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| gramax18 |
Posted - Oct 04 2009 : 2:36:33 PM
I have a lot of apples that fell off of the tree a week or so ago. I was wondering if there is any reason that I could not put them on my garden as mulch. We have long winters here in the mountains and I have always had trouble trying to make compost.
I want to do this tomorrow, so please HELP!
Elinor |
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| Annab |
Posted - Oct 14 2009 : 03:31:30 AM
Yea. Compost or feed to livestock
Got any chickens? |
| gramax18 |
Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 9:52:44 PM
Thanks everyone. I will be putting manure and leaves over the apples. I don't think I want a pig but that is a good idea.
Elinor |
| windypines |
Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 03:52:22 AM
Pigs, cows, and chickens love the apples. Even my sheep eat them. The sheep really love picking up the small crab apples.
Michele |
| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 2:32:16 PM
Belle - I finally talked my DH into getting pigs by threatening to get goats. LOL!!!!
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 12:31:59 PM
Get a PIG. That is what I want to do but Ole Ron is set against the idea.
Belle |
| Gloria Bonde |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 06:48:35 AM
I always pick up the apples. Apples can have scab or larvae of the apple maggot. Even a compost pile may not be hot enough to destroy them. Plus, compost is made with a balance of green (the apples) and brown materials to keep the nitrogen carbon mix right. Too much green material and you rob the soil beneath the apple trees. If your apples are healthy mix them with leaves, newspaper shreddings, etc to get a compost pile going. Adding manure also speeds the process. Gloria
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| windypines |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 05:33:26 AM
I have thrown lots of apples on my gardens over the years. Can't say I have had any problems from doing that either. It is better then leaving them under your trees. You don't want to just leave them.
Michele |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Oct 04 2009 : 8:43:01 PM
The apple will rot and maybe have too many germs and will harbor mold so really shouldn't be used for mulch. They will go great in the compost though. MB
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| Alee |
Posted - Oct 04 2009 : 7:21:41 PM
If they are wormy the apples should be disposed in a hot compost heap to the kill the bugs and lessen the infestation the next year.
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| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Oct 04 2009 : 3:41:43 PM
As long as they have not been sprayed with tree oil products, I don't see why not, except for the chance of the seeds sprouting.
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