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Composting
« on: March 06, 2017, 10:00 »
Good morning all.
Can you give me your views on adding citrus fruit peel to the compost heap please?

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« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2017, 10:09 »
I do and it seems fine.  If you have loads and loads, then it may upset the balance, but the odd orange or lemon skin just disappears into the mix  :)

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« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2017, 18:57 »
My wife and myself get through 3 or four oranges per day, and I have been putting the peel on the compost heap for over 50 years. As New shoot says, it just mixes in with everything else.

I compost lots of other things that we are often warned not to, this includes potato peelings, potato haulm, old tomato plants and rhubarb leaves. If there are no signs of obvious disease then it all goes on the heap.
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« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2017, 20:02 »
Yep same here almost everything goes in here too, tea bags,coffee grounds, twiggy bits. Anything not broken down when I dig it out get chucked back in.
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Re: Composting
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2017, 20:24 »
I must admit I thought that orange and lemon peel weren't okay for the compost heap ,consequently didn't add it.

Apparently , worms are not that keen on it , until it has started to rot down, fussy things!!
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« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2017, 20:42 »
I've always put the few orange peels etc. we eat in the veg peelings bin but have been quite conscious this winter of eating more citrus fruit and wondering about how much is too much!  another option might be

"Citrus Peel as an attraction for slugs and snails...... Another alternative is to put something down that will actively attract snails and slugs, if you make freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice then the remaining peel shells are very attractive to snails. Once again place them next to places in the garden or vegetable plot where there are signs of infestation, a couple of hours after dark, or at sun rise in the morning check them out and remove the offenders."

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Re: Composting
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2017, 21:37 »
Good morning all.
Can you give me your views on adding citrus fruit peel to the compost heap please?

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Re: Composting
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2017, 09:35 »
Good morning all.
Can you give me your views on adding citrus fruit peel to the compost heap please?

Anything that can rot down goes in our bins. If citrus peel attracts slugs, then no worries as they contribute to the composting process through digestion
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2017, 11:22 »
Large quantities of citrus peel (and onion skins) aren't recommended for wormeries, but you're making compost rather than creating a wormery - all my vegetable kitchen waste goes in the dalek near my kitchen, and it still seems to have plenty of worms in it even if some of their diet isn't quite what they would ideally wish for.  ;)
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