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When I first ventured into composting, I found that nut waste was one of the most difficult things to deal with. After some research, I found that chemically it can take 2 to 3 years for the shells to decompose. My recommendation would be to grind up the shells if you are adding them to your compost pile. They will still take time to break down, but it adds a nice bulk to your compost.
Banana's-froozen or not they take LONG.. been composting a entire banana bunch of small banana's think they are called apple banana's for 2 weeks and least it has done was shrank and turned completely black. it usually takes about 3-4 weeks to fully decompose even longer.Lettuce-about 1-2 weeks.range-only a few days-2 weeks max. i usually peel them by hand and throw in whole they decompose easily. tomatoes-about 2 weeks-3 weeks. peanut shells-MONTHS maybe YEARS even. not sure why but peanut shells don't seem to get composted at all. had one batch with it last harvest using it now as mulch and i still see it.