Soapnuts? What the heck are soapnuts??

soapnuts
considering their antimicrobial properties, I'd think it might be counterproductive, composting depending on microbial activity and all ...worried about the lil critters being dirty, or just have some to get rid of?

Bill

Hi Bill, Thanks for your reply. I am looking into starting to use soapnuts in my washing machine. All the soapnut website say you can put then onto compost heaps. But I don't have one because of space hence the wormary.

it might not make much difference to the usual [neglected] compost pile of a cubic yard or more, especially after being well used, but I'd be real leery of putting them in a small worm bin considering the effect on surface tension - worms depend on a coating of oxygen-containing water on their skins to breathe

Bill