wicked things. I use them as nails around the house, fun little conversation piece but they'll go straight through glove, shoe, hand, foot, tire, etc.
"The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences."
"Cultivate gratitude; hand out seed packets"